De Amerikaanse sopraan Kathryn Gamberoni vertolkte de titelrol in de creatie van een opera over het leven van Marilyn Monroe. De muziek was van Ezra Laderman en het libretto van Norman Rosten, vriend van Marilyn en auteur van het boek “Marilyn, an untold story”.
The opera was performed under the baton of Hal France; Mr. Laderman’s score fused tonal, atonal and serial elements with jazz, folk and pop motifs evocative of Monroe’s era.
The production garnered advance publicity round the world, with every performance sold out well ahead of time. The reviews were mixed at best, with some critics embracing the score for its stylistic range but others dismissing it as a pastiche.
In an interview with The Hartford Courant in 1994, Mr. Laderman was asked what lessons he had drawn from the critical response to “Marilyn.”
‘One lesson is that a lot of people apparently thought Marilyn Monroe was not a suitable topic for an opera,’ he replied. He added: ‘I disagree.’ (ES Updates)
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