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''Cold Mountain'' is the first opera written by Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer Jennifer Higdon and set to an English libretto by Gene Scheer based on Charles Frazier's award-winning novel of the same name, published in 1997, which won the 1997 National Book Award and was made into a film of the same title in 2003. The opera was given its world premiere at The Santa Fe Opera on August 1, 2015 conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya and directed by Leonard Foglia with set design by Robert Brill, lighting design by Brian Nason, costumes by David C. Woolard and projection design by Elaine J. McCarthy.〔("2015 Santa Fe Opera Season Announced: World premiere of ''Cold Mountain'' by Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Higdon; ) five new productions; three 'firsts' planned", santafeopera.org〕 It was co-commissioned by and is a co-production with both Opera Philadelphia and the Minnesota Opera.〔Kristin Tillotson, ("Minnesota Opera co-commissions ''Cold Mountain'' ), ''Star Tribune'' (Minneapolis), May 6, 2014〕 The Philadelphia company will present the work in February 2016 as part of its "American Repertoire Program", a ten-year commitment to produce a contemporary American work each season.〔("Opera Company of Philadelphia Announces New Co-Commissions with The Santa Fe Opera from Higdon and Morrison for American Repertoire Program" ), Press release, August 10, 2011 from Opera Philadelphia on operaphila.org〕 The Minnesota production will be staged in 2018, but specific dates have not been announced. For The Santa Fe Opera, it is the company's 46th American and fourth world premiere in its 59 seasons.〔("The Santa Fe Opera Announces New Works for Forthcoming Seasons" ), Press release of 10 August 2011 on santafeopera.org〕 The production coincided with the 150th anniversary of the ending of the American Civil War. For the premiere, the role of the main protagonist, W. P. Inman, a wounded Southern infantryman who deserts from the army to make his way back to the woman who is waiting for him, was sung by American baritone Nathan Gunn〔 and the role of Ada by mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard.〔 ==Composition history== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cold Mountain (opera)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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