John Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer (2001) - Night Chorus

The opera tells the true story of the hijacking of the passenger liner Achille Lauro by the Palestine Liberation Front in 1985, and the resulting death of Jewish-American passenger Leon Klinghoffer.
The choral part is sung by The British Girls.

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[stickyfixer]

I have to change my underwear

[Keytaster]

I still cannot believe Pierre Boulez called The Death of Klinhoffer "bad film music".... crazy old fool! It's a masterpiece. And John Adams is getting better and better with every opera, just think about "Dr Atomic"

[fringelily]

Boulez conducted a great Rite Of Spring, but his own compositions, I can live without, having heard a few.

[Achilles8472]

totally agree with steve here. why the politics?

[Achilles8472]

I take it the night is restless for you, then.

[carambola08]

Stones against bullets,. 

[Jefgg]

He was kidnapped in New York for a ransom of a relatively small ransom. I think it was $50,000. The cops screwed up and a bum took the ransom money from a garbage can. I am not sure about the rest. Even if Klinghoffer was a loan shark, he was still elderly and handicapped. The PLO are animals.

[jmundstuk]

And?

[Jefgg]

Did this opera ever mention that Leon Klinghoffer was a loan shark back in New York? He also was kidnapped in the early '80s.