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Brokeback Mountain to Premiere as Opera

Brokeback Mountain is coming to the stage as an opera.New York City Opera commissioned composer Charles Wuorinen to set the cowboy romance to music. A 2013 premiere is planned.The 2005 film adaptation of Annie Proulx's story that starred Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal won three Academy Awards. — J.R. Whalen

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Brokeback Mountain is coming to the stage as an opera. New York City Opera commissioned composer Charles Wuorinen to set the cowboy romance to music. A 2013 premiere is planned. The 2005 film adaptation of Annie Proulx's story that starred Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal won three Academy Awards. - J.R. Whalen