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Jun 8, 2014 · The 1991 opera, by composer John Adams and librettist Alice Goodman, portrays the 1985 hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro by Palestinian terrorists, who demanded the release of 50...
In a September 2014 New York magazine piece, critic Justin Davidson denied that The Death of Klinghoffer was anti-Semitic or glorified terrorism, stating that the title character is "the opera's moral core, the one fully functioning human being." He described the opera as "imperfect" and "politically troubling", writing that its attempt to show ...
Oct 30, 2014 · After Klinghoffer, John Adams’ career was damaged and the career of librettist Alice Goodman (an American-born Jew, who said that she had based the characters in the offending scene off members of her own family) was ruined.
The protests, both outside and in, were against the perceived anti-Semitism of the 1991 opera. To my ears, though, any such bias, either in the music by John Adams or the libretto by Alice...
Oct 19, 2014 · Adams and Ms. Goodman have been accused of being insensitive, anti-Israel and even anti-Semitic in a work that gives a voice (often a beautiful one) to terrorists and suggests an...
Jan 17, 2017 · Is The Death of Klinghoffer anti-Semitic? The question has plagued director Peter Sellars, librettist Alice Goodman, and especially composer John Adams since 19 March 1991, when Klinghoffer was first
Oct 20, 2014 · The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish group, said the play is not antisemitic, but worked with Gelb to cancel the simulcast out of fears it would stoke antisemitic feelings in foreign...
