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Detroit Opera House. Margaret Garner is an opera in two acts composed by Richard Danielpour to an English-language libretto by Toni Morrison. The opera is loosely based on actual events in the life of runaway slave Margaret Garner.
Margaret Garner was co-commissioned by opera companies in Detroit, Cincinnati and Philadelphia and made its debut in May 2005 at Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit.
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Jun 19, 2023 · A co-commission by Detroit Opera, Cincinnati Opera and Opera Philadelphia, “Margaret Garner” is a harrowing look into the life of Margaret Garner, a woman who attempted to escape the bonds of slavery only to end up trapped for the remainder of her life. The two-act opera, a product of composer Richard Danielpour and Toni Morrison’s ...
On Tuesday night the New York City Opera opened its season with a new production of “Margaret Garner,” an opera by Richard Danielpour with a libretto by Toni Morrison.
Jan 1, 2006 · Garner was a slave in pre-Civil War America who escaped and killed her own daughter rather than see her return to slavery. Morrison later wrote the libretto for Margaret Garner, an opera composed by Richard Danielpour and commissioned by the Michigan Opera Theatre, the Cincinnati Opera and the Opera Company of Philadelphia in 2005.
Margaret (/ ˌ m ɑːr ɡ ə ˈ r ɛ t / mar-gə-ret) is a 2011 American epic psychological drama film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan. The film stars Anna Paquin , Jean Reno , Matt Damon , Mark Ruffalo , J. Smith-Cameron , Jeannie Berlin , Allison Janney , Matthew Broderick , Kieran Culkin , Olivia Thirlby , and Rosemarie DeWitt .
