(Riders of the Purple Sage: The Making of a Western Opera)

Content: Follow a classically trained composer as he adapts a dime novel masterpiece into a grand opera. In 1912, Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage flew off bookshelves around the world and today is considered iconic. A century later, Craig Bohmler and a team of musicians, singers, and painters translate cowboy culture and the beauty of the west into the realm of Puccini and Verdi.

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Documentary

Runtime:

83 minutes

Year:

2020

Directors:

Kristin Atwell Ford

Production companies:

Quantum Leap Productions

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