Lizzie Borden is the sixth and best known opera by American composer Jack Beeson, commissioned by the Ford Foundation. The libretto by Kenward Elmslie after a scenario by Richard Plant is based on the real-life case of Lizzie Borden.
It was premiered on March 25, 1965, by the New York City Opera conducted by Anton Coppola and subsequently released on record.[1] The roughly two-hour opera is in three acts and an epilogue and is published by Boosey & Hawkes.[2] [3][4][5]
- ^ first on CRI, later New World Records #NWCR694
- ^ Online catalogue
- ^ [http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,941033,00.html Opera: New Music, Old Legend, Time Magazine Apr. 02, 1965]
- ^ Kozinn, Allan (March 8, 1999). "OPERA REVIEW; Deeper Look Into the Tale Of a Daughter And an Ax". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Myers, Eric (December 2013). "BEESON: Lizzie Borden". Opera News. Retrieved April 12, 2020.