Some of you may recall that we read Thomas Mallon's Fellow Travelers, set in D.C. during the Lavender Scare, back in 2008. Ernie Raskauskas has kindly alerted me that Virginia Opera will present Gregory Spears' musical adaptation of the novel on Feb. 4 and 5. While I have not seen the opera (and can't make it to either of these performances, alas), I do have a recording of it and highly recommend the music--as well as the source material, of course. Spears has also given Willa Cather's novella, Paul's Case--which we discussed back in 2011--an operatic treatment, and I recommend that CD, as well.
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