John Harbison
Born: 20 December 1938, Orange, NJ, USA
(U.S. Opera Home Page)
Operas
Winter's Tale,
libretto by the composer, after the play by William Shakespeare (c. 1974, rev. 1991)
Full Moon in March,
opera in one act; libretto by the composer after the play by W. B. Yeats (c. 1977)
The Great Gatsby,
libretto by the composer with Murray Horwitz (20 December 1999,
NY Met
)
There's a good
bio of Harbison
with more info about his operas and other works on his publisher's web site.
last update: 3 Dec. 2002
