‘Brief Encounter’ premiere set
Houston Grand Opera will stage the world premiere of Andre Previn’s “Brief Encounter” as part of its 2008-09 season.
Based on Noel Coward’s one-act play “Still Life” and the screenplay he adapted for David Lean’s 1945 film, the opera will star soprano Elizabeth Futral and baritone Nathan Gunn as the two married strangers who meet in a train station and fall in love. In Lean’s classic film, those roles were played by Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard.
“Brief Encounter,” to run May 1-9, 2009, is Previn’s second opera. “A Streetcar Named Desire” premiered in 1998.
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-- Chris Pasles
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