Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina—beautiful, wealthy, aristocratic—is nonetheless vulnerable, unhappy, and caught in a rigid society that crushes anyone who does not follow the rules of the game.
Her deeply personal, tragic story has long been familiar through the practically perfect novel by Leo Tolstoy and the two most memorable film versions starring Greta Garbo and Vivien Leigh. Told with compassion and unsentimental observation, it follows an upper-class woman in 19th-century Russia through a loveless marriage, burning love affair, wrenching heartbreak, and finally her sudden death.

Anna Karenina is a modern American opera that is at once new and familiar, brilliant and accessible. This is opera at its most affecting, combining Tolstoy’s very human drama with powerfully expressive American music from the pen of David Carlson, who draws on Tchaikovsky for his orchestral models while utilizing arching melodic utterances unique to his personal style. Opera San José will present Anna Karenina’s West Coast premiere with a new scene added by the composer following the 2007 world premiere in Florida.

• Venue: California Theatre
• Date: Sun September 12, 2010 3:00pm
• City: San Jose
• Price Range: $51 to $101
• Tickets: 408-437-4450

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