It's hard not to get a little nostalgic for your childhood with all of the trailers running for the new movie of Where the Wild Things Are, opening this weekend.  Certain childhood books, like  The Little Prince, Where the Wild Things Are, Little Women, and anything by Dr. Seuss, have a way of staying with us long after we have put other childish things away.  It's no wonder, then, that modern composers have turned to many of these childhood classics when looking for inspiration for a new opera.

 

New York City Opera performed Oliver Knussen's opera of Where the Wild Things Are in the fall of 1987, and some of our staff are now debating whether this beloved children's story makes for a better movie or a better opera.  We'll have to see!  If you want to compare along with us, there's a DVD sale going on now so you can get 25% off the purchase of any DVD in our gift shop.  Why not get a DVD of the City Opera production of Where the Wild Things Are, and The Little Prince and spend a weekend with your inner child?

 

For the DVD Sale, click here and enter code: DVD25.