Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/31/2019
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall
Categories
Experience a special staging of this moving and remarkable modern opera about Jim Thompson (1933-2002), the longest-held prisoner-of-war (POW) in American history.
Thompson was a colonel serving the United States Army during the Vietnam War (1955-1975) when he was captured in 1964 after a plane crash. Colonel Thompson endured his brutal captivity by doggedly clinging to memories of his loving wife Alyce and their children. Alyce, however, believed Jim was dead. She and her children moved to Massachusetts with another man — leading to a painful reunion after Jim’s 1973 release.
“Glory Denied” is, above all, the story of an American family during one our nation’s most turbulent eras. After the performance, there will be a lively discussion about the opera’s story and music, and insights on the Vietnam War and POW experience. Speakers will include members of the opera’s cast and artistic team and military experts.
Presented by the Pittsburgh Opera, the eighth oldest opera company in the United States. For more information, call (412) 621-4253.
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