Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/23/2019 - 03/03/2019
12:00 am
Location
Bitz Opera Factory
Categories
This moving and remarkable modern opera recounts the horrifying true story of 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.
Presented by the Pittsburgh Opera, the eighth oldest opera company in the United States.
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Address
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Pittsburgh,
PA
15222
United States