As the NFL takes over the tri-state area in anticipation of the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 2, the grandiosity of this annual event could be called operatic, and that’s not only because Renée Fleming is singing the national anthem.
To tease out some of the similarities between the gridiron and the opera stage, we called in composer Peter Stopschinski, librettist Kirk Lynn and director Luke Leonard, the team behind Bum Phillips All-American Opera, a new stage work about O.A. “Bum” Phillips, the head coach of the Houston Oilers from 1975 to 1980. The work is to receive its world premiere at La Mama in March. Here are their top five…CLICK THE LINK TO READ MORE…
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