FULL GLORY DENIED (Cipullo) Los Angeles CA 2023 Haiming Wu, Graycen Gardner, Corey Estelle, John Watson

Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO         

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Glory Denied   
• Composer: Tom Cipullo  
• Libretto: Tom Cipullo, Tom Philpott    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: ArtShare, Los Angeles, California, USC Thornton School of Music,  
• Recorded: April 16, 2023
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Haiming Wu, Graycen Gardner, Corey Estelle, John Watson
• Conductor: Brent McMunn   
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director: Martina Roos   
• Costume Designer: Edina Hiser  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: USC Thornton School of Music  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Quote from Pittsburgh Opera:

Based on a book by Tom Philpott, Glory Denied tells the true story of Colonel Jim Thompson, America’s longest-held prisoner of war. The opera deals not only with Thompson’s suffering in the jungle of southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, but also the tragic aftermath that followed his liberation.

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 release.

Glory Denied is, above all, the story of an American family during one our nation’s most turbulent eras.