Born in Chicago, Cook served in the army during World War II and then studied at the University of Rochester and the Eastman School of Music.
Annie Carpenter Hayashi, Carpenter's niece, described him spending his evenings in his basement in a suburb of Chicago with the massive Mahler work spread out on several tables. "I think he had a vision for the completion," she told the Tribune. "He saw a fullness in Mahler that other people didn't see."
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.
Lileana Blain-Cruz's production of John Adams' opera-oratorio opened April 23.
Composer John Adams and theatre director Lileana Blain-Cruz retells the story of the Nativity, through the lens of Latin America.
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Lileana Blain-Cruz directs the new production, opening April 23.
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