An opera reimagines classic story about an Italian family on eve of WWII
Ricky Ian Gordon, a composer who created a new opera based on the 1970 Holocaust film “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis,” gave his thoughts on the story.
Anthony Ciaramitaro as Giorgio and Rachel Blaustein as Micol in the New York City Opera/National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene production of the opera, "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis." (photo credit: SARAH SHATZ/JTA)ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
