Riders of the Purple Sage: The Making of a Western Opera (2020)

Synopsis

Follow a classically trained composer as he adapts a dime novel masterpiece into a grand opera. In 1912, Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage flew off bookshelves around the world and today is considered iconic. A century later, Craig Bohmler and a team of musicians, singers, and painters translate cowboy culture and the beauty of the west into the realm of Puccini and Verdi.

Release Date: 2020-02-05

Runtime: 83 minutes

Director: Kristin Atwell Ford