The Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre premieres a brand-new work, celebrating Eastern Iowa’s hometown art legend, Grant Wood. “Strokes of Genius: The Grant Wood Operas” is three one-act original operas, each written by a composer with Iowa ties.
Cedar Rapids native Robert Lindsay Nassif’s contribution is “American Gothical,” a comic look at how Wood may have gone about creating “American Gothic,” one of the most iconic paintings in the world, including scenes in Dr. McKeeby’s dental chair, who served as the male model for the painting, and convincing Grant’s glamorous sister Nan to allow him to paint her as the dowdy woman.
Also, original works by the UI’s Jean-Francois Charles, and Michael Ching, a famous opera composer who lives in Ames.
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