Military justice has rarely figured in the opera literature -- Benjamin Britten's
Billy Budd comes to mind -- but now there is an opera based on the suicide of U.S. Army private
Danny Chen.
This article from
China Daily USA tells the tale. The world premiere of
An American Soldier was presented on June 13 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Click
here for
National Public Radio's piece.
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