Benito Cereno (opera)
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Benito Cereno (opera) is a modern operatic adaptation of Herman Melville’s novella, dramatizing the tense and ambiguous encounter aboard a Spanish slave ship seized by mutineers.
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| artForm | music theatre ⓘ |
| basedOn | Benito Cereno (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Herman Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| form | through-composed opera ⓘ |
| genre |
chamber opera
ⓘ
contemporary opera ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Amasa Delano
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Babo NERFINISHED ⓘ Benito Cereno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSourceGenre | novella ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySourceAuthor | Herman Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
ambiguous power relations between captors and captives
ⓘ
tense encounter between American captain and Spanish slaver ⓘ |
| period | modern ⓘ |
| setting |
19th century
ⓘ
Spanish slave ship ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
mutiny at sea
ⓘ
slave revolt ⓘ |
| themes |
colonialism
ⓘ
deception ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
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