Article: A little hit.(MUSIC)(new opera The Little Prince)

HAVE you seen The Little Prince? I'm not talking about the big-screen musical clone by Lerner & Loewe (1974). I'm not talking about the Claymation short, narrated by Cliff Robertson (1979). Nor am I talking about any of the other movie or TV versions of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic. I'm talking about the opera, composed by Rachel Portman two years ago. Her Little Prince is a little hit, and it will occupy the stage of New York City Opera in mid-November.

It was originally commissioned by Houston Grand Opera, commissioner of a great many works. And when it made its splash, it was televised by the BBC. Opera on television (and new opera at that)--just like ...

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