Powder Her Face New York City Opera

Powder Her Face New York City Opera. New york (ap) — thomas ades wanted to be provocative in his first opera, powder her face, when he composed a scene in which he musically depicts a sex act between the duchess of argyll and a. Based on the true story of margaret, duchess of argyll, whose reportedly insatiable sexual appetite was a tabloid scandal during her 1963 divorce proceedings, powder her face is an oddly chilly affair,

The New York City Opera powders her face once again. New from newyorkarts.net

P owder her face is a darkly comic opera written in 1995 by thomas adès with a libretto by philip hensher inspired by the life and times of margaret, duchess of argyll. Inspired by a sex scandal that rocked britain in the early 60s, powder her face (1995) is a chamber opera composed by england’s thomas adès to a libretto by philip hensher. This was the second east coast staging of powder her face this season:

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