Plot: In 2002, Nicholas Maw's opera Sophie's Choice, based on the novel by William Styron, was given its premiere at the Royal Opera House. The subject had struck Maw when he had first watched the film several years previously, and he immediately felt it would be ‘the most extraordinary basis for an opera’
Release Date:
Monday, February 1 2010 14 years ago
Angelika Kirchschlager
Gordon Gietz
Rodney Gilfry
Dale Duesing