Otto Luening Born: 15 June 1900, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Died: 2 September 1996, New York, NY

(U.S. Opera Home Page)

• Evangeline, grand opera in four acts. Libretto by the composer after the poem of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Chicago, 29 Dec. 1932 (excerpts). [commissioned by the American Opera Company]

As well as being an important conductor of American opera and a pioneer of electronic and tape music, Luening composed one opera of his own, Evangeline. Among other important premieres, he conducted the first night of Menotti's The Medium.