Opera Tampa Stages a Shining Adaptation of Popular Novel

Opera Tampa presents a chilling new production of The Shining, based on the novel by Stephen King

Opera Tampa stages a two-act musical transformation of The Shining created by the Pulitzer Prize-winning team of composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell.Who would have thought that a story by horror master Stephen King would find its way into the opera house?  It will when Straz Center’s Opera Tampa stages a two-act musical transformation of The Shining.Opera Tampa will present a chilling new production of The Shining, the acclaimed t…

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Opera Tampa stages a Shining adaptation of popular novel

With his 1977 book, “The Shining,” Stephen King secured his reputation as a writer in the horror genre and three years later enjoyed the story’s cinematic vision through the lens