Daron Hagen's opera Shining Brow deals with one of the great tragedies in American history, one that relatively few Americans know about: in 1914 a crazed servant killed architect Frank Lloyd Wright's family and burned his specially built home, the first "Taliesin," to the ground. For an America that has witnessed celebrity tragedies like the death of actor Phil Hartman, or even the assassination of John Lennon, perhaps this sad tale has lost some of its sting, but in its time it was an electrifying event and one that ...
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Daron Hagen's opera Shining Brow deals with one of the great tragedies in American history, one that relatively few Americans know about: in 1914 a crazed servant killed architect Frank Lloyd Wright's family and burned his specially built home, the first "Taliesin," to the ground. For an America that has witnessed celebrity tragedies like the death of actor Phil Hartman, or even the assassination of John Lennon, perhaps this sad tale has lost some of its sting, but in its time it was an electrifying event and one that significantly cost Wright in terms of his reputation. The brilliant, exemplary career that followed -- in the wake of a personal tragedy that would have stopped many a stronger man than Wright -- proved more than enough to rescue him from the scandal of 1914. However, the opera makes clear that the story is a complex one, and that Wright was partly at fault for what happened, owing to his inattentiveness to personal matters and the effect his constant, "head in the clouds" visionary...
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