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Marvin David Levy (August 2, 1932 – February 9, 2015) was an American composer, best known for his opera ''
"Marvin David Levy, Composer Who Rose, Fell and Rose Again, Dies at 82"
''The New York Times'', February 15, 2015.
Biography at the Milken Archive
by Neil W. Levin
October 13, 1987 1932 births 2015 deaths American opera composers American male opera composers Musicians from Passaic, New Jersey 20th-century American classical composers 21st-century American classical composers Jewish American classical composers Classical musicians from New Jersey 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century American Jews {{US-composer-20thC-stub
Marvin David Levy (August 2, 1932 – February 9, 2015) was an American composer, best known for his opera ''Mourning Becomes Electra
''Mourning Becomes Electra'' is a play cycle written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on 26 October 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932, starring Lee Ba ...
''.
''Mourning Becomes Electra'' was given its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center), Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Referred ...
in 1967. Although deemed a failure at the time, the work was revived in 1998 in a revised version by the composer to a triumphant success at the Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago is an American opera company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in Chicago in 1954, under the name 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' by Carol Fox (Chicago opera), Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno and Lawrence Kelly, w ...
. The New York City Opera
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The opera company, dubbed "the peopl ...
and the Seattle Opera
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staged the work in 2003, and the Florida Grand Opera
Florida Grand Opera (FGO) is an American opera company based in Miami, Florida. It is the oldest performing arts organization in Florida and the seventh oldest opera company in the United States. FGO was created in 1994 from the consolidation of ...
staged the opera in 2013.
A disc featuring ''Canto de los Marranos'' (''Song of the Marrano
''Marranos'' is a term for Spanish and Portuguese Jews, as well as Navarrese jews, who converted to Christianity, either voluntarily or by Spanish or Portuguese royal coercion, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, but who continued t ...
s'') and excerpts from ''Shir Shel Moshe'' (''Song of Moses'') was issued as part of the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music by Naxos in 2004.
The Passaic, New Jersey
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-born Levy died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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on February 9, 2015, aged 82.Margalit Fox
Margalit Fox (born April 25, 1961) is an American writer. After earning a master's degree in linguistics, she began her career in publishing in the 1980s. In 1994, she joined ''The New York Times'' as a copy editor for its ''Book Review'' and la ...
"Marvin David Levy, Composer Who Rose, Fell and Rose Again, Dies at 82"
''The New York Times'', February 15, 2015.
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Further reading
Biography at the Milken Archive
by Neil W. Levin
October 13, 1987 1932 births 2015 deaths American opera composers American male opera composers Musicians from Passaic, New Jersey 20th-century American classical composers 21st-century American classical composers Jewish American classical composers Classical musicians from New Jersey 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century American Jews {{US-composer-20thC-stub