Opera in the Repertoire · Modern
Jackie O
Music by Michael Daugherty · premiered 1997
Jackie O is a chamber opera in two acts composed by Michael Daugherty to a libretto by Wayne Koestenbaum. The 90-minute work, commissioned by Houston Grand Opera in 1995 and premiered in 1997, is inspired by American musical and popular culture of the late 1960s and episodes in the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
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About the Composer
Michael Daugherty is the composer of record for this opera.
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