Animal Farm, a one-act chamber opera written by young Israeli pianist/composer Matan Porat based on the timeless George Orwell political satire of the same name, will premiere at the Tel Aviv Music Academy next week before making its way to the US.
The opera was commissioned to Porat, and was intended to be a family-friendly piece.
"Granted, this allegory, telling the story of the animals ousting their human exploiters from the farm and then being exploited in an even more merciless way by their fellow quadrupeds is not a kindergarten fairy tale," admits Porat, "but I believe that it is important to know from an early age that not everything said by leaders should be taken for granted."
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