In John Adams’ Klinghoffer Opera, the Drama Is Offstage

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Protestors hold signs outside the Metropolitan Opera on opening night of the opera The Death of Klinghoffer on October 20, 2014 in New York City.
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Music Credits: "Act II, Scene I: Leon Klinghoffer: "I've never been a violent man" by John Adams from Nonesuch , "Act II, Scene 2: Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnopedie)" by John Adams from Nonesuch , "Act II, Scene I: Rambo: "You are always complaining of your suffering" by John Adams from Nonesuch , "Act 1, Scene 2: Mamoud: "Now it is night" by John Adams from Nonesuch
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