An opera about Arsenal Football Club

An opera about Arsenal Football Club

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norman lebrecht

May 05, 2017

The longest soap opera in British football is the saga of the once-successful Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, who clings to his job despite winning nothing much for years.

Time now for a proper opera.

Highbury Opera Theatre has commissioned artistic director Scott Stroman to compose an opera from Nick Hornby’s Arsenal-fan novel, Fever Pitch. The librettist is Tamsin Collison and the work will premiere in September, just as Wenger or his successor is trotting out a new team at the Emirates.

The opera will last 90 minutes.

Plus injury time.

Who gets to play Wenger? (Bostridge would be brilliant.)

Colin Firth in the movie, Fever Pitch

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