Opera Montana Brings 'A River Runs Through It' to Missoula – The Pulp

Opera Montana brings 'A River Runs Through It' to Missoula – The Pulp

Artistic director Michael Sakir on turning Norman Maclean's 'A River Runs Through It' into an opera, from fly-fishing as stagecraft to giving Maclean's female characters real names.

Montana’s River Is Awash with Superlative Talent – Opera Today

It is cause for nationwide rejoicing that Opera Montana has commissioned and produced a nigh unto flawless World Premiere of a soulful, spirited and soaring operatic treatment of A River Runs Through It. The lean, compact writing of Norman Maclean’s story, considered the unofficial state novel, was masterfully adapted, nay, downright elevated by Matt Foss and Kelley Rourke. From Mclean’s atmospheric prose and homey interactions, the pair have wr…