Sex, grief and a crushed musical identity: Alma Mahler steps on to the operatic stage
Briefly

The Israeli composer Ella Milch-Sheriff's opera 'Alma' centers on Alma Mahler's tragic motherhood experiences, her thwarted creative identity, and her complex relationships as a muse.
Milch-Sheriff presents Alma as a fiftysomething embittered alcoholic, mourning lost children and her unrealized musical potential while engaging with her critical daughter Anna.
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