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The Cradle Will Rock

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  • In Marc Blitzstein

    His first opera, The Cradle Will Rock (1937), is the story of a capitalist’s resistance to unionization. Controversy surrounded much of Blitzstein’s work, which is experimental in subject matter and characterized by unexpected tonalities. Blitzstein believed fascism should be fought with art, and he had a gift for…

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