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Joe Darion
Librettist
Biography
Joe Darion's collaboration with Kleinsinger extended beyond Shinbone Alley. Together they wrote several cartoon shorts as well as a Christmas opera for the Little Orchestra Society. His greatest success came in the 1965-66 season with Man Of La Mancha (with a score by Mitch Leigh) winning the Drama Critics Circle Award as well as five Tonys. In 1967 came Illya Darling based on the popular Jules Dassin film Never On Sunday (with a score by the movie's soundtrack composer Manos Hadjidakis) bringing the Greek film star Melina Mercouri to Broadway. His point of view about the responsibility of the lyric writer offered the following advice: "Write a lyric with beautiful words but with open vowels in the wrong places, and you won't live to hear the applause, because if the composer doesn't kill you, the singer will." And he echoed the Hammerstein dictum of what show music was all about: "Today the music must be woven into the warp and woof of the play to add a dimension, to put up another wall for the weight of the play to rest upon."

Productions
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Opera SaratogaMan of La Mancha7/8/2021 - 7/10/2021
Shreveport OperaMan of La Mancha11/9/2019 - 11/9/2019
Amarillo OperaMan of La Mancha4/5/2018 - 4/7/2018
Pensacola OperaMan of La Mancha3/16/2018 - 3/18/2018
Portland OperaMan of La Mancha6/9/2017 - 6/9/2017
Utah Symphony | Utah OperaMan of La Mancha1/21/2017 - 1/29/2017
Central City OperaMan of La Mancha7/18/2015 - 8/9/2015
Shreveport OperaMan of La Mancha10/23/2009 - 10/23/2009
Lyric Opera San DiegoMan of La Mancha9/9/2007 - 10/10/2007
Utah Festival OperaMan of La Mancha7/7/2006 - 7/26/2006
Skylight Music TheatreMan of La Mancha5/1/2006 - 7/1/2006
Opera ModestoMan of La Mancha11/11/2002 - 11/23/2002
Opera ColumbusMan of La Mancha7/7/2002 - 7/28/2002
Spokane OperaMan of La Mancha6/6/2002 - 6/28/2002
Opera OmahaMan of La Mancha4/4/2001 - 4/29/2001
Shepherd UniversityMan of La Mancha2/8/2001 - 2/25/2001
Amarillo OperaMan of La Mancha9/19/1998 - 9/19/1998
The Cleveland OperaMan of La Mancha6/6/1996 - 6/23/1996
Orlando OperaMan of La Mancha4/1/1994 - 4/30/1994
Sorg OperaMan of La Mancha4/1/1994 - 4/23/1994
Portland OperaMan of La Mancha2/1/1994 - 2/26/1994
Madison OperaMan of La Mancha11/1/1992 - 11/21/1992
Knoxville OperaMan of La Mancha7/1/1992 - 7/19/1992
Opera ModestoMan of La Mancha3/1/1992 - 4/1/1992
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