Buffalos Nickel City Opera Presents SHOT!: The Assassination of President William McKinley at The 1901 Pan American Exposition June 10th & 12th
Summary
Directed by Emmy Award Winning Director, David Grabarkewitz, Conducted by Maestro Michael Ching with Metropolitan Opera singer Valerian Ruminski as President McKinley."Like Puccini, Verdi, Beethoven, and other past composers, it contained issues still present in my time such as assimilating immigrants, equality for all, huge economic differences between the haves & have-nots, drugs & mental problems, gun control, war, etc.In a presidential election year, the opera makes people aware of current situations, offers possibilities, and submits the solution of coming together as a way to solve our individual & collective troubles." by 32 time ASCAP award winning composer Persis Vehar based on the assassination of President William McKinley at the 1901 Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY by Polish-American dissident and self proclaimed anarchist Leon Czolgosz."Like Puccini, Verdi, Beethoven, and other past composers, it contained issues still present in my time such as assimilating immigrants, equality for all, huge economic differences between the haves & have-nots, drugs & mental problems, gun control, war, etc."SHOT!