Riders of the Purple Sage: The Making of a Western Opera
83 mins
Follow a classically trained composer as he adapts a dime novel masterpiece into a grand opera. In 1912, Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage flew off bookshelves around the world and today is considered iconic. A century later, Craig Bohmler and a team of musicians, singers, and painters translate cowboy culture and the beauty of the west into the realm of Puccini and Verdi.
Billie Jo Herberger
Executive Producer
J. Scott Hooker
Executive Producer
Judd Herberger
Executive Producer
Bill Davis
Editor
Kristin Atwell Ford
Editor
Kristin Atwell Ford
Director
Bill Davis
Director of Photography
Kristin Atwell Ford
Producer
Misty Wilson
Editor