2 x 4 Libretto Meme

Ariadne Obnoxious has tossed me her 2x4 Libretto Meme. I have to admit that I really don't feel equal to the task, but I will give it a stab and hope that I don't embarrass myself.

Four people currently living most likely to produce an interesting & stageable brand new opera plot & libretto (ie, you would go to see it!):

1. Stephen Sondheim – who has already written several
2. Aaron Sorkin – Based on Sports Night. I see a comic opera with a lot of patter
3. Richard Curtis – a romantic comic opera.
4. Tom Clancy – lots of special effects

Four books you could buy at a regular bookseller's like Borders, Barnes & Noble or on Amazon, that, if re-worked, would be most likely to produce an interesting & stageable opera libretto, (ie, you would go to see it):

1. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow – certainly there is an operatic character if ever there was one. Ends with a duel
2. Daisy Miller by Henry James – I read it in high school and it immediately said opera to me. I believe its been done, but I don't know by whom so it certainly requires another attempt.
3. February House by Sherill Tippins – La bohème for WWII with Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Carson McCullers, WH Auden and Gyspy Rose Lee as characters.
4. The Last Prima Donnas by Lanfranco Rasponi – who would play Callas or Cigna?