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An Opera Emerges

Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls, a new opera in two acts by composer Brian Wilbur Grundstrom and librettist David M. Dorsen. World Premiere poster in Brasilia June 2026



Ernest Hemingway's

For Whom the Bell Tolls


A New Opera in Two Acts
No one is an island
World Premiere
June 19-28, 2026
Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro
Brasilia, Brasil

click here for more information and complete concert video



Music by
Brian Wilbur Grundstrom
International Brazilian
Opera Company
drawing of bridge logo for International Brazilian Opera Company
Libretto by
David M. Dorsen
Music Director
Jeffrey Sean Dokken
Dramatic Director
Eliana Carneiro

Dramaturg
Robert Barnett


Audition Notice



Indra Thomas Sings
Will He Love Me?
Maestro Jeffrey Dokken, Composer Brian Wilbur Grundstrom, Soprano Indra Thomas and Barbara Beninato with the Rome Symphony Orchestra


The London Symphony Orchestra
records the Overture for
For Whom the Bell Tolls


takeeffectreviews.com
“and ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls: Overture’ exits the listen with the best selection, where fluid melodies, charming percussive ideas and ebbs of bareness populate the multi-faceted finish of the Brian Wilbur Grundstrom original.”

Overture by London Symphony Orchestra







Click here to watch interview hosted by
Christina Scheppelmann

Christina Scheppelmann

General Director, Seattle Opera

Press Release

Full video was released on 

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 7:00pm EST, 8pm Brasilia

Watch here: youtube


DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
This project has been supported by the Sister Cities Grant program of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities