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This week, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley joined members of the Minnesota Opera to work on a new adaptation of his play "Doubt."

Director Kevin Newbury, left, discusses a point with librettist John Patrick Shanley and composer Douglas Cuomo. Conductor Christopher Franklin works with singers in the background.

 who says that telling the story through opera allows him to further explore nuances in the tale.

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After his story of a priest accused of abusing a student became a huge Broadway hit, Patrick Shanley wrote the screenplay for its successful film adaptation. Now he is writing the libretto for the opera which gets its world premiere in St. Paul in January.

Broadway hit ‘Doubt’ transformed into an opera

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