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Call Me Ishmael is a  two and a quarter-hour opera based on Herman Melville’s monumental classic of American  literature,  Moby-Dick. It was composed in Holland and France by Gary Goldschneider, who also wrote the libretto, between 1987 and 2003.

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Call Me Ishmael
An opera by Gary Goldschneider

World Premiere May 30, 2004
Amsterdam City Theatre (Stadsschouwburg)

Directed by Nicholas Heath
Conducted by Conrad Van Alphen