Mailer's Opera
Charles Matz's account of the genesis of his opera libretto adapting An American Dream, with quotes from Mailer; the opera was never completed.
“Mailer’s Opera,” an article by Charles Matz (Opera News, 21 February 1970, 14–16, with a cover photograph of Mailer), recounts the genesis of Matz’s libretto adapting An American Dream (65.7) and its first reading at Mailer’s home, with quotes from Mailer. No composer was ever found, and the opera remains incomplete.