“War cannot be described in film, or in theatre, or in opera … you can’t replicate the actual experience. But what you can actually achieve is [to] tell the universal truth about what it is to be a soldier.”
That’s according to Tomer Zvulun, the general and artistic director of the Atlanta Opera. Zvulun identifies with the soldier’s experience because he is a veteran himself, having served as a combat medic in the Israeli army.
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