Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Brokeback Mountain is an opera by American composer Charles Wuorinen, with a libretto in English by Annie Proulx, based on her 1997 short story "Brokeback Mountain". They began work on it in 2008 under a commission by Gerard Mortier of the New York City Opera. He took the project with him to the Teatro Real of Madrid, where the opera was premiered on January 28, 2014.

In 2007, Wuorinen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, saw the 2005 film directed by Ang Lee and "was inspired by its operatic possibilities." He approached Proulx with the idea of turning her short story into an opera and "to ask for her blessing to adapt the story for opera. Proulx went one step further, offering to write the libretto".

In the summer of 1963. two young men met at Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming, where they had been employed as seasonal herders.
Ennis Del Mar, the more shy, aspires to one day have his own ranch, like his parents, who died in a car accident. Jack Twist, more expansive, dreams of becoming a rodeo star. The omnipresent mountain seems to exert a magical force on them. On a night of drinking, their simple camaraderie turns into sizzling passion.

Direction: Ivo Van Hove (Director), Titus Engel (Music Conductor)
Cast: Choirs and orchestra of the Teatro Real de Madrid, Daniel Okulitch: Ennis del Mar, Tom Randle: Jack Twist, Heather Buck: Alma, Hannah Esther Minutillo: Lureen, Ethan Herschenfeld: Aguirre / Hog-Boy, Celia Alcedo: Mother of Alma, Ryan MacPherson: Father of Jack, Jane Henschel: Jack's mother, Hilary Summers: A waitress, Letitia Singleton: A saleswoman, Gaizka Gurruchaga: A cowboy, Vasco Fracanzani: Bill Jones