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Cirque du Soleil Composer Benoît Jutras Developing Rock Opera About Japan’s Imperial Family (EXCLUSIVE)

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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterBenoît Jutras, the composer behind many Cirque du Soleil productions, is developing a slate of original musicals for the stage and screen.The first project will be a rock opera that traces Japan’s Imperial Family through the final days of World War II.

The show, which has the working title “十” (the Japanese symbol for 10), was written to be performed by an entirely Asian company with gender-fluid casting.Cirque du Soleil is not involved in Jutras’ new works, though he is reuniting with two frequent Cirque collaborators: Harris Shper and Taylor Jeffs.

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