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Marvin David Levy (Composer)

Born: 2nd August 1932, Passaic, NJ. United States

Died: 9th February 2015, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Nationality: American

Marvin David Levy was an American composer, best known for his opera Mourning Becomes Electra.

Mourning Becomes Electra was given its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in 1967. Although deemed a failure at the time, the work was revived in 1998 in a revised version by the composer to a triumphant success at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.