tue 7 feb 2017 14:00 hrs
Composers: Antonín Dvorák | Arthur Honegger | Camille Saint-Saëns | Franco Alfano | Franz Lehár | Frederick Delius | José Serrano | Leos Janácek | Nikolaj Rimski-Korsakov | Oscar Straus | Pauline Viardot | Ruggero Leoncavallo
The history of twentieth-century opera. #5: 1904
In this series we explore the evolution of the art of opera from 1900 to today. In this fifth episode, the highlights of 1904. Once again a busy year in the world of opera, with many beautiful operas. But strangely enough, they didn’t keep to the repertoire, with maybe one exception!
In this episode, parts of:
· Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Pan Voyevoda
· Antonín Dvořák – Armida ·
. Pauline Viardot – Cendrillon
· Franz Lehár – Der Göttergatte
· Leoš Janáček – Jenůfa
· Frederick Delius – Koanga
· Camille Saint-Saëns – Hélène
· Franco Alfano – Risurrezione
· Ruggero Leoncavallo – Der Roland von Berlin
Other opera and operetta productions from 1904 are:
- Henri Christiné- Mam’zelle Chichi
- Oscar Straus- Die lustigen Nibelungen
- Harry Lawrence Freeman- Octoroon
- José Serrano Simeón- La Torería
- Amadeu Vives- Bohemios
- Amadeu Vives- El húsar de la guardia
- Arthur Honegger- Sigismond
