tue 26 may 2020 17:00 hrs
Composers: Harrison Birtwistle | Jake Heggie | Lee Hoiby | Poul Ruders | Thomas Adès | William Bolcom
The history of twentieth century opera. 2004B
2004: A post-war generation of composers starts to take over the wheel. This leads to an interesting theme, a return to the past, some bizarre twists and modern line-ups.
In this episode fragments from:
- Jake Heggie- The end of the affair
- Thomas Adès- The Tempest
- Poul Ruders- Kafka’s Trial
Other opera and operetta productions from 2004 are:
- Harrison Birtwistle- The Io passion
- John Haddock- Madeline Lee
- Matthew King- On London Fields
- Daniel Catán- Salsipuedes: a Tale of Love, War and Anchovies
- William Bolcom- A Wedding
- Lee Hoiby- Romeo and Juliet
- Salvatore- Sciarrino- Lohengrin 2. Disegno per un giardino sonoro
- Jin Xiang- Yang Guifei
