Opera in the 20th century
tue 25 sep 2018 14:00 hrs
The history of twentieth century opera. 1961A
1961, the year J.F. Kennedy becomes president of the United States and also the year of the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba. It was also the year in which the construction of the Berlin Wall began. In the land of music there were a number of beautiful premieres, including the Fonogrammi by Krzysztof Penderecki, the Jubilate Deo in C by Benjamin Britten and the Jeux Vénitiens by Polish composer Witold Lutosławski. The post-war avant-garde is advancing in the land of opera, but there are also quite a few traditional modernist works of art.
