The history of twentieth-century opera – # 2. In this second episode, the highlights of 1901. It was a busy year in opera. Many new compositions were completed and premiered, and several stunning gems disappeared between the cracks of history. But some productions are still well-known today.
In this episode parts of:
• Giacomo Orefici- Chopin
• Arthur Sullivan- The Emerald Island
• Charles Stanford- Much Ado about Nothing
• Jules Massenet- Grisélidis
• Richard Strauss- Feuersnot
• Ignacy Jan Panderewski- Manru
• Alexander Gretchaninov- Dobrynya Nikitisch
• Camille Saint-Saens- Les Barbares
• Antonín Dvořák- Rusalka
Other opera and operetta productions of 1901 are:
• César Cui- Feast in a Time of Plague (Пир во время чумы)
• Basil Hood/Cecil Cook- The Willow Pattern
• Hans Pfitzner- Die Rose vom Liebesgarten
• Franz Lehár- Arabella, der Kubanerin
• Franz Lehár- Das Klub-Baby
• Jean Gilbert- Das Jungfernstift
• Italo Montemezzi- Bianca
• Xavier Leroux- Astarté
• Enrique Granados- Picarol
• Pietro Mascagni- Le maschere
• Reginald de Koven-Foxy Killer