De history of opera in the 20th century. Today the start of a great new series by Luc Nijs, which focuses around the development of opera from 1900 to today. In this first episode, the highlights of 1900. At the start of the new century, French, English, Russian and Italian traditions keep piling on opera composers and productions
In this episode, parts of:
• Alexander von Zemlinsky – Es war einmal
• Sergei Prokofiev – The Giant
• Gustave Charpentier – Louise
• Gabriel Fauré – Prométhée
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Сказка о царе Салтане)
• Ruggero Leoncavallo – Zazà
Other opera and operetta productions from 1900 are:
• Giacomo Puccini – Tosca
• François Cellier – Pretty Polly
• Hamilton Clarke – The Outpost
• Ludwig Englander – The Monks of Malabar
• Camille Erlanger – Le juif Polonais
• Sergei Prokofiev – On Desert Island
• Ermanno Wolf – Ferrari-Cenerentola
• Victor Herbert – The Viceroy
• Ruperto Chapí – El barquillero
• Emil von Reznicek – Till Eulenspigel
• Siegfried Wagner – Herzog Wildfang
• Wilhelm Peterson – Berger-Ran
• Albéric Magnard – Guercoeur
• Eugen d’Albert – Kain
• Wilhelm Peterson – Berger-Ran
• Basil Hood – Ib and Little Christina
• José Serrano Simeón – El motete
• Amadeu Vives – La balade de la luz
• Amadeu Vives – Euda d’ Uriach
