The history of twentieth-century opera. The highlights of 1915. The operas start to reflect the cruel reality of Europe. But man has hope, so some works go back, in theme, to the Enlightenment or even further back, to the Florentine period.
In this episode, parts of:
• Emmerich Kálmán- Die Csárdásfürstin
• Charles Rudolf Friml- Katinka
• José María Usandizaga- La llama
• Umberto Giordano- Madame Sans-Gêne
• César Cui- Puss in Boots (Кот в сапогах)
• Max von Schillings- Mona Lisa
• Alberto Franchetti – Notte di Legenda
Other opera and operetta productions from 1915 are:
• Xavier Leroux- Les cadeaux de Noël
• Uzeyir Hajibeyov- Harun en Leyla
• Victor Herbert- The Princess Pat
• Mashadi Jamil Amirov- Seyfal mulk (Seyfəl mülk)
• Emmerich Kálmán- Miss Suzy (Die Fashingsfee/ Zsuzsi kisasszony)
• Siegfried Wagner- An allem ist Hütchen Schuld!
• Rutland Boughton- Bethlehem
• Franz Schreker-Die Gezeichneten
• Franz Schreker-Das Spielwerk (revision of his earlier ‘Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin’)
• Ruggero Leoncavallo- La candidate
• Charles Cuvillier- Judith courtisane
• Leo Fall- Der künstliche Mensch
• Harry Lawrence Freeman- The Plantation
