The history of twentieth-century opera: 1923. Modernism is starts to take shape and the experimenting continues on happily.
Not just in music, but also in themes people are not afraid to push the boundaries. This is just as it should be and fits perfectly within the postwar optimism.
In this episode, parts of:
• Manuel de Falla- El retablo de maese Pedro
• Rued Langgaard- Antikrist
• Gustav Holst- The Perfect Fool
Other opera and operetta productions from 1923 are:
• Albert Roussel- Padmâvatî
• Ottorino Respighi- Belfagor
• André Messager- L’amour masque
• Reynaldo Hahn- Ciboulette
• Amadeo Vives- Doña Francisquita
• Ethyl Smith- Fête Galante
• Nicolae Bretan- Golem
• Hans Gál- Die heilige Ente
• Joaquín Turina- Jardín de oriente
• Ezra Pound- Le Testament de Villon
• Jean Gilbert- Katja, die Tänzerin
• Jean Gilbert- Das Weib in Purpur
• Franz Lehár- Die gelbe Jacke
• Franz Lehár- Libellentanz
• Eugen d’Albert- Mareike von Nymwegen
• Harold Fraser-Simson- Head over Heels
• Leon Jessel- Des Königs Nachbarin
• Ruggero Leoncavallo- Il primo bacio
• Zacharia Paliashvili- Daisi Twilight
• Henri Christiné- Madame
• Oscar Straus- Die Perlen der Cleopatra
