The history of 21st century opera: 1924.
The opera landscape is varied in 1924, and that is how we like it. We get traditionalism from Emmerich Kálmán and Franz Schreker, but also a Nordic theme from Feliks Nowowiejski and Leevi Madetoj.
There is a sincere Ukranian opera (although posthumously) composed by Mykola Lysenko. The audience’s taste is changing, and this has an impact on the production of operas.
This episode has fragments from:
• Emmerich Kálmán- Gräfin Mariza
• Franz Schreker- Irrelohe
• Feliks Nowowiejski- Legenda Bałtyku (the legend of the Baltics)
• Leevi Madetoja- The Ostrobothnians (Pohjalaisia)
• Mykola Lysenko- Taras Bulba (Тарас Бульба)
Other opera- en light opera productions from 1924 are:
• Leoš Janáček- The Cunning Little Vixen (Příhody lišky Bystroušky)
• Victor Herbert- The Dream Girl
• Arnold Schoenberg- Erwartung
• Arnold Schoenberg- Die glückliche Hand
• Ralph Vaughan Williams- Hugh the Drover
• Richard Strauss- Intermezzo
• Henry Kimball Hadley- A Night in Old Paris
• Ettore Petrolini- Il padiglione delle meraviglie
• Rudolf Friml- Rose-Marie
• Sigmund Romberg- The Student Prince
• Umberto Giardano- La cena delle beffe
• Rutland Boughton- The Queen of Cornwall
• Harold Fraser-Simson- Our Nell
• Harold Fraser-Smson- The Street Singer
• Leon Jessel- Meine Tochter Otto
• Alexander Gretchaninov- Der Kater, der Hahn und der Fuchs
• Walter Braunfels- Don Gil von den grünen Hosen
• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger- Adils and Elisiv
• Hakon Børresen- Tycho Brahe’s Dream
• Charles Cuvillier- Bob et moi
• Franz Lehár- Cloclo
• Karol Szymanowski- King Roger (Król Roger)
