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Opera in the 20th century

The history of twentieth century opera. 1971A.

1971 was an interesting year in the land of opera. Nice productions by Western and American composers.  The avant-garde is finally beginning to really take shape (or perhaps it should be ‘shapes’). But there are also a few proper firsts: a second Turkish opera of considerable quality and a second opera from North Korea from a group of musicians that was formed together in the Sea of Blood Theatrical Troupe. They, with the regime’s permission, completed a number of operas which were inspired by revolution. And speaking of revolutions: the socialist ideology reached its zenith in the operas by German composer Hans Werner Henze. More than enough to fill two beautiful broadcasts with.

 

In this episode excerpts of:

  • Alberto Ginastera- Beatrice Cenci
  • Gottfried von Einem- Der Besuch der alten Dame
  • Hans Werner Henze- Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer

Other opera and operetta productions from 1971:

  •  Ulysses Kay- The Capitoline Venus
  •  Stephen Oliver- The Duchess of Malfi
  •  Mieczysław Weinberg – The Love of d’Artagnan (Любовь Д’Артаньяна)
  •  Aribert Reimann- Melusine
  •  Benjamin Britten- Owen Wingrave
  •  Dominick Argento- Postcard from Marocco
  •  Çetin Işıközlü- Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi (The Legend of Mount Ararat)
  •  Sea of Blood Theatrical Troupe (Pibada Guekdan)- Sea of Blood ( 피바다)
  •  Heitor Villa-Lobos- Yerma
  •  Eduard Tubin- The Parson of Reigi
  •  Heinrich Suermeister- Das Flaschenteufel
  •  Ján Cikker- Obliehanie Bystrice
  •  Ned Rorem- 5 micro-operas:
    • o The Animals Sick of the Plague
    • o The Bird Wounded by an Arrow
    • o The Fox and the Grapes
    • o The Lion in Love
    • o The Sun and the Frogs
    • –  Đỗ Nhuận- Người tạc tượng (‘The Sculptor’)
    • –  Gian Carlo Menotti- The Most Important Man
    • –  Ādolfs Skulte-  Princese Gundega
    • –  Rodion Schtschedrin- Not just love (Не только любовь)
    • –  Lee Hoiby- Summer and Smoke
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