The history of twentieth-century opera.
In this series we look at the evolution of opera from 1900 to today. In this ninth episode, the highlights of 1908. This is a somewhat slow year for the opera scene. There were however some peculiarities, including the first Muslim opera and the premieres of Ariane and Barbe Bleu by Paul Dukas.
In this episode, parts form:
• Héctor Panizza- Aurora
• Oscar Straus- Der tapfere Soldat
• Leo Fall- Die geschiedene Frau
• Uzeyir Hajibeyov- Leyli and Majnun (Leyli və Məcnun)
• Antoine Mariotte- Salomé
• Paul Dukas- Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Other productions of opera and operetta of 1908 are:
• Oskar Merikanto- Maiden of the North (Pohjan neiti)
• Philip Michael Faraday- A Welsh Sunset
• Franz Lehár- Der Mann mit den drei Frauen
• Riccardo Zandonai- Il grillo del focolare
• Victor Jacobi- There is, but there isn’t (Van, de nincs)
• Victor Herbert- Little Nemo
• Manuel Penella- Salt Foam
• Reginald de Koven- The Golden Butterfly
• Henri Christiné- Cinq minutes d’amour
• Oscar Straus- Didi
• Charles Cuvillier- Les rendez-vous strasbourgeois
• Leo Fall- Die geschiedene Frau
• Reynaldo Hahn- La pastorale de Noël
