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Philip Glass' first opera conceived together with director Robert Wilson introduced minimalist composition and avantgarde performance to the world of opera and remains one of the best known operas of the twentieth century. [235] 1978 Le Grand Macabre (György Ligeti). First performed at Stockholm in 1978, Ligeti heavily revised the opera in ...
The Happiest Girl in the World, words by E. Y. Harburg, a 1961 Broadway musical; Christopher Columbus, words by Don White, recorded in London in 1977 by Opera Rara; Le carnaval des revues and Les hannetons include pre-existing scores but were created under Offenbach and include some new music by him. [9]
Seven Wonders of the World (1956) The King and I (1956) (original "roadshow" premiere, 1961 reissue and 1999 DVD only) High Society (1956) The Ten Commandments (1956) Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) (non-music overture featuring Edward R. Murrow talking about various subjects related to the film) Island in the Sun (1957) Search for ...
Composed 1826. The overture to Berlioz's first attempt at opera, which was never staged. The overture was first performed in the concert hall of the Paris Conservatoire as part of an all Berlioz concert on 26 May 1828. In his study on the composer, Jacques Barzun describes the work as "a genuine tour de force for a young dramatic musician ...
Poet and Peasant and Light Cavalry are among the most famous overtures ever written". [26] To these, the music critic Andrew Lamb adds as outstanding among Suppé's overtures those to Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien (Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna, 1844), Pique Dame (Queen of Spades, 1862), Flotte Bursche (Jolly Students, 1863 ...
Light Cavalry Overture is the overture to Franz von Suppé’s operetta Light Cavalry (German: Leichte Kavallerie), [1] premiered in Vienna in 1866. [2] Although the whole operetta is rarely performed or recorded, the overture is one of Suppé's most popular compositions, and has achieved a quite distinct life of its own, divorced from the opera of which it originally formed a part.
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comic opera in 3 acts; libretto by Bernard J. Lobeský; 1st version; formerly Op. 12 21a: 14/0: 1871: Koncertní ouvertura F dur: Concert Overture in F major: orchestra: overture to the opera B. 21, King and Charcoal Burner [1] 22 – 1871–73: Motivy z opery „Král a uhlíř“ [1] Potpourri on King and Charcoal Burner [1] piano: 23: 9A: 1871