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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]
Tippett's first full-scale opera was set to his own libretto. [225] 1956 Candide (Leonard Bernstein). Operetta, based on Voltaire. The soprano aria "Glitter and Be Gay" is a parody of Romantic-era jewel songs. [226] 1957 Dialogues des Carmélites (Poulenc). Poulenc's major opera is set in a convent during the French Revolution. [227]
Ouvertüre zum Märchen von der schönen Melusine, Op. 32, (German: Overture to the Legend of the Fair Melusine) is a concert overture by Felix Mendelssohn written in 1834. . It is generally referred to as Die schöne Melusine in modern concert programming and recordings, and is sometimes rendered in English as The Fair Melusi
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 ...
La belle Hélène (French pronunciation: [la bɛl elɛn], The Beautiful Helen) is an opéra bouffe in three acts, with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The piece parodies the story of Helen of Troy 's elopement with Paris , which set off the Trojan War .
Offenbach in the 1860s. This is a list of musical compositions by Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880). Offenbach is principally known for his operettas, of which he composed 98 between 1847 and 1880.
The Pique Dame overture was often heard in cinemas during the era of the silent film when deluxe screenings were preceded by an overture or other concert piece played by a live orchestra. The film music director and composer Hugo Riesenfeld listed it as one of the ten most frequently performed pieces of music in movie theaters of the era. [12 ...
The Maiden in the Tower (in Swedish: Jungfrun i tornet; in Finnish: Neito tornissa; occasionally translated to English as The Maid in the Tower), [4] JS 101, is an opera ("dramatized Finnish ballad") [a] in one act—comprising an overture and eight scenes—written in 1896 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.