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La Scala, Milan Trionfo di Afrodite (Italian for Triumph of Aphrodite ) is a cantata written in 1951 by the German composer Carl Orff . It is the third and final installment in the Trionfi musical triptych , which also includes Carmina Burana (1937) and Catulli Carmina (1943).
Trionfi is a trilogy of cantatas by German composer Carl Orff: Carmina Burana; Catulli Carmina; Trionfo di Afrodite;
Carmina Burana is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana.Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ("Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images").
Catulli Carmina (Songs of Catullus) is a cantata by Carl Orff dating from 1940–1943. He described it as ludi scaenici (scenic plays). The work mostly sets poems of the Latin poet Catullus to music, with some text by the composer. Catulli Carmina is part of Trionfi, the musical triptych that also includes the Carmina Burana and Trionfo di ...
Carl Heinrich Maria Orff was born in Munich on 10 July 1895, the son of Paula Orff (née Köstler, 1872–1960) and Heinrich Orff (1869–1949). His family was Bavarian and was active in the Imperial German Army; his father was an army officer with strong musical interests, and his mother was a trained pianist.
The Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra (Spanish: Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México) is an orchestra of international rank founded and underwritten by the government of Mexico. The home venue is the Silvestre Revueltas Hall at the Ollín Yoliztli Cultural Center [ es ] in Tlalpan , Mexico City, which opened in 1979.
The Wheel of Fortune from Carmina Burana. Carmina Burana (/ ˈ k ɑːr m ɪ n ə b ʊ ˈ r ɑː n ə /, Latin for "Songs from Benediktbeuern" [Buria in Latin]) is a manuscript of 254 [1] poems and dramatic texts mostly from the 11th or 12th century, although some are from the 13th century.
The Gran Teatro Nacional in Mexico City; painting by Pedro Gualdi 19th-century engraving depicting the great National Theatre of Mexico. The theatre was built between 1840 and 1844 by architect Lorenzo de la Hidalga in Mexico City. It was located at the end of Cinco de Mayo Ave., on Vergara Street (now Bolívar).