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Kienzl composed the opera in 1896, completing the full score on 9 October 1897, the 350th birthday of Cervantes (according to the composer's note in the score Cervantes was born on 9 October 1547). He dedicated the opera to " den Manen des grossen Cervantes " (" the Manes of the great Cervantes ").
Don Quichotte (Don Quixote) is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Caïn. It was first performed on 19 February 1910 at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo . Massenet's comédie héroïque , like many dramatized versions of the story of Don Quixote, relates only indirectly to the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes .
For Cervantes and the readers of his day, Don Quixote was a one-volume book published in 1605, divided internally into four parts, not the first part of a two-part set. The mention in the 1605 book of further adventures yet to be told was totally conventional, did not indicate any authorial plans for a continuation, and was not taken seriously by the book's first readers.
Don Quixote's housekeeper, who carries out the book-burning with alacrity and relish. The innkeeper who puts Don Quixote up for the night and agrees to dub him a "knight," partly in jest and partly to get Don Quixote out of his inn more quickly, only for Don Quixote to return later, with a large number of people in tow. His wife and daughter ...
Miguel de Cervantes's novel El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, published in 1605 and 1615, is part of mainstream World literature.The scene of the hero and his squire taking part in the wedding of Comacho was chosen by the poet Daniel Schiebeler (1741–1771) when he was a student aged 18 [2] [b] for the libretto of a Singspiel, entitled Basilio und Quiteria, which he offered to ...
Don Quixote: Miguel de Cervantes [16] The Machine Stops: Hawkwind "The Machine Stops" E. M. Forster [17] [5] Moby Dick or The Whale: Caleb Hayashida: Moby-Dick: Herman Melville: Concept album from written from the perspective of various characters in the novel [18] [19] Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the ...
The Great Gatsby had its premiere performance on December 20, 1999. Conducted by Levine, the cast included Jerry Hadley, Dawn Upshaw and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. The stage production was by Mark Lamos. The opera has been performed at the Met twelve times in two seasons. In 2000 it was produced at Lyric Opera of Chicago. The opera has received ...
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