The history of twentieth century opera. 1987A
1987: We are making good progress in world of opera. There is a lot going on and many movements take shape resulting in less structure. ‘Nixon in China’ by John Adams has become a real classic but also europeras by John Cage is, after decades of performances, still considered a milestone.
In this episode the following excerpts:
⦁ John Cage- europeras 4
⦁ Judith Weir- A Night at the Chinese Opera
⦁ John Adams- Nixon in China
Other opera and operettas from 1987 are:
⦁ Peter Maxwell Davies- Ressurection
⦁ Wolfgang Rihm- Die Hamletmaschine
⦁ Nigel Osborne- The Electrification of the Soviet Union
⦁ Francisco Escudero- Gernika
⦁ Jin Xiang- The Savage Land (原野)
⦁ Steward Wallace- Where’s Dick
⦁ Dominick Argento-The Aspern Papers
⦁ Einojuhani Rautavaara- Vincent
⦁ Iain Hamilton- Agamemnon
⦁ Christopher Yavelow- Countdown
⦁ Robert Ashley- Now Eleanor’s Idea tetralogy: eL/Aficionado
⦁ Michael Nyman- Vital Statistics
⦁ Nikolai Karetnikov- The Mysterie of the Apostle Paul
