Opera in the 20th century

2003: From Argentina to Austria and Finland in one broadcast. We’re travelling fast and ‘global’in opera land. The one-dimensional opera format is falling apart in different pieces that arouse sometimes recognition, and sometimes not. Anyway, there is a lot to choose from.

In today’s episode parts from:

• Osvaldo Golijov (photo) – Ainadamar
• Olga Neuwirth – Lost Highway
• Einojuhani Raatavaara – Raspoetin

Other opera and light opera productions from 2003 are:

• Thea Musgrave – Pontalba
• Robert Ashley – Celestial Excursions
• Michael Nyman – Man and Boy (dada)
• Constantine Koukias – Tesla – Lightning in His Hand
• Jin Xiang- Taxiwayi – The Beloved Troubadour
• William Bolcom – A Wedding
• Azio Corghi – Sen’ja
• Bo Holten – Gesualdo
• Jonathan Mills – The Eternity Man
• Jörg Widmann – Das Gesicht im Spiegel
• Karlheinz Stockhausen – Sontag am Licht
• Rachel Portman – The Little Prince
• Somtow Sucharitkul – Mae Naak
• Keith Burstein – Manifest Destiny
• Michel van der Aa – One
• Eric Whitacre – Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings
• Pascal Dusapin – Perelà, uomo di fumo (Man of Smoke)
• Sadie Thompson – Rain
• Flavio Testi – Saül
• Philip Glass – The Sound of a Voice
• Gustave Flaubert – The temptation of Saint Anthony
• Hans Werner Henze – L’Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe