The history of twentieth-century opera. #3: 1902
The history of twentieth-century opera. In this series we explore the evolution of the art of opera from 1900 to today. In this third episode, the highlights of 1902. Again, a busy year in the world of opera, with many beautiful opera’s, of which just a few stood the test of time.
In this episode, parts of:
• Isaac Albeniz – Merlin
• Francesco Cilea – Adriana Lecouvreur
• Alberto Franchetti – Germania
• Jules Massenet – Le jongleur de Notre-Dame
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Kashchey the Immortal (Кащей бессмертный)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Servilia (Сервилия)
• Edward German – Merrie Engeland
• Jenő Huszka – Prince Bob
• Claude Debussy – Pelléas et Mélisande
Other opera and operetta productions of 1902 are:
• Manuel de Falla – Los amores de la Inés (zarzuela)
• Engelbert Humperdinck – Dornröschen
• Franz Schreker – Flammen
• Sidney Jones – My Lady Molly (komische opera)
• Carl Nielsen – Saul og David
• Ethyl Smith – Der Wald
• Gustav Holst – The Youth Choice
• Giacomo Orefici – Cecilia
• Eugen d’Albert – Der Improvisator
• Umberto Giordano – Il Voto
• Franz Lehár – Der Klavierstimmer
