The history of twentieth-century opera. #11: 1911
In this series we explore the evolution of the art of opera from 1900 to today. In this episode, the highlights of 1911. And was a year it was!
Splendid operas premiered that year, like;’Der Rosenkavalier’ by Strauss, ‘L’heure espagnole’ by Ravel and ‘Duke Bluebeard’s Castle’ by Bartók. But other marvelous, more low-key operas appeared, like the first ‘real’ opera by Profofiev, who in 1911 was still a student at the conservatoire of St. Petersburg. Saint-Saëns delivered a laudable farewell to opera with his ‘Déjanire’.
In this episode, parts of:
• Riccardo Zandonai- Conchita
• Camille Saint-Saëns- Déjanire
• Pietro Mascagni- Isabeau
• Sergei Profofiev- Maddalena
• Wilhelm Kienzl- Der Kuhreigen
Other opera and operetta productions from 1911 are:
• Albéric Magnard- Bérénice
• Béla Bartók- Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
• César Cui- The Captain’s Daughter (Капитанская дочка)
• César Cui- Little Red Riding Hood (Красная шапочка)
• Franz Léhar- The Count of Luxembourg
• Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari- I gioielli della Madonna
• Maurice Ravel- L’heure espagnole
• Victor Jacobi- The Marriage market (Leányvásár)
• Victor Herbert- Natoma
• Walter Goetze- Parkettsitz No. 10
• Richard Strauss- Der Rosenkavalier
• Scott Joplin- Treemonisha
• Alexander Gretchaninov- The Dream of the Christmas Tree
• Camille Erlanger- Hannele Mattern
• Franz Léhar-Eva (Das Fabriksmädel)
• Victor Herbert- The Enchantress
• Victor Herbert- The lady of the Slipper
• Claude Debussy- Le martyre de Saint Sébastien
• Claude Debussy- Le diable dans le beffroi
• Manuel Penella- The Journey of Life
• Manuel Penella- The Girl Kisses
• Enrique Granados- Liliane
• Reginald de Koven-The Wedding Trip
• Albert Wolff- Sœur Béatrice
• Oscar Straus- Die kleine Freundin
• Albéric Magnard- Bérénice
• Leo Fall- Die Sirene
• Leo Fall- The Eternal Waltz
• Harry Lawrence Freeman- The Tryst
• Harry Lawrence Freeman- The Prophecy
• José Serrano Simeón- El carro del sol
• Amadeu Vives- El carro del sol
• Geoffrey Toye- The Fairy Cup
