The history of twentieth century Opera 1978B.
1978: While Boney M and Blondie are ranked in the top of the hit parades with “Rivers of Babylon” and “Denis”, the Opera world is rather quiet. Beautiful, but few compositions are written. Had it something to do with the oil crisis hitting the world in that same year? Even so, there are wonderful opening performances and they are very diverse. Let’s have a look, or, rather, let’s listen.
In this episode parts of:
Krzysztof Penderecki- Paradise Lost
Aulis Sallinen- The Red Line (Punainen viiva)
Wolfgang Rihm- Klavierstücke Nr. 5/6
Other 1978 opera and operetta productions are:
György Ligeti- Le Grand Macabre
Aribert Reimann- Lear
Witold Lutoslawski- Les espaces du sommeil
Henri Sauguet- Boule de suif
Yulius Meitus- Мар’яна Пінеда
Jack Beeson- Doctor Heidegger’s Fountain of Youth
Jorma Panula- Jaakko Ilkka
Ned Rorem- Miss Julie
Lorenzo Ferrero- Rimbaud, ou Le Fils du soleil
