Opera in the 20th century

2009: we have selected four completely different composers and operas for this year. It’s a perfect reflection of the opera landscape of the year 2009. There is an increasing number of orders of these works, though that is not necessarily a good idea. But we shall absolutely enjoy it…

In this episode fragments from:

• Philippe Boesmans – Yvonne Princess of Burgundy
• Rufus Wainwright (picture) – Prima Donna

Other opera and operetta productions from 2009 are:

• André Previn- Brief Encounter
• Philip Glass- Kepler
• Tom Wiggall- Alban
• Vyacheslav Kryglik- The Carriage
• Harrison Birtwistle- The Corridor
• Serge Noskov- Kuratov
• Svetlana Nesterova- The Lawsuit
• Paul Moravec- The Letter
• Thanapoon Sirichang- The Lunch Box
• Barbara Harbach- O Pioneers!
• Richard Einhorn- The Origin
• Andrew Ford- Rembrandt’s Wife
• Curtis H. Hughes- Say It Ain’t So, Joe
• Stephen Schwartz- Séance on a Wet Afternoon
• Anastasia Bespalova- Shponka and his Aunt
• Hao Weiya- A Village Teacher (山村女教师)
• Bo Holten- The visit of the royal physician
• Lei Lei- Xi Shi
• Julian Philips- The Yellow Sofa
• Thomas Pasatieri- The family room
• Alexander Goehr- Promised End
• Leon Jessel- Treffpunkt Tegernsee
• Minoru Miki- The Happy Pagoda (幸せのパゴダ)
• Anthony Davis- Lilith
• Michael Nyman- Sparkie
• Daron Hagen- Amelia