New opera material for a new era – not only the avant-gardists were looking for that in the 1920s. Old master Richard Strauss went even further and not only brought a story from modern life to the stage, but also, barely disguised, his own married life
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New opera material for a new era – not only the avant-gardists were looking for that in the 1920s. Old master Richard Strauss went even further and not only brought a story from modern life to the stage, but also, barely disguised, his own married life
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The American Lieutenant Pinkerton has anchored his ship in the port of Nagasaki. To pass the time, he has courted the only 15-year-old geisha Cio-Cio-San, called Butterfly, who comes from a noble but impoverished family and takes her love very seriously
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The literary template for Puccini's "torture opera" (Oskar Bie) was provided by Victorien Sardou (1831-1908) with his successful play LA TOSCA, which premiered in Paris in 1887 with Sarah Bernhardt in the title role
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The American Lieutenant Pinkerton has anchored his ship in the port of Nagasaki. To pass the time, he has courted the only 15-year-old geisha Cio-Cio-San, called Butterfly, who comes from a noble but impoverished family and takes her love very seriously
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Two of the most powerful men in the world shake hands - and the world is watching: with their opera about the state visit of American President Richard Nixon to Mao Tse-tung in 1972, the composer John Adams and the librettist Alice Goodman brought contemporary history to the stage
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The literary template for Puccini's "torture opera" (Oskar Bie) was provided by Victorien Sardou (1831-1908) with his successful play LA TOSCA, which premiered in Paris in 1887 with Sarah Bernhardt in the title role
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"Where did you get the insane rights you've dedicated your life to?" George Sand asks the Legendary. He casually confides to Gottfried Benn: “I once dreamed that a young birch gave me a son.”
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Two of the most powerful men in the world shake hands - and the world is watching: with their opera about the state visit of American President Richard Nixon to Mao Tse-tung in 1972, the composer John Adams and the librettist Alice Goodman brought contemporary history to the stage
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"Where did you get the insane rights you've dedicated your life to?" George Sand asks the Legendary. He casually confides to Gottfried Benn: “I once dreamed that a young birch gave me a son.”
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Betrayal, lost honor, guilt and atonement, passionate love that transcends borders and the longing for death and oblivion – the story of Tristan and Isolde, which grew from Celtic roots into a myth over the centuries, fascinated poets, poets and musicians alike
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