Music composed by Johann Strauss II.
Libretto by Richard GenÈe based on Henri Meilhac and Ludovic HalÈvy/Karl Haffner.
First performance: 5 April 1874 at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna.
Month: November 2005
‘Fidelio’ holds you captive … but not in a good way
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/11/DDGD1FLR3Q1.DTL&type=performance
A Gala With a Difference: Music as the Main Course
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/11/arts/music/11voig.html
Florida Grand Opera opens season with Puccini’s torrid Old West love triangle
http://www.southflorida.com/events/sfl-mu10fanciullanov10,0,2723881.story?coll=sfe-events-headlines
Un Wagner ÈlÈgant et sans boursouflures
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3246,36-708440@51-627783,0.html
Andreas Scholl, Symphony Hall, Birmingham
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article325866.ece
TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky counted Sleeping Beauty as one of his best works. The idea came from Ivan Vsevolozhsky (1835-1909), director of the Russian Imperial Theatres from 1881 onward. He had staged several of Tchaikovskyís operas, and he wanted Tchaikovsky to produce a ballet score with him.
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