Mozart and Salieri, an opera in one act consisting of two scenes.
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), composer. Libretto derived from Alexander Puskhin’s play of the same name.
First performance: 7 December 1898 in Moscow.
Category: Featured Operas
Strauss – Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariadne auf Naxos, Oper with a prologue and one act.
Music composed by Richard Strauss. Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
Mussorgsky – Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov, an opera in four acts with prologue
Modest Mussorgsky, composer. Libretto by the composer, based on Alexander Pushkin’s drama Boris Godunov and Nikolai Karamazin’s History of the Russian Empire
First performance: 8 February 1874 at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
Strauss – Ariadne auf Naxos (Salzburg 1954)
Only a few months following the premiere of Der Rosenkavalier, Hugo von Hofmannsthal proposed a new opera to Richard Strauss based on MoliËre’s comedy-ballet, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (in German, Der B¸rger als Edelmann).
MOZART: Die Entf¸hrung aus dem Serail (Berlin 1949)
Die Entf¸hrung aus dem Serail, Singspiel in 3 Acts.
Music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, based on an earlier libretto by
Christoph Friedrich Bretzner.
MOZART: Die Entf¸hrung aus dem Serail (Aix-En-Provence 1954)
Die Entf¸hrung aus dem Serail, Singspiel in 3 Acts.
Music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, based on an earlier libretto by
Christoph Friedrich Bretzner.
MOZART: Die Entf¸hrung aus dem Serail (Vienna 1956)
Die Entf¸hrung aus dem Serail, Singspiel in 3 Acts.
Music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, based on an earlier libretto by
Christoph Friedrich Bretzner.