1947 in Music - Opera

Opera

  • Benjamin Britten – Albert Herring
  • Gottfried von Einem – Dantons Tod
  • Gian Carlo Menotti – The Telephone
  • Ildebrando Pizzetti – L'Oro
  • Virgil Thomson – The Mother of Us All

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Famous quotes containing the word opera:

    “The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.”
    —Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696)

    “The opera isn’t over till the fat lady sings.”
    —Anonymous.

    A modern proverb along the lines of “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.” This form of words has no precise origin, though both Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations (16th ed., 1992)

    “To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony.”
    —Billie Burke (1885–1970)