1986 in Music - Opera

Opera

  • Harrison Birtwistle's opera The Mask of Orpheus is premiered in London, UK on May. 21
  • Rudolf Brucci – Gilgamesh
  • Lee Hoiby – The Tempest
  • Gian-Carlo Menotti – Goya
  • Michael Nyman – The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

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