Opera
- Franco Alfano – Cyrano de Bergerac
- George Enescu – Œdipe, op. 23, staged 13 March, Paris Opera
- Emmerich Kalman – Kaiserin Josephine
- Bohuslav Martinů – Divadlo za branou (The Suburban Theater)
- Gian Carlo Menotti – Amelia al Ballo
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