1957 in Music - Opera

Opera

  • Samuel Barber – Vanessa
  • John Eaton – Ma Barker
  • Bohuslav Martinů – The Greek Passion
  • Douglas Moore – Gallantry
  • Ildebrando Pizzetti – Assassinio nella Cattedrale
  • Francis Poulenc – Dialogues of the Carmelites (Dialogues des Carmelites)
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos – Daughter of the Clouds

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