1981 in Music - Opera

Opera

  • Lorenzo Ferrero – La figlia del mago
  • Conrad Susa and Richard Street – Black River
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – Donnerstag aus Licht (March 15, La Scala, Milan)

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