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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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)