Opera with Opera Newsさんのイラストまとめ

Un bel dì? Puccini’s Madama Butterfly had its disastrous premiere in Milan ⁦@teatroallascala⁩ #OTD in 1904.

Nel furor delle tempeste … Bellini’s first big success, Il pirata was premiered in Milan ⁦⁦@teatroallascala⁩ #OTD in 1827.

Wishing the soprano Hei-Kyung Hong a very happy birthday!

The Romanian composer Paul Constantinescu - whose output includes two significant operas - was born #OTD in 1909.

Greek ⁦@NationalOpera⁩ has announced a big season for 2022-3, including ten new productions: https://t.co/VYVoxNNG2q

Brussels’s first Ring cycle since the 1980s: ⁦@LaMonnaieDeMunt⁩ has announced a new production of Wagner’s tetralogy conducted by Alain Altinoglu and directed by Romeo Castellucci. Rheingold in Oct 2023, Die Walküre Jan 2024, Siegfried Sep 2024 and Götterdämmerung Jan 2025.

In the beginning … Jacopo Peri, the “inventor” of opera, was born in Rome 460 years ago today.

Bellini’s first big success: Il pirata was premiered in Milan ⁦@teatroallascala⁩ #OTD in 1827.

You may repent at leisure … Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress was premiered in Venice ⁦@teatrolafenice⁩ #OTD in 1951.

Song to the moon: Jaroslav Kvapil, the Czech poet and dramatist who wrote the libretto for Rusalka, died in Prague 70 years ago today. Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém …