The Nightingale Le Rossignol | Stravinsky Le Rossignol is a Russian conte lyrique in three acts by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto is based on the 1843 tale “The Nightingale” by Hans Christian Andersen. Stravinsky had begun work on the opera Le Rossignol in 1908, but put it aside for several years until he worked on the …
Gretchen Der Wildschütz | Lortzing Like Hector Berlioz or Richard Wagner, Lortzing is one of the literary composers who wrote practically all of their texts themselves. Like all of Lortzing’s works, Der Wildschütz is based on disguise, confusion and role play, that is to say on basic elements of theater itself. With this work he …
Violetta La traviata | Verdi The Traviata is certainly one of the most well-known pieces of Verdi and possibly of the entire operatic repertoire. The libretto is written on the famous novel “Lady of the Camellias” by A. Dumas. Added to this is the theme of redemption through love and that of fatefulness, here closely …
Susanna Le Nozze di Figaro | Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro is the most wonderful opera of the entire repertoire, perhaps even the perfection of the genre. The genius Mozart makes the eloquence of his librettist da Ponte. The plot is humorous and full of surprises and unexpected twists that fill all four acts in …
Fiametta Boccaccio | Suppé The comic operetta “Boccaccio” is considered to be the most successful stage work by Franz von Suppè. The libretto is written by Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée. The story is about Giovanni Boccaccio, the famous poet of the Decameron, who himself becomes the hero of a love story. It was premiered …
Ariel The Tempest | Fibich “Bouře” (Op. 40) is one of Zdenek Fibich’s opera, based on a libretto by the Czech poet Jaroslav Vrchlický, written on the theme of the originally titled play “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare. It was first performed on March 1, 1895 at the National Theater in Prague. The role of …