Which opera is by Christoph Willibald Gluck, Iphigénie en Tauride or Der Barbier von Bagdad?
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Iphigénie en Tauride Iphigénie en Tauride ("Iphigenia in Tauris") is a 1779 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck in four acts. It was his fifth opera for the French stage. The libretto was written by Nicolas-François Guillard.
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Der Barbier von Bagdad Der Barbier von Bagdad ("The Barber of Baghdad") is a comic opera in two acts by Peter Cornelius to a German libretto by the composer, based on "The Tale of the Tailor" and "The Barber’s Stories of his Six Brothers" in "One Thousand and One Nights". The first of three operas by Cornelius, the piece was first performed at the Hoftheater in Weimar on 15 December 1858.
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Hans von Milde Hans Feodor von Milde (13 April 182110 December 1899, Weimar) was an Austrian operatic baritone and the husband of soprano Rosa von Milde-Agthe. He sang for almost four decades at the opera house in Weimar where he particularly excelled in the works of Richard Wagner. For many years, Milde sang under the direction of Franz Liszt, notably creating the role of Telramund in the world premiere of Richard Wagner's "Lohengrin" under his baton. He sang in several other notable premieres, including singing the role of the High Priest in the first stage performance of Camille Saint-Saëns's "Samson et Dalila" in 1877.
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Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège ("Ernelinde, Princess of Norway") is a three-act operatic tragédie lyrique, by the French composer François-André Danican Philidor. The libretto was by Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poinsinet, after Francesco Silvani's opera libretto "La fede tradita, e vendicata".
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Die Kluge Die Kluge. Die Geschichte von dem König und der klugen Frau ("The Wise [Girl]. The Story of the King and the Wise Woman") is an opera in 12 scenes written by Carl Orff. It premiered in Frankfurt, Germany, on 20 February 1943. Orff referred to this opera as a "Märchenoper " (fairy tale opera). The composer also wrote the libretto, based on "Die Kluge Bauerntochter" ("The Peasant's Wise Daughter") from the Grimm's Fairy Tales. A performance lasts for about 90 minutes and is often paired with Orff's "Der Mond".
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Erwin und Elmire Erwin und Elmire is an opera in two acts by Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, with a libretto by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, after Oliver Goldsmith's ballad of Angelica and Edwin, "The Hermit", in his sentimental novel "The Vicar of Wakefield".
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Le timbre d'argent Le timbre d'argent ("The Silver Bell") is an opéra fantastique in four acts by composer Camille Saint-Saëns to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. Although completed in 1865, the opera did not receive its premiere performance until 23 February 1877, when it was presented by Albert Vizentini's Théâtre National Lyrique at the Théâtre de la Gaîté in Paris. It includes the well-known aria "Le bonheur est chose légère."
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List of operas by Gluck This is a complete list of the operas of Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787) – 49 works in all.
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Die Maccabäer Die Maccabäer ("German, The Maccabees") (sometimes spelt 'Die Makkabäer') is an opera in three acts by Anton Rubinstein to a libretto by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal. The opera is based on a play by Otto Ludwig, which is itself based loosely on the biblical story of the Maccabees. Written in 1872-74, it was first performed on 17 April 1875 at the Hofoper, Berlin. Censorship problems prevented its performance in Russia until January 1877 (in St.Petersburg).
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Ranieri de' Calzabigi Ranieri de' Calzabigi (] ; 23 December 1714 – July 1795) was an Italian poet and librettist, most famous for his collaboration with the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck on his "reform" operas.
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Der Kreidekreis (opera) Der Kreidekreis (Op. 21), is an opera in three acts by Alexander von Zemlinsky to a libretto by the composer after the play "" by Klabund – a telling of the "Chalk Circle" story. The opera was written during 1930-31 and premiered on 14 October 1933 in the Zürich Opera House. Among the singers were Artūrs Cavara, Maria Bernhard-Ulbrich; Fred Destal, Georg Oeggl and Peter Klein; it was directed by Karl Schmid-Bloß and the stage design was by .
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Françoise de Rimini Françoise de Rimini (Francesca da Rimini) is an opera in four acts with a prologue and an epilogue. The last opera composed by Ambroise Thomas, it sets a French libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier which is based on an episode from Dante's "Divine Comedy". The opera was first performed by the Paris Opera on 14 April 1882 but fell into relative obscurity until its revival in 2011.
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La poupée de Nuremberg La poupée de Nuremberg (English: "The Nuremberg Doll") is a one-act opéra comique by Adolphe Adam to a libretto by Adolphe de Leuven and Arthur de Beauplan. The story is based on E. T. A. Hoffmann’s short story "Der Sandmann". The work predates other stage adaptations of Hoffmann's tale, "Coppélia" and "The Tales of Hoffmann".
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Der junge Lord Der junge Lord ("The Young Lord") is an opera in two acts by Hans Werner Henze to a German libretto by Ingeborg Bachmann, after Wilhelm Hauff's "Der Affe als Mensch" ("The Ape as Man") from "Der Scheik von Alexandria und seine Sklaven" ("The Sheik of Alexandria and his Slaves").
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Pygmalion (opera) Pygmalion is a monodrama in one act by composer Georg Benda with a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter. The opera's first performance was at the , the court theatre in Gotha, on September 20, 1779. "Pygmalion" was the fourth of the five theatrical collaborations of Benda and Gotter. Gotter based his text on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 1762 play "Pygmalion". Benda's melodrama is unusual as it has three characters but only one spoken role. Two of the parts are silently acted on stage.
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Hermine Kittel Hermine Kittel (December 2, 1879 – April 7, 1948) was an Austrian contralto from Vienna. She studied singing with Amalie Materna in Vienna. She made her operatic debut in 1897 in Ljubljana. Kittle first sang under Gustav Mahler at the Vienna Hofoper (Vienna State Opera) and later premiered in a revision of "Ariadne auf Naxos". She sang at the Bayreuth Festival in 1902 and 1908, where she sang Erda in "Der Ring des Nibelungen". She also sang at the Salzburg Festival, where she often played Marcellina in "The Marriage of Figaro".
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Historia von D. Johann Fausten (opera) Historia von D. Johann Fausten is an opera by the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) in three acts, with introduction and epilogue to the German libretto by Jörg Morgener (Jürgen Köchel) and Alfred Schnittke after the anonymous prose book of the same name (published by Johannes Spies in 1587).
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Iphigenia in Tauris (Goethe) Iphigenia in Tauris (German: "Iphigenie auf Tauris" ) is a reworking by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe of the ancient Greek tragedy Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Ταύροις ("Iphigeneia en Taurois") by Euripides. Euripides' title means "Iphigenia among the Taurians", whereas Goethe's title means "Iphigenia in Taurica", the country of the Tauri.
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Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria Maria Antonia, Princess of Bavaria (18 July 1724 – 23 April 1780), Electress of Saxony, was a German composer, singer, harpsichordist and patron, known particularly for her operas "Il trionfo della fedeltà" (Dresden, summer 1754) and "Talestri, regina delle amazoni" (Nymphenburg Palace, February 6, 1760). She was also the Regent of Saxony in 1763-1768. Baptised "Maria Antonia Walpurgis Symphorosa", she was known as Maria Antonia.
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Die Harmonie der Welt Die Harmonie der Welt ("The Harmony of the World") is an opera in five acts by Paul Hindemith. The German libretto was by the composer.
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Polyxène et Pirrhus Polyxène et Pirrhus ("Polyxena and Pyrrhus") is an opera by the French composer Pascal Collasse, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opéra) on 21 October 1706. It takes the form of a "tragédie lyrique" in a prologue and five acts. The libretto is by Jean-Louis-Ignace de La Serre.
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The English Cat The English Cat (in German, Die englische Katze) is an opera in two acts by Hans Werner Henze to an English libretto by Edward Bond, based on "Les peines de coeur d'une chatte anglaise " ("The heartbreak of an English cat") by Honoré de Balzac. The opera was first performed in a German translation by the Stuttgart Opera at the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen at the Schwetzingen Festival on 2 June 1983. The French premiere was at the Opéra-Comique, Paris in 1984. The first performance using the original English text was at Santa Fe on 13 July 1985. The UK premiere was at the Leith Theatre, Edinburgh, on 19 August 1987. A revised version was performed at Montepulciano in 1990 and this was given in London in 1991.