1947 in Music - Opera

Opera

  • Benjamin Britten – Albert Herring
  • Gottfried von Einem – Dantons Tod
  • Gian Carlo Menotti – The Telephone
  • Ildebrando Pizzetti – L'Oro
  • Virgil Thomson – The Mother of Us All

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