Opera
- Luigi Dallapiccola – Il Prigionero (The Prisoner)
- Norman Dello Joio – The Triumph of Saint Joan
- Lukas Foss – The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (opera in two scenes, libretto by Jean Karsavina, premiered on May 18, 1950, at Indiana University)
- Vittorio Giannini – The Taming of the Shrew
- Gian-Carlo Menotti – The Consul
Read more about this topic: 1950 In Music
Famous quotes containing the word opera:
“Are you suggesting that we reopen the Opera with a murder as an added attraction?”
—Eric Taylor, Leroux, and Arthur Lubin. Lecours (Fritz Feld)
“The opera house sparkled with tiers
And tiers of eyes, like mine enlarged by belladonna,”
—James Merrill (b. 1926)
“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)