1983 in Music - Opera

Opera

  • Robert Ashley – Perfect Lives (An opera for television)
  • Leonard Bernstein – A Quiet Place
  • Oliver Knussen – Where the Wild Things Are (children's)
  • Olivier Messiaen – Saint François d'Assise
  • Per Nørgård – Det guddommelige Tivoli (The Divine Circus)

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Famous quotes containing the word opera:

    “Are you suggesting that we reopen the Opera with a murder as an added attraction?”
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    “I wish the opera was every night. It is, of all entertainments, the sweetest and most delightful. Some of the songs seemed to melt my very soul.”
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