1993 in Music - Opera

Opera

  • Daron Hagen – Shining Brow
  • Theo Loevendie – Gassir, the Hero
  • Michael Nyman – Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs
  • Randolph Peters – Nosferatu
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – Dienstag aus Licht (May 28, Leipzig Opera)
  • Hugo Weisgall – Esther (October, New York City Opera)

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Famous quotes containing the word opera:

    “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)

    “To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony.”
    —Billie Burke (1885–1970)

    “The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.”
    —Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696)