2003 in Music - Opera

Opera

  • Deborah Drattell – Nicholas and Alexandra
  • Osvaldo Golijov – Ainadamar
  • Michael Nyman – Man and Boy: Dada
  • Krzysztof Penderecki – Ubu Rex
  • Rachel Portman – The Little Prince
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – Sonntag aus Licht (and with it, the entire Licht cycle of seven operas)

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