Amelia Goes to the Ball
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Amelia al ballo is a one-act opera buffa by Gian Carlo Menotti, who set his own Italian libretto. Composed during 1936 when Menotti was in his mid-twenties, it was the composer's first mature opera an
The composer in 1944
Le Pauvre Matelot
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Le Pauvre Matelot is a three-act opera composed by Darius Milhaud with libretto by Jean Cocteau. It was given its premiere on 16 December 1927 by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Favart in Paris. Le pau
Amelia Goes to the Ball
…and costume designs by Tony Award-winning designer Donald Oenslager. The opera was presented in a double bill with the US premiere of Darius Milhaud's Le pauvre matelot. Both operas were conducted by Fritz Reiner. Sylvan Levin served as chorus master, and a young Boris Goldovsky worked as assistant conductor. The double…
Milhaud in 1923