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Werther Libretto by Edouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann Based on Goethe’s novel Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (‘The Sorrows of Young Werther’) of 1774 First performed at the Vienna Opera, 16 February 1892 [First of all, so that there can be no doubt about it, a note about pronunciation. Goethe’s story was written […]
Ruggero Leoncavallo – La Bohème
Opera in four acts. Libretto by the composer based on incidents in the novel Scènes de la vie de Bohème by Henri Murger, originally produced in serial form between 1847 and 1849. First performed at La Fenice in Venice on 6 May 1897 Act 1 Christmas Eve 1837 at the Café Momus. Schaunard is trying […]
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