Operas by Bohuslav Martinu - The Greek Passion, Julietta, Comedy on the Bridge, Ariane, Alexandre Bis, Mirandolina, the Marriage, What Men Live by (Paperback)

Chapters: The Greek Passion, Julietta, Comedy on the Bridge, Ariane, Alexandre Bis, Mirandolina, the Marriage, What Men Live By. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Comedy on the Bridge (1937)Alexandre bis (1937)Julietta (1938)The Marriage (opera) (1953)What Men Live By (1953)The Marriage (1953)Mirandolina (1959)Ariane (1961)The Greek Passion (1961) The Greek Passion (Czech ecke paije) is an opera in four acts by Bohuslav Martin. The libretto, by the composer, is based on the novel The Greek Passion (or Christ Recrucified) by Nikos Kazantzakis. The opera exists in two versions. Martin wrote the original version from 1954 to 1957. He offered this original version of the opera in 1957 to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where the music director, Rafael Kubelik, and the general administrator, John Webster, had approved the score for production. However, following intervention by Sir Arthur Bliss, the company then demurred on the production and did not stage the work at the time. The composer then produced a second version of the opera, which received its first performance at the Zurich Opera, Zurich on 6 June 1961, after Martin's death in 1959. The second version received its first UK production at Welsh National Opera on 29 April 1981, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. The first US production was in 1981, at the Metropolitan Opera, in a production by the Indiana University School of Music. However, the first version was later restored under the supervision of Ale Bezina. The restored version was produced at Covent Garden in April 2000. This version received its Czech Republic premiere in January 2005. The setting is Lykovrissi, a Greek village, where a performance of the Passion Play is scheduled to occur around Easter. As the story proceeds...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1186272