The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 24Grolier, 1992 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... operas to two fairy tales by Pushkin- The Tale of Czar Saltan ( 1900 ) and Le Coq d'or ( 1906 ) . Rimsky - Korsakov's religious opera The Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh ( 1907 ) shows , the influence of Wagner's Parsifal . In the ...
... operas to two fairy tales by Pushkin- The Tale of Czar Saltan ( 1900 ) and Le Coq d'or ( 1906 ) . Rimsky - Korsakov's religious opera The Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh ( 1907 ) shows , the influence of Wagner's Parsifal . In the ...
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... opera composer . He wrote some 115 operas , of which about 50 survive . Not all of these , however , are in full score . He conducted the earliest known of them , Gli equivoci nel sembiante ( also known L'errore innocente ) , in Rome ...
... opera composer . He wrote some 115 operas , of which about 50 survive . Not all of these , however , are in full score . He conducted the earliest known of them , Gli equivoci nel sembiante ( also known L'errore innocente ) , in Rome ...
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... Opera Company , and in 1953 made her debut with the San Francisco Opera . Miss Sills joined the New York City Opera in 1955 , but it was not until 1966 , when she sang the role of Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare , that she became a ...
... Opera Company , and in 1953 made her debut with the San Francisco Opera . Miss Sills joined the New York City Opera in 1955 , but it was not until 1966 , when she sang the role of Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare , that she became a ...
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