Three such operas are Carlisle Floyd's Susannah, Douglas Moore's The Ballad of Baby Doe, and Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul. However, a few works have managed to stay in the repertory, and others have had cultural impacts despite having only a few performances. Today, that is slowly changing, although new productions of American works are still rarer than they should be. Through much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, American operas had trouble gaining a foothold in the opera house.
Low fidelity but full of historical and musical interest. If you're not sure where to begin, or if you want to explore a particular topic, here are a few recommendations on operas and composers to get you started.Ī collection of sometimes hard-to-find early recordings of American opera music. American opera spans every genre of opera and more than 150 years.
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