Classical Music Milestone: May 17
Maurice Ravel's Shéhérazade for solo voice and orchestra is first performed in Paris, May 17, 1904. It is a song cycle for soprano (or tenor) solo and orchestra, after three poems by Tristan Klingsor: "Asie," "La flûte enchantée," and "L'indifférent," written in 1903. The performance was at the Société Nationale, Paris, with Jeanne Hatto and the orchestra conducted by Alfred Cortot.
Pietro Mascagni's famous and most successful opera, Cavalleria Rusticana, is first performed in Costanzi Theater, Rome, also on the same day, May 17 (1890).
Michèle Losier - Shéhérazade, I. Asie (Ravel)
Maurice Ravel's Shéhérazade for solo voice and orchestra is first performed in Paris, May 17, 1904. It is a song cycle for soprano (or tenor) solo and orchestra, after three poems by Tristan Klingsor: "Asie," "La flûte enchantée," and "L'indifférent," written in 1903. The performance was at the Société Nationale, Paris, with Jeanne Hatto and the orchestra conducted by Alfred Cortot.
Pietro Mascagni's famous and most successful opera, Cavalleria Rusticana, is first performed in Costanzi Theater, Rome, also on the same day, May 17 (1890).
Michèle Losier - Shéhérazade, I. Asie (Ravel)
Cavalleria Rusticana - Mascagni (opera completa) - Noto (SR) 31/08/2013
Video Credit:
Sheherazade by Ravel. YouTube uploaded by Bellerophon. Accessed 17 May 2016.
Cavalleria Rusticana. by Mascagni. YouTube uploaded by Giacomo Mazzoni. Accessed 17 May 2018.
Resources:
Myers RH. Ravel: Life and Works. Thomas Yoseloff, New York, 1960.
Sadie, Stanley, Ed. (1994). The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music, Ne wUpdated Edition. London: Macmillan Publishers.
(c) May 2016. Updated May 18, 2018. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
Sheherazade by Ravel. YouTube uploaded by Bellerophon. Accessed 17 May 2016.
Cavalleria Rusticana. by Mascagni. YouTube uploaded by Giacomo Mazzoni. Accessed 17 May 2018.
Resources:
Myers RH. Ravel: Life and Works. Thomas Yoseloff, New York, 1960.
Sadie, Stanley, Ed. (1994). The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music, Ne wUpdated Edition. London: Macmillan Publishers.
(c) May 2016. Updated May 18, 2018. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
