List of radio operas

This is a list of operas specifically written for radio performance.

Broadcast premiereCom­posedComposerOpera titleLibrettist and/or source(s)Radio station
1925-03-24 24 March 1925[1] Toye Geoffrey Toye Red The Red Pen Herbert A. P. Herbert British Broadcasting Company
1929-12-24 24 December 1929[2][3] Kneip Gustav Kneip Christkinds Christkinds Erdenreise (The Christ-child's journey on Earth) Kurten Franz Peter Kürten WERAG
1931-05-0 May 1931[4] Goehr Walter Goehr Malpopita Malpopita Berlin
1932-04-26 26 April 1932[5] Cadman Charles Wakefield Cadman Willow The Willow Tree Eberhart Nelle Richmond Eberhart NBC
1933-07-13 13 July 1933[6] 1932 Egk Werner Egk Columbus Columbus, Bericht und Bildnis (Columbus, report and portrait) Bayerischer Rundfunk
1935-10-6 6 October 1935[7] Martinů Bohuslav Martinů Hlas Hlas lesa (The Voice of the Forest) Nezval Vítězslav Nezval Czech Radio
1936-10-15 15 October 1936[8] Sutermeister Heinrich Sutermeister schwarzeDie schwarze Spinne (The Black Spider) Rosler Albert Rösler, after Jeremias Gotthelf's Die schwarze Spinne Radio Bern
1937-00-0 1937[9] Giannini Vittorio Giannini Flora Flora CBS radio
1937-03-18 18 March 1937[7] Martinů Bohuslav Martinů Veselohra Veselohra na mostě (Comedy on the Bridge) Martinu Martinů, after Václav Kliment Klicpera Czech Radio
1937-10-17 17 October 1937[10] Gruenberg Louis Gruenberg Green Green Mansions after the novel Green Mansions by William Henry Hudson Columbia Broadcasting Company
1938-00-0 1938[9] Giannini Vittorio Giannini Beauty Beauty and the Beast Simon R. Simon CBS radio
1939-04-03 3 April 1939[11] 1928 Mihalovici Marcel Mihalovici Intransigeant L'intransigeant Pluton Regnard Jean-François Regnard RTF
1939-04-22 22 April 1939[12] Menotti Gian Carlo Menotti Old maid The Old Maid and the Thief Menotti Gian Carlo Menotti NBC
1939-11-2 2 November 1939[9] Giannini Vittorio Giannini Blennerhassett Blennerhassett Corwin Norman Corwin, Phillip Roll CBS radio
1942-03-29 29 March 1942[13] Thompson Randall Thompson Solomon Solomon and Balkis after The Butterfly that Stamped by Rudyard Kipling CBS
1943-10-10 10 October 1943[14] Ibert Jacques Ibert Barbe Barbe-bleu Aguet W. Aguet Radio Lausanne
1949-0-0 1949[15] Harsányi Tibor Harsányi Illusions Illusions, ou l'histoire d'un miracle Brive P. Brive, after E. T. A. Hoffmann RTF
1949-12-1 1 December 1949[16] 1944–8 Dallapiccola Luigi Dallapiccola Prigioniero Il prigioniero (The Prisoner) after stories by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam and Charles de Coster. RAI
1950-04-18 18 April 1950[11] Mihalovici Marcel Mihalovici Phedre Phèdre Goll Yvan Goll, after Jean Racine RTF
1950-07-21 21 July 1950[17] Chevreuille Raymond Chevreuille D'un diable de briquet Chevreuille Chevreuille, after Hans Christian Andersen Belgian radio
1950-10-3 3 October 1950[18] Pizzetti Ildebrando Pizzetti Ifigenia Ifigenia Pizzetti Pizzetti and A. Perrini RAI
1950-11-15 15 November 1950[19] Rota Nino Rota Due I due timidi (The Two Timid Ones) Cecchi Suso Cecchi d'Amico RAI
1951-08-21 21 August 1951[20] Kokai Rezső Kókai Leszen Lészen ágyú (There shall be guns) Halasz Péter Halász and József Romhányi Magyar Rádió
1951-10-11 11 October 1951[21] 1950 Bossi Renzo Bossi Principe Il principe felice (The Happy Prince) Bossi Bossi, after Oscar Wilde RAI
1951-11-19 19 November 1951[22] Henze Hans Werner Henze Landarzt Ein Landarzt after Franz Kafka Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
1952-03-5 5 March 1952[23] Reizenstein Franz Reizenstein Anna Anna Kraus Hassall Christopher Hassall BBC Third Programme
1952-05-5 5 May 1952[17] Chevreuille Raymond Chevreuille Elixir L'elixir du révérend père Gaucher Chevreuille Chevreuille, after Alphonse Daudet Belgian radio
1952-06-12 12 June 1952[24] Zimmermann Bernd Alois Zimmermann Menschen Des Menschen Unterhaltsprozeß gegen Gott (The People's Maintenance Suit Against God) Calderon Pedro Calderón de la Barca, adapted by Matthias Bungart WDR
1952-11-5 5 November 1952[18] Pizzetti Ildebrando Pizzetti Cagliostro Cagliostro Pizzetti Pizzetti RAI
1953-0-0 1953[25] Vogt Hans Vogt Stadt Die Stadt hinter dem Strom (The City Beyond the River) Kasack Hermann Kasack Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, BBC
1953-12-4 4 December 1953[22] Henze Hans Werner Henze Ende Das Ende einer Welt (The End of a World) Hildesheimer Wolfgang Hildesheimer Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
1954-01-10 10 January 1954[17] Chevreuille Raymond Chevreuille Atta Atta Troll Chevreuille Chevreuille, after Heinrich Heine Atta Troll, ein Sommernachtstraum Belgian radio
1954-09-2424 September 1954[26] Badings Henk Badings Orestes Orestes Florence
1954-11-09 9 November 1954[11][27] Mihalovici Marcel Mihalovici Heimkehr Die Heimkehr (The Homecoming) Ruppel K. H. Ruppel, after Guy de Maupassant Hessicher Rundfunk
1954-11-14 15 November 1954[28] Swann Donald Swann, channelling Dame Hilda Tablet Emily Emily Butter Reed Henry Reed BBC Third Programme
1955-08-9 9 August 1955[29] Alwyn William Alwyn Farewell Farewell Companions CraigH. A. L. Craig BBC
1955-12-28 28 December 1955[30] Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre Monsieur Petit Monsieur Petit Pois achète un château Centore Denise Centore Radio France
1955-12-28 28 December 1955[30] Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre Bel ambit Le bel ambitieux Centore Denise Centore Radio France
1955-12-28 28 December 1955[30] Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre Pauvre Eu La pauvre Eugénie Centore Denise Centore Radio France
1955-12-28 28 December 1955[30] Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre Fille La Fille d'opéra Centore Denise Centore Radio France
1957-0-01957[26] Badings Henk Badings Asterion Asterion Johannesburg
1957-02-28 28 February 1957[31] 1956 Back Sven-Erik Bäck Tranfjadrarna Tranfjädrarna (The Crane Feathers) Malmberg Bertil Malmberg, after Junji Kinoshita Swedish Radio
1959-11-1010 November 1959[32] Bacewicz Grażyna Bacewicz Przygoda Przygoda Króla Artura (The Adventure of King Arthur) Polish Radio
1959-11-19 19 November 1959[19] Rota Nino Rota Notte La notte di un nevrastenico Bacchelli R. Bacchelli RAI
1960-7-1212 July 1960[30] 1959 Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre maitre Le Maître Eugène Ionesco Radio France
1960-09-3030 September 1960[30] 1957 Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre petite sirene La petite sirène Ph. Soupault after H. C. Andersen' "The Little Mermaid" Radio France
1961-0-0 1961[33] Castiglioni Niccolò Castiglioni Attraverso Attraverso lo specchio (Through the Looking-Glass) after Lewis Carroll and also his Alice in Wonderland RAI
1961-0-0 1961[34] Perkowski Piotr Perkowski Girlandy Girlandy (Garlands)
1961-02-14 14 February 1961[31] Back Sven-Erik Bäck Fageln Fågeln (The Bird) Verner P. Verner-Carlson, after A. Obrenovic Swedish Radio
1961-08-27 27 August 1961[35] Petrovics Emil Petrovics C'est la guerre Hubay Miklos Hubay Hungarian Broadcasting Corporation
1962-08-12 12 August 1962[36] Maderna Bruno Maderna Don Don Perlimplin Maderna Bruno Maderna, after Federico García Lorca RAI
1964-03-08 8 March 1964[37] Searle Humphrey Searle Photo The Photo of the Colonel Searle Searle, after Eugène Ionesco BBC
1969-12-16 16 December 1969[38] Lorentzen Bent Lorentzen Euridice Euridice Lorentzen Bent Lorentzen DR (broadcaster)
1971-05-17 17 May 1971[22] Henze Hans Werner Henze Langwierige Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer (The Tedious Way to Natascha Ungeheuer's Apartment) Salvatore Gaston Salvatore RAI
1972-0-0 1972[39] 1970–1 Matuszczak Bernadetta Matuszczak Humanae Humanae voces after Genesis, Saint John, Mahatma Gandhi, Anne Frank, etc. Polish Radio
1973-0-0 1973[40] Sikorski Tomasz Sikorski Sinbad Sinbad the Sailor after a poem by Bolesław Leśmian Polish Radio
1975-0-0 1975[41] Kvěch Otomar Kvěch Jaro je tu (Spring Is Here) (1975)
1977-01-14 14 January 1977[42] Gilbert Anthony Gilbert Chakravaka The Chakravaka-Bird after poems by Mahadevi Varma, translated by A. K. Ramanujan, Daniel H. H. Ingalls, Sr. and Anthony Gilbert BBC
1978-0-0 1978[41] Kvěch Otomar Kvěch Pred Před vánocemi (Before Christmas) (1978)
1979-07-3 3 July 1979[39] 1976–7 Matuszczak Bernadetta Matuszczak Apocalypsis Apocalypsis after Revelation Polish Radio
1980-0-0 1980[41] Kvěch Otomar Kvěch Jak přišel podzim (When Autumn Came)
1982-09-2 2 September 1982[43] Rasmussen Karl Aage Rasmussen Historien om Jonas (The story of Jonah) Borum Poul Borum DR
1989-01-4 4 January 1989[44] 1986 LeFanu Nicola LeFanu The Story of Mary O'Neill McInerney S. McInerney BBC
1991-0-0 1991[45] Castagnoli Giulio Castagnoli Al Museo Al Museo in volo & a zompi (To the Museum) Nespolo Ugo Nespolo Rai Radio 3
1996-0-0 1996[45] Castagnoli Giulio Castagnoli Lontananze Lontananze vicino a noi Voltolini Dario Voltolini RAI
2004-04-14 14 April 2004[46] Reinvere Jüri Reinvere Opposite The Opposite Shore Tohver Tamu Tohver, Jüri Reinvere Eesti Raadio
2005-07-8 8 July 2005[47] Kohn Amy Kohn One 1, Plum Square Kohn Amy Kohn WNYC
2010-07-9 9 July 2010[48] Saxton Robert Saxton Wandering The Wandering Jew Saxton Robert Saxton BBC Radio 3

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Broadcasting", The Times, 24 March 1925, p. 23
  2. ↑ Der Komponist Gustav Kneip
  3. ↑ Oster, Andrew: Radio, rubble, and reconstruction: The genre of Funkoper in postwar occupied Germany and the German Federal Republic, 1946–1957
  4. ↑ Time (magazine), 11 May 1931.
  5. ↑ Thomas Warburton: Cadman, Charles Wakefield, in Sadie, vol 1, p. 676.
  6. ↑ Erik Levi: Egk, Werner, in Sadie, vol 2, pp. 22–24.
  7. 1 2 Jan Smaczny: Martinů, Bohuslav, in Sadie, vol. 3, pp. 237–9.
  8. ↑ Erik Levi: Sutermeister, Heinrich, in Sadie, vol. 4, pp. 610–11.
  9. 1 2 3 Harry Haskell, Walter Simmons: Giannini, Vittorio, in Sadie, vol. 2, p. 405.
  10. ↑ Robert F. Nisbett: Gruenberg, Louis, in Sadie, vol. 2, pp. 555–6
  11. 1 2 3 Cosma, Viorel: Mihalovici, Marcel, in Sadie, vol. 3, p. 386.
  12. ↑ Bruce Archibald: Menotti, Gian Carlo, in Sadie, vol. 3, pp. 332–4.
  13. ↑ Elliot Forbes: Thompson, Randall, in Sadie, vol. 4, p. 729.
  14. ↑ Richard Langham Smith: Ibert, Jacques, in Sadie, vol. 2, pp. 779–80
  15. ↑ Arthur Hoérée: Harsányi, Tibor, in Sadie, vol. 2, p. 651.
  16. ↑ Anthony Sellors: Dallapiccola, Luigi, in Sadie, vol 1, pp. 1050–1.
  17. 1 2 3 Henri Vanhulst: Chevreuille, Raymond, in Sadie, vol 1, p. 838.
  18. 1 2 Guido M. Gatti, John C. G. Waterhouse: Pizzetti, Ildebrando, in Sadie, vol. 3, pp. 1025–7.
  19. 1 2 Giordano Montecchi: Rota, Nino, in Sadie, vol. 4, pp. 68–69.
  20. ↑ Kókai Rezső-daljátékai: a Fülemüle, a Lészen ágyú és a Hét-falu kovácsa, pp. 38–39
  21. ↑ John C. G. Waterhouse: Bossi, Renzo, in Sadie, vol 1, p. 566.
  22. 1 2 3 Andrew Clements Henze, Hans Werner, in Sadie, vol. 2, pp. 695–7
  23. ↑ Hugo Cole: Reizenstein, Franz, in Sadie, vol. 3, p. 1287.
  24. ↑ Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1952). "Des Menschen Unterhaltprozess gegen Gott". Retrieved 08/09/2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  25. ↑ Vogt, Hans, in Sadie, vol. 4, p. 1037.
  26. 1 2 Jos Wouters, Leo Samama: Badings, Henk, in Sadie, vol 1, p. 275.
  27. ↑ Lionel Salter: Radio, Early History, in Sadie, vol. 3, p. 1212
  28. ↑ Emily Butter
  29. ↑ Adrian Wright: The Innumerable Dance: The Life and Work of William Alwyn (2008), pp. 152–5
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tailleferre catalogue at Gérard Billaudot Editeur, December 1996
  31. 1 2 Andres Wiklund: Bäck, Sven-Erik, in Sadie, vol 1, p. 272.
  32. ↑ Adrian Thomas: Bacewicz, Grażyna, in Sadie, vol 1, p. 268.
  33. ↑ Niccolò Castiglioni: biography at Allmusic
  34. ↑ Piotr Perkowski: Information, Videos , News and Images
  35. ↑ Janos Kárpáti: Petrovics, Emil, in Sadie, vol. 3, p. 988
  36. ↑ Raymond Fearn: Maderna, Bruno, in Sadie, vol. 3, pp. 140–1.
  37. ↑ Hugo Cole: Humphrey Searle, in Sadie, vol. 4, p. 281.
  38. ↑ Jens Brincker: Lorentzen, Bent, in Sadie, vol. 3, p. 45.
  39. 1 2 Adrian Thomas: Matuszczak, Bernadetta, in Sadie, Vol. 3, p. 273
  40. ↑ About Little Warsaw Autumn: Sinbad the Sailor by Tomasz Sikorski, after Bolesław Leśmian
  41. 1 2 3 Otomar Kvěch: List of Works
  42. ↑ Hugo Cole: Gilbert, Anthony, in Sadie, vol 2, pp. 413–4.
  43. ↑ Det Virtuelle Musikbibliotek: Rasmussen, Karl Aage: Historien om Jonas
  44. ↑ Christopher Wintle: LeFanu, Nicola, in Sadie, vol. 2, p. 1122.
  45. 1 2 Castagnoli, Giulio at Operone.de
  46. ↑ FIMIC (Finnish Music Information Centre): Jüri Reinvere: The Opposite Shore
  47. ↑ WNYC: Spinning on Air, Amy Kohn's radio opera 1 Plum Sq.
  48. ↑ BBC Radio 3: World premiere of The Wandering Jew, 9 July, 2010

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