The history of twentieth-century opera. 1936A: Adolf Hitler opens the Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the Summer Olympics as well.
In all Dutch Roman Catholic churches a mandate of the bishops is read to the churchgoers in which NSB-membership is forbidden for Catholics. Dutch queen Wilhelmina opens the Waalbrug near Nijmegen, the largest arched bridge of Europe. On 17 July, the Spanish civil war broke out. The engagement of Dutch princess Juliana to the German prince Bernhard zur Lippe-Biesterfeld is announced. In November, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is re-elected as president of the USA by a large majority. Although there’s a limited opera production of mediocre quality, there are some special operas nevertheless. Some of them have recently been rediscovered.
In this episode selections from:
• Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari – Il Campiello
• Franco Alfano- Cyrano de Bergerac
• George Enescu- Œdipe
Other operas and operettas from 1936:
Emmerich Kalman- Kaiserin Josephine
• Ralph Vaughan Williams- The Poisened Kiss
• Albert Roussel- Le testament de la tante Caroline
• Pablo Sorozábal-La tabernera del puerte
• Paul Misraki-Normandi
• Henrich Sutermeister- Die schwarze Spinne
• Kurt Weill- Johnny Johnson
• Geoffrey Toye-
• Paul Abraham- 3:1 a szerelem javára
• Louis Gruenberg- Queen Helen
• Bohuslav Martinů- Divadlo za branou
• Leon Jessel- Die goldene Mühle
• Reynaldo Hahn- Beaucoup de bruit pour rien
– Jaromír Weinberger- Císař pán
