What was name of the premiere performance in the Italian opera house where Jussi Bjorling sometimes performed?
La Scala La Scala (] ; abbreviation in Italian language for the official name Teatro alla Scala ] ) is an opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the "Nuovo Regio Ducale Teatro alla Scala " (New Royal-Ducal Theatre alla Scala). The premiere performance was Antonio Salieri's "Europa riconosciuta".
Martin's Lie Martin's Lie is a chamber opera in one act with music and an English language libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti. Commissioned by CBS, it was Menotti's third opera for television after "Amahl and the Night Visitors" and "Labyrinth". Although not initially conceived as a work for the stage, the opera premiered in a live theatrical performance on 3 June 1964 at the Bristol Cathedral for the opening of the 17th annual Bath International Music Festival. The opera was subsequently filmed with the same cast for television under the direction of Kirk Browning. The production used sets and costumes by designer Anthony Powell, and was broadcast nationally by CBS for the opera's United States premiere on 30 May 1965.