Jane Marie Andrée Rhodes sang Renata in the first recorded performance of an opera that could be  considered one of the composer’s what?
The Fiery Angel (opera) Sergei Prokofiev's opera, The Fiery Angel (Russian: Огненный ангел , "Ognenny angel" ), Op. 37, could be considered one of the composer’s largest challenges. Writing, production, and location were all factors in the piece’s progress. The journey to completion was not truly over until after Prokofiev’s time, when the piece was first presented in a full performance at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 25 November 1955, and was first premiered at the Venice Festival in 1955.
Xerse (Bononcini) Xerse (Xerxes) is an opera in three acts by Giovanni Bononcini. It was designated as a "dramma per musica". The libretto was written by Silvio Stampiglia after that by Nicolò Minato which had been used for the 1654 opera of the same name by Francesco Cavalli. Stampiglia's version was in turn used as the basis for Handel's Serse.