Which German composer's cantata "Carmina Burana" was performed for the first time in Frankfurt?
Alte Oper The original opera house in Frankfurt is now the Alte Oper ("Old Opera"), a concert hall and former opera house in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was inaugurated in 1880 but destroyed by bombs in 1944. It was rebuilt, slowly, in the 1970s, opening again in 1981. Many important operas were performed for the first time in Frankfurt, including Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" in 1937.
Weimar cantata (Bach) Johann Sebastian Bach worked in Weimar from 1708 to 1717. The composition of cantatas for the Schlosskirche (court chapel) on a regular monthly basis started with his promotion to "Konzertmeister " in March 1714.