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.
Hear My Prayer Hear My Prayer (German: "Hör' mein Bitten" ) is a Christian anthem for soprano solo, chorus (SATB) and organ or orchestra composed by Felix Mendelssohn in Germany in 1844. The first performance took place in Crosby Hall, London, on 8 January 1845. The accompanist on that occasion was organist, composer and teacher Ann Mounsey (1811–1891). She later married the librettist of the work, William Bartholomew (1793–1867), who also collaborated with Mendelssohn on his oratorio "Elijah" (German: "Elias"). The anthem is particularly well known through the recording made in 1927 by boy soprano Ernest Lough.