What opera was first performed by Monte Carlo in 1925 and starred operatic tenor Robert Nagy in 1981?
L'enfant et les sortilèges L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties ("The Child and the Spells: A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts") is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is Ravel's second opera, his first being "L'heure espagnole". Written from 1917 to 1925, "L'enfant et les sortilèges" was first performed in Monte Carlo in 1925 under the baton of Victor de Sabata.
La naissance de la lyre La naissance de la lyre ("The Birth of the Lyre") is an opera (styled a "conte lyrique") in one act by the French composer Albert Roussel. The libretto, by Théodore Reinach, is based on the satyr play "Ichneutae" by Sophocles. It was first performed at the Paris Opéra on 1 July 1925 with choreography by Bronislava Nijinska.