For our sixth display of Liebig cards, we feature six operas including Oberon, the duo-centenary of the first performance of which fell earlier this year.

As Jennie Bisset pointed out in her highly informative introduction to Liebig cards in Part I, these cards were published in German, Italian and French. Part II, also written by Jennie Bisset, includes six cards showing the actual stages of creating a Liebig card.  Part III includes an alphabet of female operatic roles. Part IV displays cards featuring both opera and general musical themes. Part V shows exclusively sets of cards for five operas.

Boris Godunov.  Opera in five acts by Modest Mussorgsky.  First performed 27 January 1874 at Mariinsky Theatre, Moscow.

Le Cid.  Opera in four acts by Jules Massenet.  First performed 30 November 1885 at Paris Opéra.

Hamlet.  Opera in five acts by Ambroise Thomas.  First performed 9 March 1868 at Salle le Peletier, Paris.

Die Königin von Saba.  Opera in 4 acts by Carl Goldmark. First performed 10 March 1875 at the Hofoperntheater, Vienna. (For more about the composer see March 2015 and for more about the opera see November 2016)

Oberon.  Opera in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber.  First performed on 12 April 1826 at Covent Garden, London.

Il Trovatore.   Opera in 4 acts by Giuseppe Verdi.  First performed 19 January 1853 at Teatro Apollo, Rome.