Opera – Neil Kurtzman
One Hit Composers
I’ll get the easy ones out of the way right now. Beethoven, Debussy, and Bartók. Each completed only one opera – Fidelio, Pelléas et Mélisande, and Bluebeard’s Castle, respectively. Fidelio gave Beethoven more trouble than any of his compositions. The opera went through three versions, in 1805, 1806, and 1814. After the final version he...

