All good things must come to an end. Or, as Erda has it, 'Alles was ist, endet.' It has been tremendous fun to put together these seasons, and I could happily have gone on for longer, but the way in which this eighth selection concluded suggested more than a mere end of season. What strikes me is how many great works, some of which I love very dearly, have yet to be programmed, especially when it comes to Mozart and Wagner
, but from many others too, from Purcell to Birtwistle, from Gluck to Goehr. As I noted at the beginning, I have also ignored entirely newly commissioned works. Perhaps that would be an idea for a subsequent series. Here, at any rate, is my final selection of sixteen productions:
Cavalieri,
Rappresentazione di anima et di corpo
Lachenmann,
Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00023BHE8)
Rameau,
Platée![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000028DD0)
Berg,
Lulu![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00004R7X8)
Berio,
Un re in ascolto![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000004C14)
Gluck,
Alceste![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0013ND3AW)
Strauss,
Die Frau ohne Schatten ![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000001GMP)
Mozart,
Der Schauspieldirektor![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00000411H)
, Purcell,
The Indian Queen![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00004USUU)
, and Mozart,
Zaide![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00000411H)
Berlioz,
Béatrice et Bénédict![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000QQVTRG)
Haydn,
La fedeltà premiata![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00000E4U8)
Korngold,
Die tote Stadt![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001UJSW7S)
Handel,
Giulio Cesare in Egitto![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000JBWW6U)
Henze,
The Bassarids![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000001STX)
Monteverdi,
Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00000E49X)
,
Il ballo delle ingrate![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00000E49X)
, and Stravinsky,
Œdipus Rex![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000PTYUQG)
Wagner,
Parsifal![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boulezian-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000FVHGZG)
Cage,
Europeras I and II