Carousel Trivia, Week Two

Before Ferenc Molnár gave Rodgers and Hammerstein permission to set Liliom to music, he turned down which famous composer?

• Richard Strauss

• Jerome Kern

• Giacomo Puccini

• Arnold Schoenberg

Scroll down for the answer and to learn more…

Liliom is about love, longing, violence, and death among the less fortunate.  Giacomo Puccini wanted to turn it into a “verismo” opera.  Molnár turned the famous composer down, saying that he wanted the play to be remembered as his creation not Puccini’s. 

Who today remembers David Belasco, whose plays were the basis of two Puccini operas?

Come hear our orchestra perform Carousel Saturday, February 11, 2023!