Gustav Holst

Holst

Born: 21 September 1874, Cheltenham, UK

Died: 25 May 1934, London

 

British composer best known for The Planets.  Holst wrote a handful of operas:

  1. The Revoke (1895)
  2. The Idea (1896)
  3. The Youth’s Choice (1902)
  4. Sita (1906)
  5. S­āvitri (1916)
  6. The Perfect Fool (1923)
  7. At the Boar’s Head (1925)
  8. The Wandering Scholar (1934)