Jos van de Braak

Puccini composed his opera 'Manon Lescaut' in 1893 and it became together with 'Tosca' his first outstanding success. He used some musical elements in Manon Lescaut from earlier works he had written....

Puccini composed his opera 'Manon Lescaut' in 1893 and it became together with 'Tosca' his first outstanding success. He used some musical elements in Manon Lescaut from earlier works he had written....

Jeanne d'Arc (Maid of Orleans) is an opera in 4 acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky. It was composed to a Russian libretto by the composer, based on several sources: Friedrich Schiller's The Maid of Orl...

Pikovaya dama, (English: The "Queen of Spades", French: "Pique Dame") is an opera in 3 acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikowsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tschaikowsky, based on a...

Giuseppe Baldassare Sammartini (1695 - 1750) was an Italian composer and oboist during the late Baroque and early Classical era. Due to his professional instrument, many of these sonatas were written...

The Fantasia on Hungarian Folk melodies (Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien), commonly known in short form simply as the Hungarian Fantasy, is Franz Liszt's arrangement for piano and orchestra of...

The Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor by Camille Saint-Saëns, was composed in 1868 and is probably Saint-Saëns' most popular piano concerto. The piece follows the traditional form of three movements but...

The Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor by Camille Saint-Saëns, was composed in 1868 and is probably Saint-Saëns' most popular piano concerto. The piece follows the traditional form of three movements but...

English composer Henry Eccles (1670-1742) played as a violinist in the court of King William and Queen Mary in the period after the glory time of Henry Purcell. However, conceiving himself neglected i...

English composer Henry Eccles (1670-1742) played as a violinist in the court of King William and Queen Mary in the period after the glory time of Henry Purcell. However, conceiving himself neglected i...

The "Andante in C for Flute and Orchestra", KV 315 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1778 when he visited Mannheim and commissioned by a rich Dutch merchant and amateur flautist. According to...

'Le Nozze di Figaro' is one of the three 'da Ponte' opera's which Mozart composed on libretto's of Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) the famous Viennese theaterdirector and courtpoet. The aria 'Non più and...

'Le Nozze di Figaro' is one of the three 'da Ponte' opera's which Mozart composed on libretto's of Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) the famous Viennese theaterdirector and courtpoet. The aria 'Non più and...

Madamina, il catalogo è questo" (auch bekannt als die Katalog-Arie) ist eine Arie aus Mozarts Oper "Don Giovanni" nach einem italienischen Libretto von Lorenzo Da Ponte. Sie wird in Szene 5 des ersten...

Madamina, il catalogo è questo' (also known as The Catalogue Aria) is an aria from Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It is sung in scene 5 of the first act of t...

The aria 'Fin ch'han dal vino' (Champagne aria) is sung by Don Giovanni in the third scene of the first act: Leporello informs Giovanni that all the guests of the peasant wedding are in Giovanni's hou...

The aria 'Fin ch'han dal vino' (Champagne aria) is sung by Don Giovanni in the third scene of the first act: Leporello informs Giovanni that all the guests of the peasant wedding are in Giovanni's hou...

Ombra mai fù is the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by Georg Friederich Handel. The opera itself was a commercial failure, lasting only five performances in London after its premiere. In the 19...

Manon is an opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the...

Manon is an opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the...