Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) composed his opera Rigoletto in 1851 and together with La Traviata (1853) and Il Trovatore (1853), this opera belongs to the top of Giuseppe Verdi's middle period o...
La Traviata tells the story of the young and beautiful courtesan Violetta who falls in love with Alfredo, an ordinary and poor young man.She leaves her luxurious live for him and finally offers her lo...
The Spanish composer Pedro Iturralde (*1929) has to be considered both as pioneer and nestor of Spanish jazz music. Pequena Czarda (little dance) is a virtuoso little solo piece for saxophone and pian...
One of the most influential of German romantic composers is Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826). He is especially known because of his opera's but he composed some masses and a number of solo concerto's...
Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein' is sung by Prince Orlovsky in the second act of Die Fledermaus: he himself is permanently bored by his wealth, but he insists upon his guests enjoying themselves at his ma...
Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja is sung by Papageno, the birdcatcher at the very beginning of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte: covered with feathers he introduces himself by singing a ditty in popular style...
The aria O Isis und Osiris is sung by Sarastro, the high priest of Isis and Osiris. Sarastro announces that prince Tamino, before marrying Pamina, must prove himself worthy to the temple.Sarastro pray...
