Roger Niese

Der französische Komponist Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) komponierte das Requiem in den Jahren 1877-1900. Das Pie Jesu aus dieser Messe ist ein reizvolles Stück für Sopransolo. In dieser Transkription kan...

....Now I have a young King who really loves me ecstatically; you cannot conceive what that means. I remember a dream which I had in my youth: I dreamed that Shakespeare was living, and that I saw him...

....Now I have a young King who really loves me ecstatically; you cannot conceive what that means. I remember a dream which I had in my youth: I dreamed that Shakespeare was living, and that I saw him...

Giuseppe Verdi's romantic opera 'Il Trovatore' lives by its streams of memorable melodies. One of those is the aria 'D'amor sull'ali rosee'. It is sung by Leonora in the fourth act of the Opera: Manri...

Giuseppe Verdi's romantic opera 'Il Trovatore' lives by its streams of memorable melodies. One of those is the aria 'D'amor sull'ali rosee'. It is sung by Leonora in the fourth act of the Opera: Manri...

Giacomo Puccini's opera 'Tosca' might be described as a thriller with political overtones. Set in Rome in 1800 at a time when the Police Chief Scarpia is conducting a reign of terror, it shows its her...

Giacomo Puccini's opera 'Tosca' might be described as a thriller with political overtones. Set in Rome in 1800 at a time when the Police Chief Scarpia is conducting a reign of terror, it shows its her...

Zusammen mit den Opern "Andrea Chénier" und "Siberia" ist "Fedora" eines der bedeutendsten Werke des italienischen Komponisten Umberto Giordano. "Fedora" ist eine Oper in drei Akten nach einem italien...

Zusammen mit den Opern "Andrea Chénier" und "Siberia" ist "Fedora" eines der bedeutendsten Werke des italienischen Komponisten Umberto Giordano. "Fedora" ist eine Oper in drei Akten nach einem italien...

Giacomo Puccinis "Suor Angelica" (Schwester Angelica) ist eine der drei Einakter, die zum Triptychon "Il Trittico" gehören, einem Beispiel für die Verismo-Oper, eine naturalistische Bewegung in der it...

Giacomo Puccinis "Suor Angelica" (Schwester Angelica) ist eine der drei Einakter, die zum Triptychon "Il Trittico" gehören, einem Beispiel für die Verismo-Oper, eine naturalistische Bewegung in der it...

Puccini's Opera 'Manon Lescaut' is based on the 1731 novel 'L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut' by the Abbé Prévost. The aria 'In quelle trine morbide is sung in the 2nd act of the...

Puccini's Opera 'Manon Lescaut' is based on the 1731 novel 'L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut' by the Abbé Prévost. The aria 'In quelle trine morbide is sung in the 2nd act of the...

Sapho" is an opera by Charles Gounod to a libretto by Émile Augier which was premiered in 1851. The story of the opera is based on the legends of the Greek poet Sappho, her love for Phaon and her suic...

Sapho" is an opera by Charles Gounod to a libretto by Émile Augier which was premiered in 1851. The story of the opera is based on the legends of the Greek poet Sappho, her love for Phaon and her suic...

Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825 - 1889) was a cornet player, conductor, composer, pedagogue and the first famed virtuoso of the 'cornet à piston' or valved cornet. He was influenced by Niccolò Paganini's vi...

Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825 - 1889) was a cornet player, conductor, composer, pedagogue and the first famed virtuoso of the 'cornet à piston' or valved cornet. He was influenced by Niccolò Paganini's vi...

At the end of his life Offenbach composed his opera 'Les contes d'Hoffman', but unfortunately he was not able to finish it. The plot tells the story of the poet Hoffmann telling three of his amorous a...

Eduard Strauss (1835 - 1916) war ein österreichischer Komponist, der zusammen mit seinen Brüdern Johann Strauss II und Josef Strauss die Strauss-Musikdynastie bildete. Seine Popularität wurde von der...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta 'Die lustige Witwe' ('The merry widow') in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his tal...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta 'Die lustige Witwe' ('The merry widow') in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his tal...

Un dì, felice, eterea ist ein Duett aus dem ersten Akt der Oper "La Traviata" von Giuseppe Verdi. Es wird von den männlichen und weiblichen Hauptfiguren der Oper, Alfredo (Tenor) und Violetta (Sopran)...

Un dì, felice, eterea ist ein Duett aus dem ersten Akt der Oper "La Traviata" von Giuseppe Verdi. Es wird von den männlichen und weiblichen Hauptfiguren der Oper, Alfredo (Tenor) und Violetta (Sopran)...

The 'ballata' Questo o quella is sung by Il Duca de Mantua in the first act of Giuseppe Verdi's Opera Rigoletto. Among a group of guests he sings of his love-life: this one or that one, to me it's the...

The 'ballata' Questo o quella is sung by Il Duca de Mantua in the first act of Giuseppe Verdi's Opera Rigoletto. Among a group of guests he sings of his love-life: this one or that one, to me it's the...