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At the very end of the opera Otello sings Nium mi tema: he bids farewell to the chill corpse of Desdemona before stabbing himself. (Tenor and Concert Band)

At the very end of the opera Otello sings Nium mi tema: he bids farewell to the chill corpse of Desdemona before stabbing himself. (Tenor and Concert Band)

In the duet Diceste questa sera le vostre preci? Otello asks if Desdemona has made her prayers and a tragedy of jealousy ends with the death of Desdemona who's strangled by Otello. (Soprano, Tenor and...

In the duet Diceste questa sera le vostre preci? Otello asks if Desdemona has made her prayers and a tragedy of jealousy ends with the death of Desdemona who's strangled by Otello. (Soprano, Tenor and...

The Italian composer Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) finished his masterpiece Otello in October 1885. In the last act - after singing the Canzone del Salice (Willowsong) - Desdemona says her eveni...

The Italian composer Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) finished his masterpiece Otello in October 1885. In the last act - after singing the Canzone del Salice (Willowsong) - Desdemona says her eveni...

We may regret Khatchaturian's delay in bringing this music before a wider audience: it is one of the best of his lighter scores and there is no reason why it should not have enjoyed the popularity of...

We may regret Khatchaturian's delay in bringing this music before a wider audience: it is one of the best of his lighter scores and there is no reason why it should not have enjoyed the popularity of...

We may regret Khatchaturian's delay in bringing this music before a wider audience: it is one of the best of his lighter scores and there is no reason why it should not have enjoyed the popularity of...

We may regret Khatchaturian's delay in bringing this music before a wider audience: it is one of the best of his lighter scores and there is no reason why it should not have enjoyed the popularity of...

The French composer Ambroise Thomas composed his Opera Hamlet in 1868. The Choeur des Comediens et Chanson Bachique is a part of the second act: Hamlet, son of the Danish King, has invited a group of...

The French composer Ambroise Thomas composed his Opera Hamlet in 1868. The Choeur des Comediens et Chanson Bachique is a part of the second act: Hamlet, son of the Danish King, has invited a group of...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment.The aria 'Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante' is sung by Micaela in the th...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment.The aria 'Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante' is sung by Micaela in the th...

The Aria Un baccio di mano (A handkissing) was conceived in May 1788 in Vienna for the singer Francesco Albertarelli as part of the opera Le Geloise fortunate from the Italian composer Pasquale Anfoss...

The Aria Un baccio di mano (A handkissing) was conceived in May 1788 in Vienna for the singer Francesco Albertarelli as part of the opera Le Geloise fortunate from the Italian composer Pasquale Anfoss...

Die Zauberflöte isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indivi...

Die Zauberflöte isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indivi...

The duet La ci darem la mano (Give me the hand) from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni is sung in the first act when Don Giovanni asks the peasant daughter Zerlina to marry hem. (Soprano, Baritone and Conce...

Die lustige Witwe, composed by Franz Franz Lehar is one of the absolute highlights in the whole operetta-repertoire. The duet Lippen schweigen - Love unspoken - is a waltz in a very romantic mood sung...

The Oratorio de NoÙl, opus 112 was composed in 1858 and is one of the four oratorios he wrote.It is scored for five soloists (soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor and baritone) four-part mixed choir, s...

The Oratorio de NoÙl, opus 112 was composed in 1858 and is one of the four oratorios he wrote.It is scored for five soloists (soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor and baritone) four-part mixed choir, s...

Until nowadays, La Traviata is still one of the most successful opera's in the music-literature. Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed this opera in 1853 and it belongs to the top of Giuseppe Verdi's middl...

Until nowadays, La Traviata is still one of the most successful opera's in the music-literature. Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed this opera in 1853 and it belongs to the top of Giuseppe Verdi's middl...

Despite its title Kodaly's Dances of Galanta is not so much a dance-suite as a symphonic poem.The dances in this piece are derived from the 18th-century Verbunkos, a characteristic Hungarian dance of...