Anspruchsvolle Oper-Noten

'Belshazzar' ist mit seinen ausführlichen Szenenanweisungen und den vielen kurzen Formen wie Accompagnato-Rezitativen und Ariosi das dramatischste unter Georg Friedrichs Händels Oratorien. De facto ha...

Some of Maria Callas’ most celebrated interpretations analysed under the microscope: each aria – taken from the historical Ricordi reduction for voice and piano – is accompanied by technical-interpret...

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

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

Die Entführung aus dem Serail' ( 'The Abduction from the Seraglio') is a 'singspiel' in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedric...

Die Entführung aus dem Serail' ( 'The Abduction from the Seraglio') is a 'singspiel' in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedric...

Madama Butterfly' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story 'Madame Butterfly' (1898) by John Luther L...

Madama Butterfly' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story 'Madame Butterfly' (1898) by John Luther L...

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...

Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (WWV 49) (Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes) is an early opera by Richard Wagner in five acts, with the libretto written by the composer after Bulwer-Lytton's novel of t...

This is Viennese Opera music at its best; its popularity has endured since its premiere in 1884, primarily due to an abundance of great tunes and beautiful solos. In this authentic transcription, flut...

Libuše ist eine 'Festoper' in drei Akten mit Musik von Bedřich Smetana. Das Libretto wurde ursprünglich von Josef Wenzig auf Deutsch verfasst und dann von Ervín Špindler ins Tschechische übersetzt. Im...

Gaetano Donizettis Roberto Devereux nach einem Libretto von Salvadore Cammarano wurde am 29. Oktober 1837 am Teatro di San Carlo in Neapel uraufgeführt. Jahrhunderts weitgehend aus dem Repertoire vers...