Blasorchester mit Chor

„Man sah es der betenden Versammlung an, welch’ frommen Eindruck diese einfache, blos auf Gesang basirte Produktion auf sie machte.“ So berichtete die Wiener allgemeine Musik-Zeitung über die Urauffüh...

Fibich: Poem

The Building of the House was written for the inaugural concert of the new Maltings concert hall, Snape at the 20th Aldeburgh festival. Instrumentation: 3 fl.2 ob.Ebcl.3 cl.acl.bcl.2 asax.tsax.bsax.2...

'Ernani 'is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the 1830 play Hernani by Victor Hugo. Ernani was first performed in 1844...

'Ernani 'is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the 1830 play Hernani by Victor Hugo. Ernani was first performed in 1844...

Charles Gounod's opera 'Faust' tells the story of the old Dr. Faust who once again wants to be young and feel the passion of love. He concluded a pact with the devil - Méphistophélès - that helps him...

Charles Gounod's opera 'Faust' tells the story of the old Dr. Faust who once again wants to be young and feel the passion of love. He concluded a pact with the devil - Méphistophélès - that helps him...

The third act of Wagner's opera 'Der fliegende Holländer' opens with the 'Entr'acte' and 'Sailors' Chorus': an introduction including motifs associated with the sailors and with the girls' spinning-so...

The third act of Wagner's opera 'Der fliegende Holländer' opens with the 'Entr'acte' and 'Sailors' Chorus': an introduction including motifs associated with the sailors and with the girls' spinning-so...

I Lombardi (oder I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata, Die Langobarden auf dem ersten Kreuzzug) ist ein lyrisches Operndrama in vier Akten von Giuseppe Verdi nach einem italienischen Libretto von Temistocle...

I Lombardi (oder I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata, Die Langobarden auf dem ersten Kreuzzug) ist ein lyrisches Operndrama in vier Akten von Giuseppe Verdi nach einem italienischen Libretto von Temistocle...

Iolanthe was the seventh collaboration between librettist William Gilbert and composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. Both men were "at the top of their game" for this venture and this operetta is well known fo...

Iolanthe was the seventh collaboration between librettist William Gilbert and composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. Both men were "at the top of their game" for this venture and this operetta is well known fo...

Otto Nicolai's last opera Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor is the only one left and also his only one in German language. It is still one of the most performed opera's in Germany opera houses. The libr...

Sullivan's Operetta The Gondoliers (first staged in 1889) was the last of the wildly successful Gilbert and Sullivan productions. The exuberant Dance a Cachuca is sung towards the beginning of the sec...

Sullivan's Operetta The Gondoliers (first staged in 1889) was the last of the wildly successful Gilbert and Sullivan productions. The exuberant Dance a Cachuca is sung towards the beginning of the sec...

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) finished his masterpiece Otello in October 1885. The libretto by Arrigo Boito was based on Shakespeare's tragedy. The Bonfire Chorus is sung in the very first act: the peopl...

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) finished his masterpiece Otello in October 1885. The libretto by Arrigo Boito was based on Shakespeare's tragedy. The Bonfire Chorus is sung in the very first act: the peopl...

The opera "Macbeth" was first performed in Florence in 1847. A second revised version was premiered in the Paris Theatre Lyrique in 1865. The chorus "Patria oppressa" is sung at the very beginning of...

Carmen ist wahrscheinlich die berühmteste Oper des gesamten Opernrepertoires, obwohl ihre Uraufführung 1875 eine große Enttäuschung war. Der Refrain "Vivat! Vivat le Torero!" wird im zweiten Akt der O...

Carmen is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The chorus "Vivat! Vivat le Toréro!" is sung in the second act of the...