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Ruggiero Leoncavallo, both composer and librettist, based Pagliacci on real-life events he recalled from childhood. From these he fashioned a vivid musical play with intense passions build in the live...

The Russian composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) finished his opera The Tsar's Bride in 1899. This opera is a lurid melodrama set in the time of Ivan the Terrible, though this might hardly be...

The Russian composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) finished his opera The Tsar's Bride in 1899. This opera is a lurid melodrama set in the time of Ivan the Terrible, though this might hardly be...

Felix Mendelssohn composed the Marsch in D major opus 108 to celebrate a visit of the painter Cornelius to the city of Dresden in april 1841. (Concert Band)

Carl Maria von Weber liberated German opera from French and Italian influences. His opera Der Feeischütz is one of his most succesful opera's and its overture is a work of arts in its own. (Concert Ba...

Carl Maria von Weber liberated German opera from French and Italian influences. His opera Der Feeischütz is one of his most succesful opera's and its overture is a work of arts in its own. (Concert Ba...

Giordano began composition of his best known opera, Andrea Chenier, in 1894. The libretto had been written by Luigi Illica for Alberto Franchetti, and Franchetti gave the libretto to Giordano. Andrea...

Giordano began composition of his best known opera, Andrea Chenier, in 1894. The libretto had been written by Luigi Illica for Alberto Franchetti, and Franchetti gave the libretto to Giordano. Andrea...

The chorus Jauchzet Frohlocket! is the very beginning of the first part of Bach's Christmas Oratoria: 'Am erster Weihnachts-feiertage'. (Choir and Concert Band)

Since its premiere in 1892, Werther has ranked among Jules Massenet's most admired and beloved scores it has also proved the most enduring. Yet the opera's origins remain somewhat mysterious and it se...

Cavalleria Rusticana is a tempestuous drama of adultery and revenge set in a remote Italian village. Its earthy passions, bold confrontational scenes and richly melodic score set a fashion for so-call...

Cavalleria Rusticana is a tempestuous drama of adultery and revenge set in a remote Italian village. Its earthy passions, bold confrontational scenes and richly melodic score set a fashion for so-call...

Don Alvaro's aria La vita e inferno all'infelice comes in the third act of Giuseppe Verdi's Opera La Forza del Destino. It is dawn at the encampment at Velletri in Italy, where Don Alvaro has enrolled...

Don Alvaro's aria La vita e inferno all'infelice comes in the third act of Giuseppe Verdi's Opera La Forza del Destino. It is dawn at the encampment at Velletri in Italy, where Don Alvaro has enrolled...

The Night on the Bare Mountain is one of Mussorgsky's best-known work. The literary model is the play The Witch (by Georgi Mengden). (Concert Band)

The Night on the Bare Mountain is one of Mussorgsky's best-known work. The literary model is the play The Witch (by Georgi Mengden). (Concert Band)

On 15 March 1811 Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) arrived in Munich looking for work.He must have begun his Clarinet Concertino almost at once: it was written for Heinrich Bärmann, the clarinettist of...

On 15 March 1811 Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) arrived in Munich looking for work.He must have begun his Clarinet Concertino almost at once: it was written for Heinrich Bärmann, the clarinettist of...

The Berceuse Hero'que, a lullaby for a hero, was composed in 1914 as a homage to King Albert I from Belgium and his soldiers. The work opens very dark and mysterious and then builds a huge crescendo....

The Berceuse Hero'que, a lullaby for a hero, was composed in 1914 as a homage to King Albert I from Belgium and his soldiers. The work opens very dark and mysterious and then builds a huge crescendo....

After conquering England by triumphal performances of Der Freischütz at Covent Garden von Weber was sent a commission by the manager of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden that resulted in his new ope...

After conquering England by triumphal performances of Der Freischütz at Covent Garden von Weber was sent a commission by the manager of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden that resulted in his new ope...

Faust is based on the novel Faust und Margarethe by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the libretto was conceived by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre.It's the story of the old Dr. Faust who once again wants...

Faust is based on the novel Faust und Margarethe by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the libretto was conceived by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre.It's the story of the old Dr. Faust who once again wants...

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...