Mittelschwere Oper-Noten

Richard Heuberger (1850 - 1914) war ein österreichischer Komponist, Musikkritiker und Lehrer. Er schrieb mehrere Opern, Ballette, Chorwerke und Lieder und war eine bedeutende Persönlichkeit der Wiener...

Richard Heuberger (1850 - 1914) war ein österreichischer Komponist, Musikkritiker und Lehrer. Er schrieb mehrere Opern, Ballette, Chorwerke und Lieder und war eine bedeutende Persönlichkeit der Wiener...

Le Cid' is an opera in four acts and ten tableaux by Jules Massenet based on the play of the same name by Pierre Corneille. It was first performed by a star-studded cast at the Paris Opéra on 30 Novem...

Le Cid' is an opera in four acts and ten tableaux by Jules Massenet based on the play of the same name by Pierre Corneille. It was first performed by a star-studded cast at the Paris Opéra on 30 Novem...

Mefistofele ist eine Oper in einem Prolog und fünf Akten, die später auf vier Akte und einen Epilog reduziert wurde. Es ist die einzige vollendete Oper mit Musik des italienischen Komponisten und Libr...

Mefistofele ist eine Oper in einem Prolog und fünf Akten, die später auf vier Akte und einen Epilog reduziert wurde. Es ist die einzige vollendete Oper mit Musik des italienischen Komponisten und Libr...

Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed his opera Rigoletto in 1851 and together with La Traviata (1853) and Il Trovatore (1853) it belongs to the top of his middle period of composing. The quartet Un di se...

La Traviata tells the story of the young and beautiful courtesan Violetta who falls in love with Alfredo, an ordinary and poor young man. She leaves her luxurious live for him and finally offers her l...

Don Carlo (1867) composed in the middle-period of Giuseppe Verdi's musical career, - nowadays mostly played in Italian - originally was written as a French 'Grand Opera'.Giuseppe Verdi at that time wa...

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...

Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), the greatest Italian opera-composer, composed his opera La Forza del Destino in 1862 and it was first performed in the St.Petersburg Operahouse.The story of 'the P...

Puccini's Madama Butterfly is different from many operas. It is intimate, devoid of spectacle, taking place completely within a house in Nagasaki. The aria Un bel di vedremo is sung by Butterfly in th...

The Danse Bohemienne from La jolie fille the Perth was used in the ballet for the Paris version for Carmen returning to the Paris opera only five years after it's disastrous premiere. Bizet had died a...

Bellini wrote his opera I Capuleti e I Montecchi in 1825. It handles about the traditional story of Giulietta e Romeo. The part of Romeo, the young hero, is sung by a mezzo-soprano 'en travesti', a co...

Miný's aria Si, Mi chiamano Mimì is heard in the first act of Puccini's opera La Boheme. She introduces herself to Rodolfo: she is called Mimý but her real name is Lucie Louvet, a famous model sufferi...

Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi's opera Un Ballo in Maschera contains two famous soprano roles, strong Male solo roles, fine choruses and sharp dramatic situations. And yet it is not quite as popular as some...

La Traviata tells the story of the young and beautiful courtesan Violetta who falls in love with Alfredo, an ordinary and poor young man.She leaves her luxurious live for him and finally offers her lo...

The aria Uzh kak po mostu,mostochku is sung by Olga, Tatyana's sister in the first act of the opera. She tells Tatayana of her merry disposition: 'I am carefree and full of fun, and everyone calls me...

The recitativo Crudele! Ah no mio bene! and the aria Non mi dir, bell' idol mio is sung by Donna Anna near the very end of the opera Don Giovanni.In a room of her house, Ottavio offers to make Donna A...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) is one of the greatest of all comic operas.Based on an excellent play by Beaumarchais, The Barber of Seville delights audiences with its keenly sketched characters, melo...

A short instrumental section from Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin with a principal part for the brass section.The transcription is made by Geert Mooren. (Concert Band)

Li¨ sings her aria Tu che di gel sei cinta near the end of Puccini's opera Turandot. She tells Turandot that even she will learn what love is. (Soprano and Concert Band)

When Rossini's Opera Matilde di Shabran was premiered in Rome in 1821, it was billed as a 'melodrama giocoso', somewhere between an Opera Buffa and an Opera Seria in character.In 1822 it was given in...

Jago's Credo from Giuseppe Verdi's Opera Otello, is sung at the beginning of the second act: a venomous expression of evil and, so to speak, of negative belief. He sings his creed: 'I believe in a cru...

Leo Delibes opera Lakme was first performed in 1883, the year after Richard Wagner's Parsifal, but it comes from an entirely different world. It is a thoroughly conservative opera, constructed from se...