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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...

The opera Don Quichotte by Jules Massenet (1842-1912) was premiered in 1910 and was based on the play by Jacques La Lorrain. It is placed in the Spanish Middle Ages. The aria Riez ,allez, riez du pauv...

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...

Bellini wrote his opera I Capuleti e I Montecchi in 1825. It handles about the traditional story of Giulietta e Romeo. The aria Eccomi in lieta vesta... is sung in the first act: In her room, Giuliett...

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...

La Sonnambula is the first of Bellini's major opera's. The first performance took place in 1831 at the Teatro Carcano in Milan.The aria Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni is sung in the first act: Count Rodol...

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...

Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) composed his opera Rigoletto in 1851 and together with La Traviata (1853) and Il Trovatore (1853), this opera belongs to the top of Giuseppe Verdi's middle period o...

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...

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...

When Puccini's opera Turandot was heard for the first time in April 1926, its composer had been dead for almost a year and a half. The story of Princess Turandot is perhaps the most repulsive that any...

The score of La Gioconda is best known for its ballet divertimento The Dance of the Hours.The tangled story of passion, intrigue, violence and eventual tragedy is set against the grim splendour of sev...

The score of La Gioconda is best known for its ballet divertimento The Dance of the Hours.The tangled story of passion, intrigue, violence and eventual tragedy is set against the grim splendour of sev...

Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja is sung by Papageno, the birdcatcher at the very beginning of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte: covered with feathers he introduces himself by singing a ditty in popular style...

The aria O Isis und Osiris is sung by Sarastro, the high priest of Isis and Osiris. Sarastro announces that prince Tamino, before marrying Pamina, must prove himself worthy to the temple.Sarastro pray...

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 individ...

The highlights of Saint-SaÙns oeuvre are the Organ Symphony (1866) and the opera Samson et Dalila (1877). With its familiar story and many stretches of vigorous and appealing music Samson et Dalila ha...

The Marsch der Priester is played at the very beginning of the second act of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte: the priests enter to a solemn march. (Concert Band)

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...

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 individ...

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 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...