Kalmus Opera Library

La Clemenza di Tito (Die Milde des Titus), KV 621 wurde von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) im Jahr 1791 geschrieben, nachdem er die Zauberflöte fast beendet hatte. Das Werk wurde zur Feier der Kr...

La Clemenza di Tito (Die Milde des Titus), KV 621 wurde von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) im Jahr 1791 geschrieben, nachdem er die Zauberflöte fast beendet hatte. Das Werk wurde zur Feier der Kr...

Die dreiaktige Oper Parsifal wurde von Richard Wagner (1813-1883) 1857 erdacht, aber erst 1882 fertiggestellt. Sie erzählt die Geschichte von Parsifal, dem "reinen Narren", der dazu bestimmt ist, im L...

Die dreiaktige Oper Parsifal wurde von Richard Wagner (1813-1883) 1857 erdacht, aber erst 1882 fertiggestellt. Sie erzählt die Geschichte von Parsifal, dem "reinen Narren", der dazu bestimmt ist, im L...

The Pirates of Penzance (The Slave of Duty), geschrieben 1879, war die fünfte Zusammenarbeit zwischen Arthur Sullivan und W. S. Gilbert. Es erzählt die Geschichte eines 21-jährigen Mannes, Frederic, d...

Die dreiaktige Oper Rusalka op. 114 wurde von Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) im Jahr 1900 geschrieben und am 31. März 1901 am Nationaltheater in Prag unter der Leitung von Karel Kovarovic uraufgeführt. Di...

Die dreiaktige Oper Rusalka op. 114 wurde von Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) im Jahr 1900 geschrieben und am 31. März 1901 am Nationaltheater in Prag unter der Leitung von Karel Kovarovic uraufgeführt. Di...

While it scandalized Parisian audiences at its premiere by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on March 3rd, 1875, Georges Bizet's (1838-1875) Carmen became, a mere decade later, one of the most popular and fr...

While it scandalized Parisian audiences at its premiere by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on March 3rd, 1875, Georges Bizet's (1838-1875) Carmen became, a mere decade later, one of the most popular and fr...

While it scandalized Parisian audiences at its premiere by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on March 3rd, 1875, Georges Bizet's (1838-1875) Carmen became, a mere decade later, one of the most popular and fr...

While it scandalized Parisian audiences at its premiere by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on March 3rd, 1875, Georges Bizet's (1838-1875) Carmen became, a mere decade later, one of the most popular and fr...

AIDA, with music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, is a staple of the operatic repertoire. The story, set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, tells of tragic love challenge...

AIDA, with music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, is a staple of the operatic repertoire. The story, set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, tells of tragic love challenge...

AIDA, with music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, is a staple of the operatic repertoire. The story, set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, tells of tragic love challenge...

Italian for rustic chivalry, this opera in one act with music by Pietro Mascagni and a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, is adapted from a short story and play by Giovanni Verg...

Italian for 'rustic chivalry,' this opera in one act with music by Pietro Mascagni and a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, is adapted from a short story and play by Giovanni Ve...

The tragic two-act opera, Anna Bolena, recounts the life of King Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn, and is one of four Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) operas depicting the Tudor period in English hi...

The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia) was written by Giocchino Rossini (1792-1868) in 1816. The two-act comic opera is considered one of the greatest opera buffas ever written, and it remain...

Norma is a two-act lyric tragedy by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). A leading example of the bel canto genre, the opera premiered at La Scala in Milan on December 26th, 1831. The story tells of a love t...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) completed the five-act opera Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet) in 1867. With a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michael Carré, the opera tells the tragic story of Shakespear...

Italian composer Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) wrote L'amico Fritz in 1891 only one year after his masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana began the Versimo movement. A charming light opera in three acts, L'am...

Italian composer Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) wrote L'amico Fritz in 1891 only one year after his masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana began the Versimo movement. A charming light opera in three acts, L'am...