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Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov by Valentin Serov, 1898 [Source: Wikipedia]
13 Jul 2020

Rimsky-Korsakov – Mozart and Salieri

Mozart and Salieri, an opera in one act consisting of two scenes.

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), composer. Libretto derived from Alexander Puskhin's play of the same name.

First performance: 7 December 1898 in Moscow. »

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17 Jun 2020

Strauss – Ariadne auf Naxos

Ariadne auf Naxos, Oper with a prologue and one act. Music composed by Richard Strauss. Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. »

17 Jun 2020

Spontini – La Vestale

La Vestale, a tragédie lyrique in three acts. »

14 Jun 2020

Mussorgsky – Boris Godunov

Boris Godunov, an opera in four acts with prologue Modest Mussorgsky, composer. Libretto by the composer, based on Alexander Pushkin's drama Boris Godunov and Nikolai Karamazin's History of the Russian Empire First performance: 8 February 1874 at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg »

08 Apr 2020

Verdi – Il Trovatore (La Scala 1930)

Il Trovatore, dramma in four parts. »

03 Apr 2020

Strauss – Ariadne auf Naxos (Salzburg 1954)

Only a few months following the premiere of Der Rosenkavalier, Hugo von Hofmannsthal proposed a new opera to Richard Strauss based on Molière’s comedy-ballet, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (in German, Der Bürger als Edelmann). »

03 Apr 2020

MOZART: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Berlin 1949)

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Singspiel in 3 Acts.Music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, based on an earlier libretto by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner. »

03 Apr 2020

MOZART: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Aix-En-Provence 1954)

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Singspiel in 3 Acts.Music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, based on an earlier libretto by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner. »

02 Apr 2020

STRAUSS: Arabella – Dresden 2005

Arabella: Lyrische Komödie in three acts »

02 Apr 2020

MOZART: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Vienna 1956)

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Singspiel in 3 Acts.Music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, based on an earlier libretto by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner. »

02 Apr 2020

PONCHIELLI: La Gioconda

La Gioconda, dramma lirico in four acts.Music composed by Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886). Libretto by Arrigo Boito (under the pseudonym Tobia Gorrio), based upon Victor Hugo's Angelo, Tyrant of Padua (1835). »

02 Apr 2020

VERDI: Don Carlo

Don Carlo, an opera in four acts. Music composed by Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901). Libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille Du Locle after Friedrich von Schiller’s dramatic poem Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien. Revised version in four acts (French text revised by Du Locle, Italian translation by Achille de Lauzières and Angelo Zanardini). »

02 Apr 2020

VERDI: Un ballo in maschera

Un ballo in maschera, a melodramma in three acts.Music composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Antonio Somma, based upon the work of Eugène Scribe Gustave III ou Le bal masqué (1833) »

04 Nov 2019

Giovanni Pacini: Medea

Medea: Melodramma tragico in three acts. »

16 Sep 2019

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die Tote Stadt

Die Tote Stadt, an opera in three acts.Music composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957). Libretto by Paul Schott (Julius and E. W. Korngold) after the novel Bruges la morte by Georges Rodenbach. »

06 Sep 2019

PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut

Manon Lescaut, dramma lirico in quattro atti »

03 Sep 2019

STRAUSS : Elektra

Elektra: Tragedy in one act. »

28 Mar 2019

Martín y Soler: Una cosa rara

Una cosa rara, ossia Bellezza ed onestà. Dramma giocoso in two acts.Music composed by Vicente Martín y Soler (1754–1806). Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte from the comedy La luna de la Sierra by Luis Vélez de Guevara. »

22 Oct 2015

THOMAS: Hamlet, Moscow 2015

Hamlet: Opéra in five acts. Music composed by Ambroise Thomas. Libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier after The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare. »

20 Oct 2013

Das Liebesverbot, Vienna 1962

Das Liebesverbot: Grosse komische Oper in two acts. »

09 Sep 2011

Jules Massenet: Le Cid

Le Cid, Opéra in 4 acts »

02 Sep 2011

Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani

I puritani, opera seria in three acts »

30 Aug 2011

Vincenzo Bellini: Zaira

Zaira, Tragedia lirica in two acts. »

22 Jul 2011

G. F. Handel: Athalia

Athalia: Oratorio (sacred drama) in 3 acts »

12 Nov 2010

DONIZETTI: Lucrezia Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia: Melodramma in a prologue and two acts. »

01 Sep 2010

BERTIN: La Esmeralda

La Esmeralda: Opéra in four acts. »

12 Aug 2010

VERDI: Ernani — Florence 1957

Ernani: Dramma lirico in four parts. »

14 Jul 2010

von Waltershausen: Oberst Chabert

Oberst Chabert (Colonel Chabert): Tragic opera in 3 acts. »

23 Jun 2010

VERDI: Otello — La Scala 1954

Otello: Dramma lirico in four acts.Music composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Arrigo Boito after The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice by William Shakespeare. »

24 Apr 2010

HAHN: Le Marchand de Venise

Le Marchand de Venise (“The Merchant of Venice”): Opéra in three acts. »

17 Mar 2010

STORACE: Gli Equivoci

Gli Equivoci (The Comedy of Errors): Opera in two acts. »

07 Feb 2010

MARTIN: Der Sturm

Der Sturm: Opera in three acts  »

30 Jan 2010

PURCELL: The Fairy-Queen

The Fairy-Queen: Semi-opera in five acts. »

18 Jan 2010

VERDI: Macbeth — Vienna 2009

Macbeth: Melodramma in quattro parti. »

03 Jan 2010

WAGNER: Das Liebesverbot

Das Liebesverbot: Grosse komische Oper in two acts. »

13 Dec 2009

VERDI: Falstaff — Wales 2008

Falstaff: Commedia lirica in three acts. »

30 Nov 2009

THOMAS: Hamlet — London 2003

Hamlet: Opéra in five acts.Music composed by Ambroise Thomas. Libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier after The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare. »

15 Nov 2009

ROSSINI: Otello — Bad Wildbad 2008

Otello, ossia Il moro di Venezia (‘Othello, or The Moor of Venice’): Dramma in three acts. »

18 Oct 2009

BERLIOZ: Béatrice et Bénédict — Paris 2009

Béatrice et Bénédict: Opéra comique in two acts »

11 Oct 2009

NICOLAI: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor — Berlin 1943

Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor), a comical-fantastical opera in three acts with dance. »

29 Sep 2009

VERDI: Otello — Vienna 2006

Otello: Dramma lirico in four acts.Music composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Arrigo Boito after The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice by William Shakespeare. »

06 Sep 2009

MASSENET: Werther — Vienna 2000

Werther: Drame lyrique en 4 actes et 5 tableauxMusic composed by Jules Massenet. Libretto by Edouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann based on Die Leiden des jungen Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe »

23 Aug 2009

THOMAS: Mignon — New York 2005

Mignon: Opéra comique in three acts. »

26 Jul 2009

GOUNOD: Faust — Vienna 2008

Faust, Opéra en cinq actes. »

12 Jul 2009

GOUNOD: Faust — 1953

Faust, Opéra en cinq actes. »

15 Jun 2009

PUCCINI: Turandot — Buenos Aires 1965

Turandot, dramma lirico in three acts. »

10 Jun 2009

VERDI: I masnadieri — Baden-Baden 1998

I masnadieri [The bandits]: Melodramma in four parts  »

17 May 2009

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Maid of Orléans — Moscow 1971

The Maid of Orléans: [Orleanskaya deva]: Opera in four acts »

11 May 2009

ROSSINI: Guglielmo Tell — Rome 1954

Guglielmo Tell: Melodramma tragico in four acts »

03 May 2009

DONIZETTI: Maria Stuarda — Paris 1972

Maria Stuarda: Tragedia lirica in two or three acts. »

26 Apr 2009

VERDI: Don Carlo — Rome 1954

Don Carlo: Opera in four acts.  »

19 Apr 2009

VERDI: Luisa Miller — Reggio Emilia 1976

Luisa Miller: Melodramma tragico in three acts. »

12 Apr 2009

WAGNER: Götterdämmerung — Rome 1968

Götterdämmerung: Third day of Der Ring des Nibelungen in a prologue and three acts. »

06 Apr 2009

WAGNER: Siegfried — Rome 1968

Siegfried: Second day of Der Ring des Nibelungen in three acts. »

29 Mar 2009

WAGNER: Die Walküre — Rome 1968

Die Walküre: First day of Der Ring des Nibelungen in three acts.  »

22 Mar 2009

WAGNER: Das Rheingold — Rome 1968

Vorabend (preliminary evening) of Der Ring des Nibelungen, in four scenes. »

15 Mar 2009

ROSSINI: Il Barbiere di Siviglia — La Scala 1956

Il Barbiere di Siviglia [Almaviva, ossia L’inutile precauzione (‘Almaviva, or The Useless Precaution’)]: Commedia in two acts. »

08 Mar 2009

CHERUBINI: Medea — La Scala 1961

Medea (Médée): Opéra comique in three acts. »

01 Mar 2009

BELLINI: La sonnambula — La Scala 1957

La sonnambula, Melodramma in due atti »

22 Feb 2009

PUCCINI: Tosca — Mexico City 1952

Tosca: A melodrama in three acts. »

15 Feb 2009

ROSSINI: Armida — Firenze 1952

Armida, Dramma per musica in tre atti. »

08 Feb 2009

VERDI: La Traviata — Lisbon 1958

La Traviata: Melodramma in three acts.  »

01 Feb 2009

VERDI: Un ballo in maschera — La Scala 1957

Un ballo in maschera: Melodramma in three acts »

25 Jan 2009

BELLINI: Il Pirata — New York 1959

Il Pirata: Melodramma in two acts. »

18 Jan 2009

BELLINI: Norma — Roma 1955

Norma: Tragedia lirica in two acts. »

11 Jan 2009

DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor — Roma 1957

Lucia di Lammermoor: Opera in three acts. »

04 Jan 2009

PUCCINI: Turandot — Wien 1961

Turandot, dramma lirico in three acts. »

28 Dec 2008

PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi — La Scala 2008

Gianni Schicchi: Opera in one act (no. 3 of Il trittico) »

21 Dec 2008

PUCCINI: Suor Angelica — La Scala 2008

Suor Angelica: Opera in one act (no.2 of Il trittico). »

14 Dec 2008

PUCCINI: Il Tabarro — La Scala 2008

Il Tabarro [The Cloak]: Opera in one act (no.1 of Il Trittico). »

07 Dec 2008

PUCCINI: La Rondine — La Scala 1994

La Rondine: Commedia lirica in three acts. »

01 Dec 2008

PUCCINI: La Fanciulla del West — La Scala 1956

La Fanciulla del West: Opera in three acts. »

23 Nov 2008

PUCCINI: La Fanciulla del West — Firenze 1954

La Fanciulla del West: Opera in three acts. »

16 Nov 2008

PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly — Covent Garden 1957

Madama Butterfly, opera in two acts. »

09 Nov 2008

PUCCINI: Tosca — Bruxelles 1958

Tosca: A melodrama in three acts. »

02 Nov 2008

PUCCINI: La Bohème — Vienna 1988

La Bohème, opera in four acts. Music composed by Giacomo Puccini. Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi lllica, based on episodes from Henri Murger’s Scènes de la vie de Bohème. »

26 Oct 2008

STRAUSS: Intermezzo — Vienna 1963

Intermezzo: Bürgerliche Komödie with symphonic interludes in two acts.  »

20 Oct 2008

STRAUSS: Salome — Covent Garden 2008

Salome, Musikdrama in one act. »

05 Oct 2008

STRAUSS: Capriccio -- Vienna 2008

Capriccio: Konversationsstück für Musik in one act. »

21 Sep 2008

STRAUSS: Arabella — Salzburg 1958

Arabella: Lyrische Komödie in three acts »

14 Sep 2008

STRAUSS: Die ägyptische Helena — Salzburg 2003

Die ägyptische Helena: Oper in two acts. »

07 Sep 2008

STRAUSS: Die ägyptische Helena — Munich 1956

Die ägyptische Helena: Oper in two acts. »

01 Sep 2008

STRAUSS: Die Frau ohne Schatten — Covent Garden 1992

Die Frau ohne Schatten: Oper in three acts »

24 Aug 2008

STRAUSS: Die Frau ohne Schatten — Covent Garden 1976

Die Frau ohne Schatten: Oper in three acts »

17 Aug 2008

STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier — Hamburg 1992

Der Rosenkavalier (‘The Knight of the Rose’): Komödie für Musik in 3 acts. »

10 Aug 2008

STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier — Wien 1987

Der Rosenkavalier (‘The Knight of the Rose’): Komödie für Musik in 3 acts. »

04 Aug 2008

MOZART: Die Entführung aus dem Serail — Salzburg 1997

Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Singspiel in 3 Acts. »

27 Jul 2008

MOZART: Die Entführung aus dem Serail — Salzburg 1975

Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Singspiel in 3 Acts. »

20 Jul 2008

MOZART: Idomeneo — Munich 2008

Idomeneo, rè di Creta: Dramma per musica in tre atti (K. 366). »

13 Jul 2008

MOZART: Idomeneo (Britten ed.)

Idomeneo, rè di Creta: Dramma per musica in tre atti (K. 366). »