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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. »

09 Sep 2019

Stendhal on the Rossini Revolution

Some Details concerning the Revolution inaugurated by Rossini »

06 Sep 2019

PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut

Manon Lescaut, dramma lirico in quattro atti »

03 Sep 2019

STRAUSS : Elektra

Elektra: Tragedy in one act. »

24 Jun 2019

Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2020 Ring Cycle

Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced both schedules and cast-lists for is Spring 2020 performances of Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Given the series of individual productions already staged by the company since Fall 2016, that pave the way for the complete cycle, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s complete production should affirm the artistic might of the great composer.  »

27 Apr 2019

Carlo Diacono: L’Alpino

“Diacono himself does not know what musical talent he possesses” – Mascagni »

10 Apr 2019

The Nibelungen-Myth. As Sketch for a Drama

From the womb of Night and Death was spawned a race that dwells in Nibelheim (Nebelheim), i.e. in gloomy subterranean clefts and caverns: Nibelungen are they called; with restless nimbleness they burrow through the bowels of the earth, like worms in a dead body; they smelt and smith hard metals.  »

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. »

16 Jul 2018

Mefistofele at Orange’s Chorégies

This is the one where a very personable devil tells God that mankind is so far gone it isn’t worth his time to bother corrupting it further. »

05 Jun 2018

A culinary coupling from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

What a treat the London Music Conservatoires serve up for opera-goers each season. After the Royal Academy’s Bizet double-bill of Le docteur Miracle and La tragédie de Carmen, and in advance of the Royal College’s forthcoming pairing of Huw Watkins’ new opera, In the Locked Room, based on a short story by Thomas Hardy, and The Lighthouse by Peter Maxwell Davies, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama have delivered a culinary coupling of Paul Hindemith’s The Long Christmas Dinner and Sir Lennox Berkeley’s The Dinner Engagement which the Conservatoire last presented for our delectation in November 2006.  »

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. »

28 Aug 2015

La Púrpura de la Rosa

Advertised in the program as the first opera written in the New World, La Púrpura de la Rosa (PR) was premiered in 1701 in Lima (Peru), but more than the historical feat, true or not, accounts for the piece’s interest.  »

20 Oct 2013

Das Liebesverbot, Vienna 1962

Das Liebesverbot: Grosse komische Oper in two acts. »

16 May 2013

Lohengrin, Bayreuth 2010 Live

Opera in three acts. Words and music by Richard Wagner.  »

16 May 2013

Parsifal, Bayreuth 2012 Live

Parsifal. Bühnenweihfestspiel (“stage dedication play”) in three acts. »

09 Apr 2013

Music from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“German poet, dramatist and novelist. One of the most important literary and cultural figures of his age, he was recognized during his lifetime for his accomplishments of almost universal breadth. However, it is his literary works that have most consistently sustained his reputation, and that also serve to demonstrate most clearly his many-faceted relationship to music. . . . »

09 Sep 2011

Operas Based on French Literature

Here are operas based on French literature from Balzac, Hugo and beyond: »

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. »

21 May 2010

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a comedy in five acts with incidental music. »

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. »

11 Oct 2009

Oxford Lieder - Britain's top Song Festival

In the autumn, Oxford is especially beautiful. The ancient colleges are swathed in scarlet vines, and the mellow evening light creates great atmosphere. For those who love art song, though, the best reason for visiting Oxford at this time of year is the Oxford Lieder Festival, which starts October 16th 2009. »

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. »

03 Aug 2009

SCHUMANN: Scenen aus Goethes Faust

Scenen aus Goethes Faust (op. WoO 3 ) [also known as Szenen aus Goethes „Faust“], oratorio in three parts with seven scenes. »

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 »