Michael William Balfe

(1808-70)

Irish composer and singer.

Of his twenty-nine operas the best known is The Bohemian Girl.

His success allowed him to retire to the Hertfordshire countryside to raise sheep.

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A home in the heart

A merry little Savoyard

Ah! Would that I could love thee less

Cello Sonata in A flat major

Come into the garden, Maud

Dids't thou but know (Si tu savais)

Don't let the roses listen

Hopeful heart should banish care

I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls (from The Bohemian Girl)

I'd rather be a village maid

I'm a merry Zingara

Le Puits D’Amour: Overture

O smile as thou wert wont to smile

O take me to thy heart again

Sempre pensoso e torbido

T'was Rank and Fame (from The Rose of Castille)

The blighted flower

The Bohemian Girl : Galop

The Bohemian Girl overture

The Bohemian Girl: Then You’ll Remember Me

The Bohemian Girl: When other lips and other hearts

The green trees whispered

The lonely rose

The Sands of Dee

The Siege of Rochelle: Overture

Vorrei parlar, ma l'ira (from Falstaff)

When I beheld the anchor weigh’d

Yon moon o’er the mountains (from The Maid of Artois)

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