Libretto Sheet Music
Berio, L: Un Re In Ascolto Libretto
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Beethoven, L v: Fidelio - Einführung und Kommentar
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Fidelio ist Beethovens einzige Oper. Die Handlung entspringt einer historischen Begebenheit, die sich - wie der französische Dichter J.N. Bouilly sagt - in Tours ereignet hat. Was Beethoven faszinierte, war die große Idee: Leornores unverbüchliche Treue zu ihrem…
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Bizet, G: Carmen - Einführung und Kommentar
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Based on the subject of the eponymous novella by Prosper Mérimée, 'Carmen' is George Bizet's last work. The composer died a few weeks after the unsuccessful world premiere in Paris on 3 March 1875. To the opera-lover of today, it is inconceivable that this work with…
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Der Barbier von Sevilla - Einführung und Kommentar
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Rossini had already composed 15 operas in just five years when he brought 'The Barber of Seville' to public attention. The libretto is based on a play by Caron de Beaumarchais - the very same Beaumarchais who encouraged Mozart to compose 'Le nozze di Figaro', the sequel…
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Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco - Einführung und Kommentar
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Verdi's third opera 'Nabucco' was his first big stage success after he had actually wanted to give up composing. The 'Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves', 'Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate', is probably known of every opera-lover and one of the first examples of how Verdi came up…
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Humperdinck, E: Hänsel und Gretel - Einführung und Kommentar
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The first publication of a volume of Engelbert Humperdinck's fairy-tale opera 'Hänsel and Gretel' is a valuable addition to the successful series 'Operas of the World' for this work is the second most frequently played opera in the German-speaking area after Mozart's…
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Moussorgsky, M: Boris Godunow - Einführung und Kommentar
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Modest Mussorgsky's 'Boris Godunov', based on Pushkin's eponymous Demetrius drama, is one of the operas raising the question about their definitive version. After the 'first Boris' was rejected in 1868-69, the work was revised into the 'original Boris' with the help of…
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Mozart, W A: Così fan tutte KV 588 - oder: Die Schule der Liebenden
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'All Women do the Same, or The School for Lovers', this is how Lorenzo da Ponte, the librettist of Mozart's 'Dramma giocoso', entitled his libretto. Ever since the world premiere of 'Così fan tutte' in 1790, there have been speculations as to why the composer dealt…
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Mozart, W A: Die Entführung aus dem Serail - Einführung und Kommentar
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Mozart schrieb Die Entführung aus dem Serail als Auftragsoper des Volkskaisers Joseph II., der für seine Untertanen gutes deutsches Musiktheater wünschte - statt der damals üblichen italienischen Oper. Der damaligen Modewelle Exotik gemäß, war das Thema gerade…
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Mozart, W A: Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Le nozze die Figaro / Die… - Einführung und Kommenta…
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Mit dem durchschlagenden Erfolg der Entführung begann Mozarts Opernproduktion für die Bühnen Wiens: Die Oper wurde das beliebteste Bühnenstück zu seinen Lebzeiten. Figaros Hochzeit markierte den Beginn von Mozarts Zusammenarbeit mit dem Librettisten Da Ponte;…
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Mozart, W A: Die Zauberflöte - Einführung und Kommentar
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Die Zauberflöte war vom Textdichter Schikaneder als Volksstück für ein paar dutzend Abende in einem Wiener Vorstadttheater gedacht, als er Mozart um die Kompostion bat. An ihrem Inhalt ist sehr viel herumgerätselt worden. Viele Deuter wollten in dieser Oper ein…
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