Arranged for the Canadian Brass by Fred Mills.
Ricordi is proud to present the first titles in their new series of orchestral scores featuring engaging images (from Casa Ricordi's historical archives) and synopses in Italian, English, French and G...
Puccini's Adagetto for small orchestra (without trumpets, trombones, and timpani) was probably written in the early 1880s while the composer was still a student in Milan. A few years later he reused t...
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) stammte aus einer traditionsreichen Musikerfamilie. Als fünftes von sieben Kindern des Organisten, Musikpädagogen und Komponisten Michele Puccini sollte er den Beruf des Ki...
The premiere of "La Bohème" took place at the Teatro Regio in Turin on 1 February 1896. Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica based their libretto for this opera on "Scènes de la vie de Bohème" by Henry M...
Madama Butterfly took wing under turbulent circumstances. The premiere (Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 17 February 1904) was a disaster, while a second production only months later (Brescia, Teatro Grande,...
Paper Edition - Italian only.