Thaïs, Massenet's tenth completed opera, had its première at the Paris Opéra on 16 March 1894 with the American soprano Sibyl Sanderson in the title role. The libretto by Louis Gallet was based on Ana...
Complete with translations and guidance on pronunciation. 'As every singer and lover of French opera knows, editions of even the best-known French operatic arias are difficult - and sometimes expensiv...
Includes versions for High, Medium, or Low Voice (D minor, C minor and Bb minor) Edited by Roger Nichols (based on the edition in The Art of French Song . ' The text for Après un rêve is by a friend o...
The action takes place in Ceylon at an unspecified date. In Act I, set on a wild beach of the island, the pearlfishers choose Zurga as their new chieftain. His old friend Nadir the hunter appears afte...
'Gounod wrote the first version of this famous song in 1852 and it was published in Decemberof that year by Mayaud as 'Premier prélude de J.S. Bach'. The words were by Lamartine - 'Vers sur un album'...
A firm favourite with singers of all ages, this simple but moving duet is now attractively presented in this new edition. Hansel and Gretel is one of the most-performed operas ever written - within a...
Rusalka was the ninth of Dvorak's ten operas, and the central one of the three on which he concentrated during the last five years of his life. The libretto for this 'lyrical fairy-tale' is by Jarosla...
