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Non ti scordar di me, is one of De Curtis' later songs, written in 1935 for a movie of the same title, featuring the tenor, Beniamino Gigli, who helped make many Italian songs famous. Unlike a majorit...

Franz Lehár's Operetta 'Das Land des Lächelns' was composed in 1929 for the famous tenor Richard Tauber. The plot deals with the love between the Chinese Prince Sou-chong and Lisa, daughter of Count L...

Franz Lehár's Operetta 'Das Land des Lächelns' was composed in 1929 for the famous tenor Richard Tauber. The plot deals with the love between the Chinese Prince Sou-chong and Lisa, daughter of Count L...

Jéronimo Giménez (1854-1923) was born in Sevilla. music. His most well known compositions are 'El baile de Luis Alonso' (1896), 'La boda de Luis Alonso' (1897) and 'La Torre del Oro' (1902). As is qui...

Jéronimo Giménez (1854-1923) was born in Sevilla. music. His most well known compositions are 'El baile de Luis Alonso' (1896), 'La boda de Luis Alonso' (1897) and 'La Torre del Oro' (1902). As is qui...

'Le Nozze di Figaro' is one of the three opera's which Mozart composed on libretto's of Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) the famous Viennese theaterdirector and courtpoet. The overture of 'Le Nozze di Fig...

'Le Nozze di Figaro' is one of the three opera's which Mozart composed on libretto's of Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) the famous Viennese theaterdirector and courtpoet. The overture of 'Le Nozze di Fig...

Otto Nicolai's last opera 'Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor' is the only one left and also his only one in German language. It is still one of the most performed opera's in German opera houses. The lib...

Otto Nicolai's last opera 'Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor' is the only one left and also his only one in German language. It is still one of the most performed opera's in German opera houses. The lib...

German composer Otto Nicolai (1810-1849) started work on the overture based on Martin Luther's chorale 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott' (A mighty fortress is our God) in the summer of 1836. In the foll...

German composer Otto Nicolai (1810-1849) started work on the overture based on Martin Luther's chorale 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott' (A mighty fortress is our God) in the summer of 1836. In the foll...

Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861) was a German composer born in Zittau. After a meeting with Beethoven, he decided to devote himself to music and became a private music teacher in Bratislava. Ma...

Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861) was a German composer born in Zittau. After a meeting with Beethoven, he decided to devote himself to music and became a private music teacher in Bratislava. Ma...

Albert Leutner (Berlin, 1815 - 1871) was a German composer. He started composing dances, marches and quadrilles as early as 1835. In 1838, at the age of 23, he became Kapellmeister of the Military Ban...

Albert Leutner (Berlin, 1815 - 1871) was a German composer. He started composing dances, marches and quadrilles as early as 1835. In 1838, at the age of 23, he became Kapellmeister of the Military Ban...

French composer Hector Berlioz wrote a number of 'overtures', many of which have become popular concert works. They include true overtures, intended to introduce operas, but also independent concert o...

French composer Hector Berlioz wrote a number of 'overtures', many of which have become popular concert works. They include true overtures, intended to introduce operas, but also independent concert o...

The opera buffa 'Così fan tutte' (Thus do they all) is one of the three Mozart operas for which Da Ponte wrote the libretto. The other two Da Ponte-Mozart collaborations were 'Le nozze di Figaro' and...

The opera buffa 'Così fan tutte' (Thus do they all) is one of the three Mozart operas for which Da Ponte wrote the libretto. The other two Da Ponte-Mozart collaborations were 'Le nozze di Figaro' and...

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. Charpentier dominated the Baroque musical scene in seventeenth century France because of the quality o...

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. Charpentier dominated the Baroque musical scene in seventeenth century France because of the quality o...

'Die Entführung aus dem Serail' ( 'The Abduction from the Seraglio') is a 'singspiel' in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedri...

'Die Entführung aus dem Serail' ( 'The Abduction from the Seraglio') is a 'singspiel' in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedri...

The opera buffa ‘Don Giovanni’ is one of the three Mozart operas for which Da Ponte wrote the libretto. The other two Da Ponte-Mozart collaborations were ‘Le nozze di Figaro’ and ‘Così fan tutte’. ‘Do...

'Madama Butterfly' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story 'Madame Butterfly' (1898) by John Luther...