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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...

Sergei Prokofiev wrote the 'Overture on Hebrew Themes', Op. 34, in 1919 while he was in the United States. It is scored for the rare combination of clarinet, string quartet and piano. Fifteen years la...

Sergei Prokofiev wrote the 'Overture on Hebrew Themes', Op. 34, in 1919 while he was in the United States. It is scored for the rare combination of clarinet, string quartet and piano. Fifteen years la...

By 1817, the 20-year-old Franz Schubert was eager to reach further fame through opera. In an attempt to demonstrate his potential and encouraged by the success of the overtures by Rossini, he would co...

By 1817, the 20-year-old Franz Schubert was eager to reach further fame through opera. In an attempt to demonstrate his potential and encouraged by the success of the overtures by Rossini, he would co...

El bateo' is a zarzuela in one act (genre chico) and four scenes, with music by Federico Chueca and libretto by Antonio Domínguez and Antonio Paso. The work is one of the representatives of the last w...

El bateo' is a zarzuela in one act (genre chico) and four scenes, with music by Federico Chueca and libretto by Antonio Domínguez and Antonio Paso. The work is one of the representatives of the last w...

Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915) was a star pupil at the Moscow Conservatory, winning the first time its gold medal in performance and composition. Tanayev was a classicist in a Romantic age. His...

Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915) was a star pupil at the Moscow Conservatory, winning the first time its gold medal in performance and composition. Tanayev was a classicist in a Romantic age. His...

The Russian composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) finished his opera The Tsar's Bride in 1899. This opera is a lurid melodrama set in the time of Ivan the Terrible, though this might hardly be...

The Russian composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) finished his opera The Tsar's Bride in 1899. This opera is a lurid melodrama set in the time of Ivan the Terrible, though this might hardly be...

Carl Maria von Weber liberated German opera from French and Italian influences. His opera Der Feeischütz is one of his most succesful opera's and its overture is a work of arts in its own. (Concert Ba...

Carl Maria von Weber liberated German opera from French and Italian influences. His opera Der Feeischütz is one of his most succesful opera's and its overture is a work of arts in its own. (Concert Ba...

Cavalleria Rusticana is a tempestuous drama of adultery and revenge set in a remote Italian village. Its earthy passions, bold confrontational scenes and richly melodic score set a fashion for so-call...

After conquering England by triumphal performances of Der Freischütz at Covent Garden von Weber was sent a commission by the manager of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden that resulted in his new ope...

After conquering England by triumphal performances of Der Freischütz at Covent Garden von Weber was sent a commission by the manager of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden that resulted in his new ope...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The overture is firmly in the tradition established by Rossini and ev...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The overture is firmly in the tradition established by Rossini and ev...

Der Zigeunerbaron is Strauss's second most popular operetta after Die Fledermaus. Its 1885 premiere had political resonance; the plot popularized the Dual (Austro-Hungarian) Monarchy which was to come...

Der Zigeunerbaron is Strauss's second most popular operetta after Die Fledermaus. Its 1885 premiere had political resonance; the plot popularized the Dual (Austro-Hungarian) Monarchy which was to come...

After the enormous success of La Traviata, Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed the operaI Vespri Siciliani. Despite the less succes of the opera the overture is still a populair work in many concertprogr...

After the enormous success of La Traviata, Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed the operaI Vespri Siciliani. Despite the less succes of the opera the overture is still a populair work in many concertprogr...