Opera Sheet Music for String Orchestra

Expert Level (correlates with Book 2, p. 30)

With its tuneful and contrasting sections, lively tempo, syncopated rhythms in 2/4, and big finish, this is a great piece to close or open a concert. Flexible parts are included allowing this piece to...

Perfect for advanced players and very true to the original. Shifting is required for 1st violins, cellos, and basses, while 2nd violins and violas get exceptionally rich parts of 16th notes and melody...

The Magic Flute is perhaps one of Mozart's most well known operas. The beginning of the second act is a lovely processional march known as 'March of the Priests.' The scene depicts a solemn procession...

Sono andati?, by Giacomo Puccini and arranged for string orchestra by Jim Palmer, is from the beautiful opera La Bohème. Based on a duet sung by Mimi and Rodolfo, this arrangement showcases the rich h...

Lyrical. Delicate. Passionate. These words barely touch the surface of this beautiful arrangement of Intermezzo from Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana. Arranger Katie O'Hara LaBrie explores expre...

Introduce one of Mozart's best known operas to your ensemble with this exciting yet approachable nod to "The Marriage of Figaro." Finding Figaro is an entry-level adaptation by Carrie Lane Gruselle ba...

Explore Searching for Seville, a fantastic arrangement based on Rossini's overture to The Barber of Seville! The clever and confident character of Figaro comes through in music that provides ample opp...

Song of the Indian Guests is a famous excerpt from the opera Sadko by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. In this work, the composer depicts the arrival of traders from distant lands, includ...

Song of the Indian Guests is a famous excerpt from the opera Sadko by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. In this work, the composer depicts the arrival of traders from distant lands, includ...

This grade 4 arrangement offers all the original themes from Giuseppe Verdi's famous work including the popular Va pensiero. All parts are interesting and the various tempos make for an exciting, dram...

This iconic piece by Giuseppe Verdi is presented here in B minor and G major. This allows the violins to really soar while all parts have melodic interest. True to the original, the optional percussio...

This soprano aria from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Marriage Of Figaro in the key of D major, contains some interesting modulations and is playable by grade 2+ groups. Much of the charm of this...

The enigmatic title of Roger Zare's overture is an anagram of Zauberflöte - the work is based on Mozart's The Magic Flute, breaking down themes from the opera's overture as well as the Queen of the Ni...

Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera to be commissioned especially for television and was premiered in 1951. With this well-crafted setting by Lloyd Conley, string orchestras can enjoy the...

Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera to be commissioned especially for television and was premiered in 1951. With this well-crafted setting by Lloyd Conley, string orchestras can enjoy the...

The singing style of Puccini's most famous aria translates wonderfully for string orchestra with this new arrangement by Ted Ricketts. This edition provides ample opportunity to teach both sensitive,...

The singing style of Puccini's most famous aria translates wonderfully for string orchestra with this new arrangement by Ted Ricketts. This edition provides ample opportunity to teach both sensitive,...

This fast-paced and energetic piece is a wonderful introduction to the music of this Classical era composer, known as the father of the opera. A spectacular overture, now superbly arranged for strings...

This fast-paced and energetic piece is a wonderful introduction to the music of this Classical era composer, known as the father of the opera. A spectacular overture, now superbly arranged for strings...

This simplified arrangement of the overture to Apollo et Hyacinthus (possibly Mozart's first real opera) works very well for young orchestras, with lots of juicy, fun passages for all the instruments.

Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera to be commissioned especially for television and was premiered in 1951. With this well-crafted setting by Lloyd Conley, string orchestras can enjoy the...