Opera Sheet Music

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

'Die Zauberflöte' isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indi...

'Die Zauberflöte' isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indi...

Zaide (originally, "Das Serail) is an unfinished opera written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780. Only the arias and ensembles from the first two acts were composed. Missing are an overture and third...

Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) is an opera in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The plot concerns the attempt of the hero Belmonte, assisted by his servant Pedril...

Emmerich Kálmán (1882-1953) was a contemporary of Bartók and Kodály at the Budapest Academy of Music. He first coupled a career as a music critic with more conventionally serious composition, before,...

'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 c...

Premiered in January 1893 'Ninetta', Strauss's twelfth operetta, was quite a success, running for 76 performances at the 'Theater an der Wien'. The story is filled with misunderstandings and complicat...

Johann Strauss's (1825-1899) ninth operetta Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice) premiered 1883 in Berlin and is his only operetta to be premiered outside Vienna. Although the score gained high a...

Johann Strauss's (1825-1899) ninth operetta Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice) premiered 1883 in Berlin and is his only operetta to be premiered outside Vienna. Although the score gained high a...

Johann Strauss's (1825-1899) ninth operetta Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice) premiered 1883 in Berlin and is his only operetta to be premiered outside Vienna. Although the score gained high a...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta Die lustige Witwe, (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his talen...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which "Die Fledermaus" his best contribution to this genre is. This transcription follows the final of the 1st act with the terzett...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which "Die Fledermaus" his best contribution to this genre is. The terzett "Nein mit solchen Advokaten" is sung by Rosalinde, Blind...

In a life spanning almost ninety-five years, Stolz wrote in excess of 2000 songs, dances and marches, as well as the music for more than 50 stage works, 60 films and 19 ice revues. In 1929 the German...

In a life spanning almost ninety-five years, Stolz wrote in excess of 2000 songs, dances and marches, as well as the music for more than 50 stage works, 60 films and 19 ice revues. In 1929 the German...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which "Die Fledermaus" his best contribution to this genre is. The duet "Dieser Anstand, so manierlich" is sung by Rosalinde and her...

Nico Dostal (1895 - 1981) was an Austrian operetta and film music composer. He was the nephew of composer Hermann Dostal. Whilst working as a Kapellmeister and composer, Dostal wrote the music for the...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The terzett 'Ich stehe voll Zagen' is sung at the very end of the ope...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The terzett 'Ich stehe voll Zagen' is sung at the very end of the ope...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which "Die Fledermaus" his best contribution to this genre is. The "Melodram" is sung by Frank, governor of the prison, at the very...

Just seeing its title, the "Swips-Lied" ("Tipsy Song") may not be immediately familiar. But hearing just one bar of it, it's the "Annen-Polka" with a vocal part in which a proper Victorian-era lady fi...

In a life spanning almost ninety-five years, Stolz wrote in excess of 2000 songs, dances and marches, as well as the music for more than 50 stage works, 60 films and 19 ice revues. The song 'Du sollst...

In a life spanning almost ninety-five years, Stolz wrote in excess of 2000 songs, dances and marches, as well as the music for more than 50 stage works, 60 films and 19 ice revues. The song 'Du sollst...

The aria "Infelice! e tuo credevi" is sung by Silva at the end of the first act of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Ernani: Silva has entered his niece and fiancee Elvira's room to find both Ernani and Carlo i...