Opera Sheet Music

Based on the Urtext of the "Halle Handel Edition" Bilingual Foreword (Ger/Eng) Includes the version of the premiere as well as two further performable versions Practical, easy-to-play piano reduction...

'Idomeneo'(KV 366), erstmals aufgeführt am 29. Januar 1781 im Münchner Cuvilliés-Theater, ist nach der Opera buffa 'La finta giardiniera' von 1775 Mozarts zweite Oper für den Münchner Hof. Der Opernst...

The opera “Dido and Aeneas”, a recount of the well-known story from Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid, has established itself as a favourite with the public. This is due to the skill of composer Henry Purcel...

Les Boréades was actually intended to be performed at the Théâtre de Choisy in Paris in 1763 at the end of the Seven Years' War to celebrate the conclusion of peace. However, after two rehearsals with...

Although Rameau's "Boréades" from 1762 were not performed during his lifetime, they are his musical masterpiece and a synthesis of his compositional output. All the musical innovations to which the co...

After Hippolyte et Aricie and Castor et Pollux, Dardanus is Rameau's third tragédie lyrique for Paris. With its multifaceted music, it is an absolute highlight of this genre. Its reception is very spe...

The libretto of this opera was adapted by John Adams and Peter Sellars from a South Indian folktale and poems translated by A.K.Ramanujan.

With its detailed scene directions and many short forms such as accompagnato recitatives and ariosi, "Belshazzar" is the most dramatic of George Frideric Handel's oratorios. In fact, it is even a sacr...

Text by Franc-Nohain Place and time: The plot takes place in Toledo, in the 18th century Characters: Concepción, Torquemada's wife (Soprano) - Gonzalve, bachelier (Tenor) - Torquemada, clockmaker (Tri...

Das Erbe deutscher Musik setzt die Tradition der deutschen musikalischen Denkmälerpublikationen fort und veröffentlicht wichtige Werke der deutschen Musikgeschichte in kritischer und zugleich praktisc...

Le Tambourin, an excerpt from the opera-ballet "Les Fêtes d'Hébé", is one of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s best-known works and is presented here in an arrangement by Thierry Caens. Composed in the 18th cent...

Le Tambourin, an excerpt from the opera-ballet "Les Fêtes d'Hébé", is one of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s best-known works and is presented here in an arrangement by Thierry Caens. Composed in the 18th cent...

Dresdner und Pariser Fassung in Szenenfolge - (Klavierauszug) - Sopran solo (5), Alt solo (2), Tenor solo (4), Bariton solo, Bass solo (3), Gemischter Chor, Klavier - Klavierauszug

This famous aria can be performed by orchestra with almost any solo instrument or voice.

The history of Beethoven's only opera, FIDELIO, is rife with twists and turns, among them that the opera was originally to be called LEONORE. Additionally, the opera is unique in that Beethoven compos...