Urtext Edition

The libretto of Handel's probably shortest opera - the most important setting of the material alongside Mozart's "Lucio Silla" - is based on Plutarch's description of the life of the cruel Roman consu...

Handel's three-act opera "Sosarme, Re di Media" (HWV 30) was first performed in 1732 with the star castrato Senesino in the title role. The plot centers on a family conflict over the succession to the...

Handel composed his first Italian oratorio "La Bellezza ravveduta nel trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno" in 1707, based on an allegorical and moralistic libretto by his patron Cardinal Benedetto Pamp...

The volume "Lieder I" of the five-volume Urtext edition of all Antonín Dvorák's solo songs with piano accompaniment contains 31 songs - from Dvorák's first publicly performed, previously unpublished s...

The volume "Lieder I" of the five-volume Urtext edition of all Antonín Dvorák's solo songs with piano accompaniment contains 31 songs - from Dvorák's first publicly performed, previously unpublished s...

After the already published early love songs "The Cypresses", the Urtext editions of all Dvorák's other songs with piano accompaniment are now forthcoming. The collection "Songs II" comprises the matu...

The Missa in B flat KV 275 was written in 1777. Following the tradition of the "Missa brevis", the movements are short, and in text-rich movements such as the "Credo", different text passages are sung...

Drame lyrique in three acts and a prologue (1779) Libretto: Louis-Théodore Baron de Tschudi (after "Narcissos ed Eco" from Ovid's Metamorfosi) (French) Premiere: September 24, 1779, Paris, Opéra (Pala...

The magic of Fauré's works written for church music contexts is unique. The motets and chants written for the special features of the Madeleine choir organ have the particular colourfulness of a float...

The motets and choral pieces, composed with the distinctive features of the Madeleine organ in mind, enchant with their colourful, floating harmonies and convey a certain intimacy even with their ritu...

The magic of Fauré's works written for church music contexts is unique. The motets and chants written for the special features of the Madeleine choir organ have the particular colourfulness of a float...

Soprano solo (2), Mezzo-soprano solo, Alto solo, Bass (choral part)/ Soprano solo, Trumpet, Alto recorder In f,g (2), Oboe (2), Strings, Basso continuo - Piano reduction; Urtext edition; Complete edit...

Piano reduction based on the Urtext of the Halle Handel Edition (Italian/German). Soprano solo, Mezzo-soprano solo, Alto solo (2), Tenor solo, Bass solo, Alto recorder in f,g (2), Flute (2), Oboe (2),...

Opera in tre atti. Soprano solo (4), Tenor solo, Alto solo, Orchestra - Piano reduction; Complete edition; Urtext edition V o k A l m u s i c - Stage works - Opera.

The episode from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' in which Daphne attempts to escape Apollo's advances by turning into a laurel tree, causing the devastated god to weave a laurel crown in memory of the nymph, h...

Italian opera was the focus of Handel's work for over 35 years, with the solo aria being one of the most important elements within Baroque opera. They are used to characterize the dramatic roles in th...

Piano reduction based on the Urtext of the New Mozart Edition (Italian/German) - Opera seria in three acts. Vocal Score based on the Urtext of the New Mozart Edition (Italian/German). Soprano solo (4)...

Dramma giocoso (Opera) in 3 Acts (German/Italian), piano reduction based on the Urtext of the New Mozart Edition - Dramma giocoso (Opera) in 3 Acts. Vocal Score (Italian /German) based on the Urtext o...

In 1768, the twelve-year-old Mozart wrote an opera for the "Wienner Theater". The subject matter was the brilliant dramma gioeoso "La finta semplice" by Carlo Goldoni (1707-1794), revised by Marco Coi...

Urtext der Neuen Mozart-Ausgabe - Urtext of the New Mozart Edition. Singing voice, piano - vocal score; playing score; Urtext edition

In 1768, Gluck was asked by Empress Maria Theresa to compose a festive opera in Parma on the occasion of the wedding of her daughter Maria Amalia to Ferdinand of Spain. The composer accepted the commi...

The premiere of the azione teatrale "Orfeo ed Euridice" in Vienna in 1762 was a significant event in the history of music theater/With this work, the composer rebelled against the rigid conventions of...

Christoph Willibald Gluck's four-act opera about the curse of the Tantalids is based on a tragedy by the classical Greek playwright Euripides. The mythological subject of the siblings Iphigenia and Or...

Saint-Saëns' setting of the biblical story of Samson, a hero equipped with superhuman powers, and his seduction by the Philistine Dalila is considered his magnum opus for the musical stage. It stands...

On February 7, 1786, a memorable musical competition took place at a party hosted by Emperor Joseph II in the Orangery of Schönbrunn Palace. The Italian court operaists contrasted Mozart's Schauspield...