Jos van de Braak

Der Rosenkavalier (El caballero de la rosa o El portador de la rosa), Op. 59, es una ópera cómica en tres actos de Richard Strauss con libreto original alemán de Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Es una adaptaci...

Zueignung es una canción compuesta por Richard Strauss en 1885 con un poema del poeta austriaco Hermann von Gilm. Se incluyó en la primera colección de canciones que Strauss publicó, la Op. 10, en 188...

At the end of his life Offenbach composed his opera 'Les contes d´Hoffman', but unfortunately he was not able to finish it. The plot tells the story of the poet Hoffmann telling three of his amorous a...

'Morgen!' is the last in a set of four songs composed in 1894 by the German composer Richard Strauss. It was one of his 'four Lieder Opus 27', a wedding present to his wife Pauline. 'Morgen!' remains...

Paul Lincke (1866-1946) is Germany's best known operetta composer and often compared with Austria's Johann Strauss. He composed a lot of operetta's, songs, dance- , revue- and filmmusic. In 1902 he co...

Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night) is a Christmas carol composed by French composer Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the poem "Minuit, Chrétiens" (Midnight, Christians) by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877), a wine merc...

Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night) is a Christmas carol composed by French composer Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the poem "Minuit, Chrétiens" (Midnight, Christians) by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877), a wine merc...

German composer Peter Cornelius composed his song cycle "Weihnachtslieder" ("Christmas Songs"), Opus 8, in 1856. Cornelius, who also was a gifted writer and had first pursued a career as an actor, wro...

French composer Charles Gounod (1818-1893) regained great successes as a composer of operas, oratorios, masses and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris Conservatory. When Gounod's Opera '...

Pietro Alessandro Yon (1886-1943) fue un organista y compositor italiano que hizo carrera en Estados Unidos. Como compositor, Yon es famoso por su Humoresque "L'organo primitivo" und "Gesù bambino". '...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The duet 'Trinke Liebchen, trinke schnell' is sung by Alfredo and Ros...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The duet 'Trinke Liebchen, trinke schnell' is sung by Alfredo and Ros...

The operetta 'Wiener Blut' is set against the Vienna of the early nineteenth century, during the Congress of Vienna. At that time, the Biedermeier city was poised to become a pulsing metropolis, a cul...

The operetta 'Wiener Blut' is set against the Vienna of the early nineteenth century, during the Congress of Vienna. At that time, the Biedermeier city was poised to become a pulsing metropolis, a cul...

Der Zigeunerbaron es la segunda opereta más popular de Strauss, después de "Die Fledermaus". Su estreno en 1885 tuvo resonancias políticas; el argumento popularizó la Monarquía Dual (austro-húngara) q...

Der Zigeunerbaron es la segunda opereta más popular de Strauss, después de "Die Fledermaus". Su estreno en 1885 tuvo resonancias políticas; el argumento popularizó la Monarquía Dual (austro-húngara) q...

Como compositor, Lehár se inició en el género operístico, pero el gran éxito de su primera opereta, Die lustige Witwe (La viuda alegre), en 1905, le hizo ver que tenía que dedicar su talento a la oper...

Como compositor, Lehár se inició en el género operístico, pero el gran éxito de su primera opereta, Die lustige Witwe (La viuda alegre), en 1905, le hizo ver que tenía que dedicar su talento a la oper...

In Lehar's bittersweet operetta 'Giuditta', the beautiful heroine Giuditta abandons her husband to be with Octavio, an army captain. When he leaves her to pursue his military career, she becomes a nig...

In Lehar's bittersweet operetta 'Giuditta', the beautiful heroine Giuditta abandons her husband to be with Octavio, an army captain. When he leaves her to pursue his military career, she becomes a nig...

Rudolf Sieczynski (1879-1952) was an Austrian composer of Polish ancestry. His fame today rests almost exclusively on the nostalgic Viennese song Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Vienna, City of My Dream...

Rudolf Sieczynski (1879-1952) was an Austrian composer of Polish ancestry. His fame today rests almost exclusively on the nostalgic Viennese song Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Vienna, City of My Dream...

Además de sus 150 valses, Johann Strauss compuso varias operetas, de las que Die Fledermaus es su mejor contribución a este género. En el segundo acto de la opereta, Orlofsky, un joven príncipe ruso r...

Además de sus 150 valses, Johann Strauss compuso varias operetas, de las que Die Fledermaus es su mejor contribución a este género. En el segundo acto de la opereta, Orlofsky, un joven príncipe ruso r...

El aria Die Frist ist um es cantada por "der Holländer" al principio de la ópera de Richard Wagner "Der fliegende Holländer": En su viaje de regreso a casa, el capitán Daland se ve obligado por las to...