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In 1900, Russian composer Anton Arensky (1861-1906) composed his ballet 'Nuits d'Egypte', based on the novella 'Une nuit de Cléopatre'. The ballet became very succesful and in 1902 a suite from this b...

Russian composer Anton Arensky (1861-1906) composed his ballet Nuits d'Egypte, based on Théophile Gautier's novella Une nuit de Cléopatre, in 1900. The ballet was programmed by Serge Diaghilev at his...

Ombra mai fù is the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by Georg Friederich Handel. The opera itself was a commercial failure, lasting only five performances in London after its premiere. In the 19...

Una de las Canzone Napoletanas más famosas es "Torna a Surriento", escrita en 1902 por el compositor italiano Ernesto De Curtis (1875-1937) con letra de su hermano Giambattista. "Torna a Surriento" se...

Una de las Canzone Napoletanas más famosas es "Torna a Surriento", escrita en 1902 por el compositor italiano Ernesto De Curtis (1875-1937) con letra de su hermano Giambattista. "Torna a Surriento" se...

Una de las Canzone Napoletanas más famosas es "Torna a Surriento", escrita en 1902 por el compositor italiano Ernesto De Curtis (1875-1937) con letra de su hermano Giambattista. "Torna a Surriento" se...

Manon is an opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the...

Manon is an opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the...

Children's Corner is a six-movement suite for solo piano by Claude Debussy published in 1908 and later orchestrated by Debussy's friend André Caplet. The sixth and last piece of the suite is Golliwogg...

Le Roi d'Ys (El Rey de Ys) es una ópera en tres actos del compositor francés Édouard Lalo, con libreto de Édouard Blau, basada en la antigua leyenda bretona de la ciudad ahogada de Ys, que era, según...

Le Roi d'Ys (El Rey de Ys) es una ópera en tres actos del compositor francés Édouard Lalo, con libreto de Édouard Blau, basada en la antigua leyenda bretona de la ciudad ahogada de Ys, que era, según...

Grigory Lyubomirski (1865-1937) was Russian composer and musicologist. He graduated at the Moscow Conservatorium where he studied with Kashkina, Hubert, Taneyev and Arensky. In the 1890s he became a t...

Grigory Lyubomirski (1865-1937) was Russian composer and musicologist. He graduated at the Moscow Conservatorium where he studied with Kashkina, Hubert, Taneyev and Arensky. In the 1890s he became a t...

I Lombardi (o "I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata", "Los lombardos en la Primera Cruzada") es un drama lírico operístico en cuatro actos de Giuseppe Verdi, con libreto de Temistocle Solera, basado en un p...

I Lombardi (o "I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata", "Los lombardos en la Primera Cruzada") es un drama lírico operístico en cuatro actos de Giuseppe Verdi, con libreto de Temistocle Solera, basado en un p...

Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of 'Jamaican Rumba', composed in 1938. He was a brilliant light-music composer...

Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of 'Jamaican Rumba', composed in 1938. He was a brilliant light-music composer...

Giuseppe Verdi composed his opera 'Rigoletto' in 1851 and together with 'La Traviata' (1853) and 'Il Trovatore' (1853) it belongs to the top of his middle period of composing. The aria 'Caro nome' is...

Giuseppe Verdi composed his opera 'Rigoletto' in 1851 and together with 'La Traviata' (1853) and 'Il Trovatore' (1853) it belongs to the top of his middle period of composing. The aria 'Caro nome' is...

El lamento de Dido es un recitativo seguido de un aria del compositor inglés Henry Purcell. La pieza es el clímax dramático de su ópera "Dido y Eneas", basada en la Eneida de Vergilio. El recitativo t...

El lamento de Dido es un recitativo seguido de un aria del compositor inglés Henry Purcell. La pieza es el clímax dramático de su ópera "Dido y Eneas", basada en la Eneida de Vergilio. El recitativo t...

Le Nozze di Figaro es una de las tres óperas "da Ponte" que Mozart compuso sobre libretos de Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838), famoso director de teatro y poeta vienés. El aria "L'ho perduta" es cantada p...

Le Nozze di Figaro es una de las tres óperas "da Ponte" que Mozart compuso sobre libretos de Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838), famoso director de teatro y poeta vienés. El aria "L'ho perduta" es cantada p...

Le Nozze di Figaro es una de las tres óperas "da Ponte" que Mozart compuso sobre libretos de Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838), famoso director de teatro y poeta vienés. El dúo "¡Crudel! Perché finora" es...

Le Nozze di Figaro es una de las tres óperas "da Ponte" que Mozart compuso sobre libretos de Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838), famoso director de teatro y poeta vienés. El dúo "¡Crudel! Perché finora" es...