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If we say that zarzuela is Spanish light opera with spoken dialogue we shall be near the mark. José Serrano (1873-1941) is one of the most famous composers of Zarzuela. In 1910 he composed his one act...

The opera "Macbeth" was first performed in Florence in 1847. A second revised version was premiered in the Paris Theatre Lyrique in 1865. The chorus "Patria oppressa" is sung at the very beginning of...

La ópera Un ballo in maschera de Giuseppe Verdi contiene dos famosos papeles de soprano, fuertes papeles solistas masculinos, buenos coros y agudas situaciones dramáticas. Sin embargo, no es tan popul...

Giuseppe Verdi's opera Un Ballo in Maschera contains two famous soprano roles, strong male solo roles, fine choruses and sharp dramatic situations. And yet it is not quite as popular as some other Ver...

Con su 'L'elisir d'amore' (El elixir de amor), compuesta en 1832, Donizetti escribió algo mucho más que una mera ópera cómica: fue quizá el primer ejemplo de un género teatral conmovedor, de clase med...

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 duet "Si, vendretta, treme...

Emmerich Kálmán's most beloved operetta "Die Csárdásfürstin" had its first performance at the Vienna "Johann Strauss-Theater" in November 1915. Only in the German speaking countries it was performed 5...

The Austrian composer Carl Zeller (1842-1898) did contribute a great part to the glory of the Golden Era of the Viennese operetta in which Johann Strauss jr., Franz von Suppé and Karl Millöcker were t...

The Austrian composer Carl Zeller (1842-1898) did contribute a great part to the glory of the Golden Era of the Viennese operetta in which Johann Strauss jr., Franz von Suppé and Karl Millöcker were t...

Tenor, coro y banda sinfónica El compositor austriaco Carl Zeller (1842-1898) contribuyó en gran medida a la gloria de la Edad de Oro de la opereta vienesa, en la que Johann Strauss hijo, Franz von Su...

Tenor, coro y banda sinfónica El compositor austriaco Carl Zeller (1842-1898) contribuyó en gran medida a la gloria de la Edad de Oro de la opereta vienesa, en la que Johann Strauss hijo, Franz von Su...

The Austrian composer Carl Zeller (1842-1898) did contribute a great part to the glory of the Golden Era of the Viennese operetta in which Johann Strauss jr., Franz von Suppé and Karl Millöcker were t...

If we say that zarzuela is Spanish light opera with spoken dialogue we shall be near the mark. Frederico Chueca composed many Zarzuela's. The 'Tango de la Menegilda' (Housemaid's Tango) is sung in the...

If we say that zarzuela is Spanish light opera with spoken dialogue we shall be near the mark. Frederico Chueca composed many Zarzuela's. The Tango de la Menegilda (Housemaid's Tango) is sung in the 2...

The zarzuela "El barberillo de Lavapiés" (1874) is the comic masterpiece of Spanish composer Francisco Asenjo Barbieri. It's a miracle of raw popular spirit, musical subtlety, ironic wit and political...

Quando me'n vo, también conocida como el Vals de Musetta, es un aria de soprano cantada en el segundo acto de la ópera de Puccini 'La Bohème' por Musetta en presencia de sus amigos bohemios, y está di...

Quando me'n vo", also known as Musetta's Waltz, is a soprano aria sung in the second act of Puccini's opera La Bohème" by Musetta in presence of her bohemian friends, and is directed toward Marcello i...

The opera buffa Così fan tutte (Thus do they all )is one of the three Mozart operas for which Da Ponte wrote the libretto. The other two Da Ponte-Mozart collaborations were Le nozze di Figaro and Don...

Entre las composiciones de Charles Gounod figuran varios centenares de canciones sacras para solista, entre las que destaca su composición de 1852 del himno católico "Ave María". Cuarenta años más tar...

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,...