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Although Italian born Guglielmo Cottrau (1797-1847) had a political career, he preferred the arts, music, literature and journalism. Around 1825 he began his collaboration with Federico Girard to publ...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta Die lustige Witwe, (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his talen...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta Die lustige Witwe, (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his talen...

When Puccini's opera Turandot was heard for the first time in April 1926, its composer had been dead for almost a year and a half. The story of Princess Turandot is perhaps the most repulsive that any...

When Puccini's opera Turandot was heard for the first time in April 1926, its composer had been dead for almost a year and a half. The story of Princess Turandot is perhaps the most repulsive that any...

Como compositor, Lehár empezó contribuyendo al género operístico, pero el gran triunfo de su primera opereta Die lustige Witwe, (La viuda alegre), en 1905, le dejó claro que tenía que dedicar su talen...

Como compositor, Lehár empezó contribuyendo al género operístico, pero el gran triunfo de su primera opereta Die lustige Witwe, (La viuda alegre), en 1905, le dejó claro que tenía que dedicar su talen...

Una breve aria para soprano lírica. La delicada orquestación contribuye a una interpretación extremadamente conmovedora de esta espléndida melodía.

Una breve aria para soprano lírica. La delicada orquestación contribuye a una interpretación extremadamente conmovedora de esta espléndida melodía.

In this cavatina - a short one-section aria - Mozart composed beside the soprano, who complains of a lack of love, interesting music for the bassoon and clarinet (arranged bugles and saxophones) that...

In this cavatina - a short one-section aria - Mozart composed beside the soprano, who complains of a lack of love, interesting music for the bassoon and clarinet (arranged bugles and saxophones) that...

Gershwin's opera 'Porgy and Bess' contains many songs that have become popular in their own right, becoming standards in jazz and blues in addition to their original operatic setting. One of those is...

Gershwin's opera 'Porgy and Bess' contains many songs that have become popular in their own right, becoming standards in jazz and blues in addition to their original operatic setting. One of those is...

Die Zauberflöte isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indivi...

Die Zauberflöte isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indivi...

Die Zauberflöte no es una historia de amor romántico, sino una auténtica parábola: una semblanza de la lucha humana por la pureza y la superación personal. No se trata del amor entre dos personas, sin...

Die Zauberflöte no es una historia de amor romántico, sino una auténtica parábola: una semblanza de la lucha humana por la pureza y la superación personal. No se trata del amor entre dos personas, sin...

Die Zauberflöte no es una historia de amor romántico, sino una auténtica parábola: una semblanza de la lucha humana por la pureza y la superación personal. No se trata del amor entre dos personas, sin...

Die Zauberflöte no es una historia de amor romántico, sino una auténtica parábola: una semblanza de la lucha humana por la pureza y la superación personal. No se trata del amor entre dos personas, sin...

Cavalleria Rusticana, la ópera de mayor éxito de Pietro Mascagni, es un tempestuoso drama de adulterio y venganza ambientado en un remoto pueblo italiano. Sus pasiones terrenales, sus audaces escenas...

The opera Porgy and Bess contains many songs that have become popular in their own right, becoming standards in jazz and blues in addition to their original operatic setting. One of those is the lulla...

In 1840 Felix Mendelssohn composed his 'Lobgesang' ('Hymn of Praise'), Op. 52. It's a 13-movement 'Symphony-Cantata on Words of the Holy Bible for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra'. Decades after Mendels...

Mozart's funeral motet Ave verum corpus was composed in june 1791 for Anton Stroll, choirmaster at the spa of Baden, near Vienna. Within a tiny span the music sounds an extraordinary depth of feeling,...

The cavatina Fac ut portem is the 7th movement from Rossini's Stabat Mater and sung by a mezzo-soprano.

The "Stabat Mater" is the best known work of Giovanni Pergolesi's. It was commissioned by the "Confraternità dei Cavalieri di San Luigi di Palazzo" who presented an annual Good Friday meditation in ho...