Kalmus Opera Library

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's (1756-1791) singspiel Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, was written in 1791 and premiered on September 30th of that same year at the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden,...

La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) in 1791 after he had almost finished Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). Commissioned to celebrate...

La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) in 1791 after he had almost finished Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). Commissioned to celebrate...

Finished in 1848 and premiered in 1950 in Weimar, Germany, Richard Wagner's (1813-1883) LOHENGRIN tells a story of a tragic medieval German romance in the Knight of the Swan tradition. Elsa, a princes...

Finished in 1848 and premiered in 1950 in Weimar, Germany, Richard Wagner's (1813-1883) LOHENGRIN tells a story of a tragic medieval German romance in the Knight of the Swan tradition. Elsa, a princes...

Finished in 1848 and premiered in 1950 in Weimar, Germany, Richard Wagner's (1813-1883) LOHENGRIN tells a story of a tragic medieval German romance in the Knight of the Swan tradition. Elsa, a princes...

Basado en las leyendas heroicas nórdicas, Richard Wagner (1813-1883) tardó más de veinticinco años en completar el extenso drama operístico DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN. A través de una vasta red de leitmo...

Basado en las leyendas heroicas nórdicas, Richard Wagner (1813-1883) tardó más de veinticinco años en completar el extenso drama operístico DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN. A través de una vasta red de leitmo...

Norma is a two-act lyric tragedy by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). A leading example of the bel canto genre, the opera premiered at La Scala in Milan on December 26th, 1831. The story tells of a love t...

Norma is a two-act lyric tragedy by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). A leading example of the bel canto genre, the opera premiered at La Scala in Milan on December 26th, 1831. The story tells of a love t...

MADAMA BUTTERFLY, one of the most popular operas of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), is the story of the conflicting expectations of Lieutenant Pinkerton, an American naval officer, and Madame Butterfly (...

MADAMA BUTTERFLY, one of the most popular operas of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), is the story of the conflicting expectations of Lieutenant Pinkerton, an American naval officer, and Madame Butterfly (...

IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO (EL MATRIMONIO SECRETO) de Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) es su única obra que se sigue representando con regularidad en la actualidad y posiblemente una de las mejores óperas buf...

IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO (THE SECRET MARRIAGE) by Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) is his only work still to be regularly performed today and arguably among the greatest 18th century opera buffa. The dramma...

El compositor italiano Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) escribió L'amico Fritz en 1891, sólo un año después de que su obra maestra Cavalleria rusticana iniciara el movimiento Versimo. L'amico Fritz, una en...

Composed by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) in 1830, the two-act opera I Capuletti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Mantagues) stands as one of only two successful opera adaptations of Shakespeare's R...

Gioacchino Rossini's (1792-1868) last comic opera LE COMTE ORY, set in rural France at the time of the Crusades, tells the story of Count Ory, who attempts to seduce a Countess Adèle as she awaits the...

Gioacchino Rossini's (1792-1868) last comic opera LE COMTE ORY, set in rural France at the time of the Crusades, tells the story of Count Ory, who attempts to seduce a Countess Adèle as she awaits the...

Con la esperanza de repetir el éxito de su primera ópera LE VILLI, el editor Ricordi encargó a Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) EDGAR, SC 62, basada en un libreto de Ferdinando Fontana sobre la obra de Alf...

Con la esperanza de repetir el éxito de su primera ópera LE VILLI, el editor Ricordi encargó a Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) EDGAR, SC 62, basada en un libreto de Ferdinando Fontana sobre la obra de Alf...

MANON, written by Jules Massenet (1842-1912) was composed in 1883 and premiered the following year on January 19 at the Opéra-Comique. Telling the story of a young woman who, despite being a good pers...

MADAMA BUTTERFLY, one of the most popular operas of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), is the story of the conflicting expectations of Lieutenant Pinkerton, an American naval officer, and Madame Butterfly (...

MADAMA BUTTERFLY, one of the most popular operas of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), is the story of the conflicting expectations of Lieutenant Pinkerton, an American naval officer, and Madame Butterfly (...

LA RONDINE (LA golondrina) es una ópera cómica compuesta por Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), con libreto italiano de Giuseppe Adami, traducido y adaptado de un libreto alemán de Alfred M. Willner y Heinz...

LA RONDINE (LA golondrina) es una ópera cómica compuesta por Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), con libreto italiano de Giuseppe Adami, traducido y adaptado de un libreto alemán de Alfred M. Willner y Heinz...