Kalmus Opera Library

Austrian composer Alban Berg (1885-1935) composed the three-act opera Wozzeck between 1914 and 1922 after seeing a production of German playwright Georg Büchner's incomplete drama Woyzeck. Beginning t...

La Clemenza di Tito (La clemencia de Tito), K. 621 fue escrita por Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) en 1791, después de haber casi terminado Die Zauberflöte (La flauta mágica). Encargada para celeb...

La Clemenza di Tito (La clemencia de Tito), K. 621 fue escrita por Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) en 1791, después de haber casi terminado Die Zauberflöte (La flauta mágica). Encargada para celeb...

La ópera en tres actos Parsifal fue concebida por Richard Wagner (1813-1883) en 1857, pero no se terminó hasta 1882. La obra, que narra la historia de Parsifal, el "tonto puro" destinado a reclamar la...

La ópera en tres actos Parsifal fue concebida por Richard Wagner (1813-1883) en 1857, pero no se terminó hasta 1882. La obra, que narra la historia de Parsifal, el "tonto puro" destinado a reclamar la...

Los piratas de Penzance (The Slave of Duty), escrita en 1879, fue la quinta colaboración entre Arthur Sullivan y W. S. Gilbert. Cuenta la historia de un joven de 21 años, Frederic, que es aprendiz de...

La ópera en tres actos Rusalka, Op. 114, fue escrita por Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) en 1900 y estrenada el 31 de marzo de 1901 en el Teatro Nacional de Praga, bajo la dirección de Karel Kovarovic. La...

La ópera en tres actos Rusalka, Op. 114, fue escrita por Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) en 1900 y estrenada el 31 de marzo de 1901 en el Teatro Nacional de Praga, bajo la dirección de Karel Kovarovic. La...

While it scandalized Parisian audiences at its premiere by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on March 3rd, 1875, Georges Bizet's (1838-1875) Carmen became, a mere decade later, one of the most popular and fr...

While it scandalized Parisian audiences at its premiere by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on March 3rd, 1875, Georges Bizet's (1838-1875) Carmen became, a mere decade later, one of the most popular and fr...

While it scandalized Parisian audiences at its premiere by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on March 3rd, 1875, Georges Bizet's (1838-1875) Carmen became, a mere decade later, one of the most popular and fr...

While it scandalized Parisian audiences at its premiere by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on March 3rd, 1875, Georges Bizet's (1838-1875) Carmen became, a mere decade later, one of the most popular and fr...

AIDA, with music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, is a staple of the operatic repertoire. The story, set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, tells of tragic love challenge...

AIDA, with music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, is a staple of the operatic repertoire. The story, set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, tells of tragic love challenge...

AIDA, with music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, is a staple of the operatic repertoire. The story, set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, tells of tragic love challenge...

Italian for rustic chivalry, this opera in one act with music by Pietro Mascagni and a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, is adapted from a short story and play by Giovanni Verg...

Italian for 'rustic chivalry,' this opera in one act with music by Pietro Mascagni and a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, is adapted from a short story and play by Giovanni Ve...

The tragic two-act opera, Anna Bolena, recounts the life of King Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn, and is one of four Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) operas depicting the Tudor period in English hi...

The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia) was written by Giocchino Rossini (1792-1868) in 1816. The two-act comic opera is considered one of the greatest opera buffas ever written, and it remain...

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...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) completed the five-act opera Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet) in 1867. With a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michael Carré, the opera tells the tragic story of Shakespear...

Italian composer Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) wrote L'amico Fritz in 1891 only one year after his masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana began the Versimo movement. A charming light opera in three acts, L'am...

Italian composer Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) wrote L'amico Fritz in 1891 only one year after his masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana began the Versimo movement. A charming light opera in three acts, L'am...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) compuso la ópera DIE TOTE STADT (LA CIUDAD MUERTA), compuesta entre 1916 y 1920 y estrenada simultáneamente en Hamburgo y Colonia el 4 de diciembre de 1920. Basada...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) compuso la ópera DIE TOTE STADT (LA CIUDAD MUERTA), compuesta entre 1916 y 1920 y estrenada simultáneamente en Hamburgo y Colonia el 4 de diciembre de 1920. Basada...