Opern der Welt

Completed in 1845, Richard Wagner's romantic opera 'Tannhäuser and the Singing Contest at the Wartburg' pursues the path taken by 'The Flying Dutchman' a few years before: from number opera to through...

Tristan und Isolde ist in der inneren Dimension schwer zu messen. Kein anderes der Musikdramen Wagners ist so völlig auf ein einziges Thema konzentriert, verzichtet so weitgehend auf theatralische Han...

This book, a comprehensive introduction to Richard Wagner's opera 'The Valkyrie', the first evening of the tetralogy 'The Nibelung's Ring', contains the complete libretto with numerous music examples....

'All Women do the Same, or The School for Lovers', this is how Lorenzo da Ponte, the librettist of Mozart's 'Dramma giocoso', entitled his libretto. Ever since the world premiere of 'Così fan tutte' i...

Mozart's 'Don Giovanni', one of the most frequently played and most popular operas since its world premiere in Prague in 1787, is based on the old familiar figure of the 'womanizer'. The character of...

This comprehensive introduction to Mozart's 'Abduction from the Seraglio' contains the complete libretto with numerous music examples. Kurt Pahlen comments on the work with music-related references as...

'La folle journée ou La mariage de Figaro' is the title of a stage play by Pierre Augustin Caron, called Beaumarchais, which caused a sensation in Paris at the beginning of the 1780s. In this 'sequel'...

This comprehensive introduction to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' contains the complete libretto with numerous music examples. Kurt Pahlen comments on the work with music-related referenc...

Mit dem durchschlagenden Erfolg der 'Entführung' begann Mozarts Opernproduktion für die Bühnen Wiens: Die Oper wurde das beliebteste Bühnenstück zu seinen Lebzeiten. 'Figaros Hochzeit' markierte den B...