Partitions pour chant 

Based on the tune from the Corpus Christi hymn Pange Lingua, this song depicts the shepherds' feelings approaching the manger.

Also wittily subtitled 'Strike till the iron is hot', this is a comic, almost 'nonsense' song based on a poem by Marianne Moore.

Song Number 2 from The Cloisters for Voice and Piano. Poem by William M. Hoffman.

Song Number 4 from The Cloisters for Voice and Piano. Poem by William M. Hoffman.

Like Virgil Thomson's opera 'Four Saints in Three Acts', this is a setting of text by Gertrude Stein. Also similarly to 'Pigeons on the Grass Alas' from that opera, it draws musical material from the...

Reduction from the work for Tenor and Orchestra.

Paul Creston's Dance Variations for Soprano and Orchestra is an unusual piece, with a wordless voice taking the place of a melody instrument in a series of challenging variations on a minuet-style the...

Lucia di Lammermoor' was one of the biggest triumphs of Donizetti's career, and remains as his outstanding masterpiece. The libretto was written by Salvatore Cammarano based on Sir Walter Scott's nove...

An Opera in two acts. Libretto by Felice Romani.

Tchaikovsky wrote 'Eugene Onegin' in 1878, using a libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky based on the epic poem by Pushkin. Flirtatious Olga and shy, bookish Tatyana are sisters, Olga being happily engaged...

Engelbert Humperdinck's 'Hansel And Gretel' actually began life as a short entertainment for a children's birthday party. Humperdinck enjoyed this project so much that he immediately set about turning...

It was 'H. M. S. Pinafore', or 'The Lass that Loved a Sailor' that established Gilbert and Sullivan as a creative force to be reckoned with in British comic theatre. Gilbert's libretto has everything...

After creating eight works for the stage, Gilbert and Sullivan outdid themselves with a macabre farce set in the Far East. It is the most popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera, and arguably the most popu...

The Gondoliers' represents a return to the satirical and ebullient Gilbert and Sullivan of 'The Mikado' after the grim Ruddigore and Yeoman of the Guard. Gilbert sets his story in Venice, leaving the...

Trial by Jury' opened at the Royalty Theatre on March 25, 1875, and was exceptionally well received. Gilbert's absurd plot concerns Angelina, who sues Edwin because he broke their betrothal and fell f...

Iolanthe' premiered on November 25, 1882 simultaneously at the Savoy Theater in London and the Standard Theater, New York. The wit of Gilbert's dialogue and sparkle of his lyrics is matched only by th...

The Telephone' is a one-act 20-minute opera buffa for two singers. The story is that Lucy spends most of her time on the telephone, and when Ben, her boyfriend, visits her intending to propose, the te...

A short (45 min) operatic work by Kurt Weill written primarily for amateur groups to perform - it is adaptable to several combinations of singers and instruments. Drawing on material from folk songs,...

First performed in 1950 at the Shubert Theatre in Philadelphia, The Consul was a phenomenally successful opera dealing with 20th century bureaucracy and socio-political issues. It is set in a totalit...

Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride, is a satirical spoof on Aesthetic poets and their followers. It revolves around two rival poets, Reginald Bunthorne and Archibald Grosvenor. Bunthorne lives in a castle...

This vocal score is a new and revised edition of the well-known opera that made television history on Christmas Eve, 1951.

Bedrich Smetana's The Bartered Bride dates from the happiest, most musically fulfilling period in the composer's life, and draws inspiration from Czech folk music. The action takes place to the backdr...

Norma' was Vincenzo Bellini's eighth opera and the one that secured his fame and fortune as a composer. The conflict in the opera is between the native Druids of Britain and the Roman soldiers who are...

Otto Nicolai became one of the few 'one-hit wonders' among classical composers. Although some of his operas had success during his lifetime, it is really only his final opera, The Merry Wives of Winds...

Immerse yourself in the gripping, emotionally charged world of Samuel Barber's masterpiece "Vanessa". This acclaimed opera in three acts captivates audiences with its profound dramatic depth, bittersw...