Ouvertures pour harmonie

Franz von Suppé composed about 30 operettas and 180 farces, ballets, and other stage works. Although the bulk of Suppé's operas have sunk into relative obscurity, the overtures - particularly 'Dichter...

Franz von Suppé composed about 30 operettas and 180 farces, ballets, and other stage works. Although the bulk of Suppé's operas have sunk into relative obscurity, the overtures - particularly 'Dichter...

As a contribution to the opera "Armer Columbus" by German composer Erwin Dressel, Shostakovich composed two of his quirkiest and oddest early orchestral pieces. An energetic "Entr"acte" in c minor (Al...

French composer Adolphe Adam composed his opera 'si j'etais roi' (if I Were King) in 1852. Though less popular than 'Le postillon de Lonjumeau', it is often regarded as Adam's finest work. The well-de...

French composer Adolphe Adam composed his opera "Si j'étais roi" (if I Were King) in 1852. Though less popular than "Le postillon de Lonjumeau", it is often regarded as Adam's finest work. The well-de...

Verdi composed "Un Ballo in Maschera" for the San Carlo Theatre in Naples where it was to have been staged during the 1858 carnival season. The libretto told the true story of the liberal King Gustavu...

Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (WWV 49) (Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes) is an early opera by Richard Wagner in five acts, with the libretto written by the composer after Bulwer-Lytton's novel of t...

Ruperto Chapí y Lorente (1851-1909) was a Spanish composer who wrote a large number of symphonic, band, choral and chamber works, as well as zarzuelas and operas and is considered one of the most popu...

Since its premiere in 1892, "Werther" has ranked among Jules Massenet's most admired and beloved scores; it has also proved the most enduring. He was inspired to compose the opera about the doomed poe...

George Gershwin composed his "Cuban Overture" in July and August 1932. Originally was the work titled "Rumba" and was the result of a two-week holiday which Gershwin took in Havana, Cuba in February 1...

The romantic, picturesque and dramatic appeal of medieval Christianity furnished Richard Wagner, after "Tannhäuser", with "Lohengrin". It's a romantic opera in three acts first performed in 1850 un We...

Many see Wagner's Tristan und Isolde as the beginning of the move away from common practice harmony and tonality and consider that it lays the groundwork for the direction of classical music in the 20...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) de Rossini est l'un des plus grands opéras comiques. Basé sur une excellente pièce de Beaumarchais, le "Barbier de Séville" ravit le public avec ses personnages finement...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) de Rossini est l'un des plus grands opéras comiques. Basé sur une excellente pièce de Beaumarchais, le "Barbier de Séville" ravit le public avec ses personnages finement...

La forza del destino (La force du destin) est un opéra italien de Giuseppe Verdi. Le livret a été écrit par Francesco Maria Piave d'après un drame espagnol, "Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino", d'Ángel...

La forza del destino (La force du destin) est un opéra italien de Giuseppe Verdi. Le livret a été écrit par Francesco Maria Piave d'après un drame espagnol, "Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino", d'Ángel...

The idea of a 'Hamlet overture' had first occurred to Tschaikowsky in 1876. However, by 1888 he had altered these plans when he was asked to write incidental music for a production of Shakespeare's pl...

The idea of a 'Hamlet overture' had first occurred to Tschaikowsky in 1876. However, by 1888 he had altered these plans when he was asked to write incidental music for a production of Shakespeare's pl...

The Wasps is incidental music composed by the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1909. It was based on Aristophane's ancient Greek comedy The Wasps for a production at Trinity College, Cambrid...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which "Die Fledermaus" his best contribution to this genre is. This transcription follows the short but jolly introduction of the fi...

La Gazza Ladra (La pie voleuse) de Rossini est un mélodrame ou "opera semiseria" en deux actes sur un livret de Giovanni Gherardini basé sur "La pie voleuse" de Jean-Marie-Théodor Badouin d'Aubigny et...

La Gazza Ladra (La pie voleuse) de Rossini est un mélodrame ou "opera semiseria" en deux actes sur un livret de Giovanni Gherardini basé sur "La pie voleuse" de Jean-Marie-Théodor Badouin d'Aubigny et...

Nabucco est le premier opéra de Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) à connaître un véritable succès. Cet opéra est considéré comme ayant définitivement établi la réputation de Verdi en tant que compositeur : "...

Nabucco est le premier opéra de Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) à connaître un véritable succès. Cet opéra est considéré comme ayant définitivement établi la réputation de Verdi en tant que compositeur : "...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed 'Egmont' as a set of incidental music pieces for the play of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The overture has become famous on its own and is in a similar st...