Jos van de Braak

Come compositore Lehár iniziò con contributi al genere dell'opera, ma il grande trionfo della sua prima operetta Die lustige Witwe (La vedova allegra), nel 1905, gli fece capire che doveva dedicare il...

In Lehar's bittersweet operetta 'Giuditta', the beautiful heroine Giuditta abandons her husband to be with Octavio, an army captain. When he leaves her to pursue his military career, she becomes a nig...

In Lehar's bittersweet operetta 'Giuditta', the beautiful heroine Giuditta abandons her husband to be with Octavio, an army captain. When he leaves her to pursue his military career, she becomes a nig...

Rudolf Sieczynski (1879-1952) was an Austrian composer of Polish ancestry. His fame today rests almost exclusively on the nostalgic Viennese song Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Vienna, City of My Dream...

Rudolf Sieczynski (1879-1952) was an Austrian composer of Polish ancestry. His fame today rests almost exclusively on the nostalgic Viennese song Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Vienna, City of My Dream...

Oltre ai suoi 150 valzer, Johann Strauss ha composto diverse operette, tra cui Die Fledermaus, il suo miglior contributo a questo genere. Nel secondo atto dell'operetta, Orlofsky, un giovane e ricco p...

Oltre ai suoi 150 valzer, Johann Strauss ha composto diverse operette, tra cui Die Fledermaus, il suo miglior contributo a questo genere. Nel secondo atto dell'operetta, Orlofsky, un giovane e ricco p...

L'aria Die Frist ist um è cantata da "der Holländer" all'inizio dell'opera di Richard Wagner "Der fliegende Holländer": Durante il viaggio di ritorno, il capitano Daland è costretto dal tempo burrasco...

L'aria Die Frist ist um è cantata da "der Holländer" all'inizio dell'opera di Richard Wagner "Der fliegende Holländer": Durante il viaggio di ritorno, il capitano Daland è costretto dal tempo burrasco...

The Last Rose of Summer è una poesia del poeta irlandese Thomas Moore scritta nel 1805 nella contea di Kilkenny, in Irlanda. È ambientata su una melodia tradizionale chiamata "Aislean an Oigfear" o "T...

The Last Rose of Summer è una poesia del poeta irlandese Thomas Moore scritta nel 1805 nella contea di Kilkenny, in Irlanda. È ambientata su una melodia tradizionale chiamata "Aislean an Oigfear" o "T...

Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883) was a German composer who is chiefly remembered for his romantic comic opera 'Martha', which was popular in the 19th century and the early part of the 20th. The aria '...

Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883) was a German composer who is chiefly remembered for his romantic comic opera 'Martha', which was popular in the 19th century and the early part of the 20th. The aria '...

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 in We...

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 in We...

Franz Schubert composed his Lied, 'Der Erlkönig' (Erlking), for solo voice and piano in 1815, setting text from a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The song has become one of Schubert's most famous...

Franz Schubert composed his Lied, 'Der Erlkönig' (Erlking), for solo voice and piano in 1815, setting text from a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The song has become one of Schubert's most famous...

Carmen è probabilmente l'opera più famosa di tutto il repertorio operistico, anche se la sua prima nel 1875 fu una grande delusione. Nel terzo atto Carmen canta l'aria "En vain pour éviter": Carmen le...

Carmen è probabilmente l'opera più famosa di tutto il repertorio operistico, anche se la sua prima nel 1875 fu una grande delusione. Nel terzo atto Carmen canta l'aria "En vain pour éviter": Carmen le...

Besides operettas Franz Lehár also wrote sonatas, symphonic poems, marches and a number of waltzes. The most popular of these waltzes is 'Gold und Silber' (Gold and Silver) which he composed for Princ...

English composer Henry Eccles (1670-1742) played as a violinist in the court of King William and Queen Mary in the period after the glory time of Henry Purcell. However, conceiving himself neglected i...

English composer Henry Eccles (1670-1742) played as a violinist in the court of King William and Queen Mary in the period after the glory time of Henry Purcell. However, conceiving himself neglected i...

Zaide (originally, Das Serail) is an unfinished opera written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780. Only the arias and ensembles from the first two acts were composed. Missing are an overture and third...

One of the musical highlights from Franz von Suppé's operetta 'Boccaccio' is the aria 'Hab'ich nur dein Liebe' wich is sung by Fiametta. It's a beautiful tiny subdued aria which has become repertoire...

One of the musical highlights from Franz von Suppé's operetta 'Boccaccio' is the aria 'Hab'ich nur dein Liebe' wich is sung by Fiametta. It's a beautiful tiny subdued aria which has become repertoire...