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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...

A Soap Opera in 1 Act. English Only.

Gluck's 'Orfeo et Euridice' was one of three operas composed by Gluck in an attempt to reform the Italian opera seria. The libretto is noble and grand and this must have inspired Gluck, for his approa...

Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of modern chamber opera with 'A Hand of Bridge'! This charming and witty opera-comedy, featuring a brilliant libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti, offers a humorous...

He's handsome, cunning and utterly merciless. Don Giovanni's lustful desires have left a trail of heartbreak and shattered dreams; but in the wake of a life lived to excess and devoid of honour, his d...

Ruggiero Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci was his first opera to be performed. The text, by the composer, is based on one of the cases encountered by Leoncavallo's father, a police magistrate in Naples. The...

Libretto by Angelo Anelli. Comic Opera in Two Acts. English Version by Ruth and Thomas Martin.

The libretto for this work, by playwright Henri Meilhac and journalist Philippe Gille, is based on L'histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. Retaining the novel's eightee...

Anthony And Cleopatra was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera Association for the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in 1966. Barber's opera is based on Shakespeare's play of th...

Mozart's Bastien and Bastienna is a superb opera, and available here is the Vocal score, in English only, as translated by Hamilton Benz.

Opera in Two Acts. Ostensibly a biography of Susan B. Anthony and the suffragette movement, Stein's libretto slyly fractures history and expands the argument beyond votes for women to the essence of e...

A song-cycle for Soprano voice and Piano, based on six poems by Emily Dickinson. Leon Kirchner's music is highly original, very chromatic, usually in a linear fashion, and frequently features irregula...

For Soprano and Piano. Text from Le Occasioni by Eugenio Montale.

Enrique Granados's epic opera in three tableaux based on stories painted by the famous Spanish painter Goya. This edition contains both Fernando Periquet's original text and James Weldon Johnson's Eng...

Operetta.

A new Voice/Piano arrangement of this wonderful opera, a tragic love story based on a famous Islamic legend. First performed in 1992 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Now available for the first time in print, this popular one-act opera by the composer of 'Amahl and the Night Visitors' explores the moral dilemmas that arise when an orphan gives refuge to a stranger...

An amazing collection of witty and romantic songs from the hit RCA Victor recording featuring Renée Fleming, Sylvia McNair, Frederica von Stade, Jennifer Larmore and Carol Vaness. All songs are in the...

Spiritual from 'Black, Brown and Beige'. Adapted by Lawrence Rosen.

For Voice and Piano. The Sea Is Between Us is a short song with Hebrew text by the composer.