Spartiti opera

The romantic aria 'Il balen del suo sorriso' - 'the brilliance of her smile - is sung by Count Luna in the second act of 'Il Trovatore'. The role of Count Luna is a typical Giuseppe Verdi baritone, ly...

In this cavatina - a short one-section aria - Mozart composed beside the soprano, who complains of a lack of love, interesting music for the clarinets and bassoons that demonstrates his fondness for t...

The moving prayer of Desdemona from Act IV of Otello. The accompaniment is arranged exclusively for woodwinds only. (Soprano and Concert Band)

La Traviata' tells the story of the young and beautiful courtesan Violetta who falls in love with Alfredo, an ordinary and poor young man. The aria 'E Strano' - how strange it is - is sung by Violetta...

La Traviata' tells the story of the young and beautiful courtesan Violetta who falls in love with Alfredo, an ordinary and poor young man. The aria 'sempre libera' is the very end of the first act: Vi...

Le Nozze di Figaro' is one of the three opera's which Mozart composed on libretto's of Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) the famous Viennese theaterdirector and courtpoet. The aria 'Voi che sapete' is sung...

The aria 'Ah prigioniero io sono' ('I am a prisoner') in Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'Nabucco' is sung in the fourth and last act: Nabucco turns to the God of the Hebrews and promises to convert himself an...

The aria 'se al nuovo di pugnando' in Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'La Battaglia di Legnano' is sung by Rolando, the leader of a group of Italian knights that tried to stop the invasion in Lombardy of the G...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The aria 'La fleur que tu m'avais jet?e', mostly named flowersong is...

Tosca' might be described as a thriller with political overtones it shows its hero and heroine, the singer Floria Tosca and the painter Mario Cavaradossi, caught up in and eventually destroyed by the...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The aria 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle', also named the Habanera is...

In the third act of Charles Gounod's Opera Faust, Marguerite sings her famous Jewel Song 'Ah! Je ris' when she looks satisfied to herself in the mirror and to the box with jewels which Faust gave her...

At the very end of the opera Otello sings Nium mi tema: he bids farewell to the chill corpse of Desdemona before stabbing himself. (Tenor and Concert Band)

In the duet Diceste questa sera le vostre preci? Otello asks if Desdemona has made her prayers and a tragedy of jealousy ends with the death of Desdemona who's strangled by Otello. (Soprano, Tenor and...

The Italian composer Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) finished his masterpiece Otello in October 1885. In the last act - after singing the Canzone del Salice (Willowsong) - Desdemona says her eveni...

The French composer Ambroise Thomas composed his Opera Hamlet in 1868. The Choeur des Comediens et Chanson Bachique is a part of the second act: Hamlet, son of the Danish King, has invited a group of...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment.The aria 'Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante' is sung by Micaela in the th...

Die Zauberflöte isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indivi...

The duet La ci darem la mano (Give me the hand) from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni is sung in the first act when Don Giovanni asks the peasant daughter Zerlina to marry hem. (Soprano, Baritone and Conce...

Until nowadays, La Traviata is still one of the most successful opera's in the music-literature. Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed this opera in 1853 and it belongs to the top of Giuseppe Verdi's middl...

Otto Nicolai's last opera Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor is the only one left and also his only one in German language. It is still one of the most performed opera's in Germany opera houses. The aria...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The Toreadorsong is sung in the second act of the opera: the famous b...

The aria Stride la vampa - blazing flames - is sung by the gipsy woman Azucena in the second act of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore whilst she is staring into the campfire and telling the story of...

Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), the greatest Italian opera-composer, composed his opera La Forza del Destino in 1862. The 'ronda' Compagni, Sostiamo is sung in the third act: a Spanish military c...

Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), the greatest Italian opera-composer, composed his opera La Forza del Destino in 1862. The famous Rataplan is sung at the end of the third act by the gipsy girl Pre...