Kalmus Opera Library

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) completed the five-act opera Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet) in 1867. With a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michael Carré, the opera tells the tragic story of Shakespear...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) completò l'opera in cinque atti ROMÉO ET JULIETTE (ROMEO E GIULIETTA) nel 1867. Su libretto di Jules Barbier e Michael Carré, l'opera racconta la tragica storia del dramma d...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) completò l'opera in cinque atti ROMÉO ET JULIETTE (ROMEO E GIULIETTA) nel 1867. Su libretto di Jules Barbier e Michael Carré, l'opera racconta la tragica storia del dramma d...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's (1756-1791) singspiel Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, was written in 1791 and premiered on September 30th of that same year at the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden,...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's (1756-1791) singspiel Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, was written in 1791 and premiered on September 30th of that same year at the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden,...

La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) in 1791 after he had almost finished Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). Commissioned to celebrate...

La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) in 1791 after he had almost finished Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). Commissioned to celebrate...

Ispirato all'opera teatrale del 1832 "Le roi s'amuse" di Victor Hugo, il "Rigoletto" di Giuseppe Verdi (1812-1901) fu la sedicesima opera del compositore in questo genere ed è ampiamente considerato u...

Ispirato all’opera teatrale del 1832 "Le roi s’amuse" di Victor Hugo, il "Rigoletto" di Giuseppe Verdi (1812-1901) fu la sedicesima opera del compositore in questo genere ed è ampiamente considerato u...

La Traviata (La donna perduta) è tratta da *La Dame aux camélias* (1852), un’opera teatrale adattata dal romanzo di Alexandre Dumas figlio. L’opera era originariamente intitolata *Violetta*, dal nome...

Finished in 1848 and premiered in 1950 in Weimar, Germany, Richard Wagner's (1813-1883) LOHENGRIN tells a story of a tragic medieval German romance in the Knight of the Swan tradition. Elsa, a princes...

Finished in 1848 and premiered in 1950 in Weimar, Germany, Richard Wagner's (1813-1883) LOHENGRIN tells a story of a tragic medieval German romance in the Knight of the Swan tradition. Elsa, a princes...

Finished in 1848 and premiered in 1950 in Weimar, Germany, Richard Wagner's (1813-1883) LOHENGRIN tells a story of a tragic medieval German romance in the Knight of the Swan tradition. Elsa, a princes...

Basato sulle leggende eroiche norrene, il vasto dramma operistico DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN richiese a Richard Wagner (1813-1883) oltre venticinque anni per essere completato. Attraverso una vasta rete...

Basato sulle leggende eroiche norrene, il vasto dramma operistico DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN richiese a Richard Wagner (1813-1883) oltre venticinque anni per essere completato. Attraverso una vasta rete...

Norma is a two-act lyric tragedy by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). A leading example of the bel canto genre, the opera premiered at La Scala in Milan on December 26th, 1831. The story tells of a love t...

Norma is a two-act lyric tragedy by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). A leading example of the bel canto genre, the opera premiered at La Scala in Milan on December 26th, 1831. The story tells of a love t...

MADAMA BUTTERFLY, one of the most popular operas of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), is the story of the conflicting expectations of Lieutenant Pinkerton, an American naval officer, and Madame Butterfly (...

MADAMA BUTTERFLY, one of the most popular operas of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), is the story of the conflicting expectations of Lieutenant Pinkerton, an American naval officer, and Madame Butterfly (...

IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO di Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) è la sua unica opera ancora oggi regolarmente rappresentata e probabilmente è tra le più grandi opere buffe del XVIII secolo. Il dramma giocoso f...

IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO (THE SECRET MARRIAGE) by Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) is his only work still to be regularly performed today and arguably among the greatest 18th century opera buffa. The dramma...

Il compositore italiano Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) scrisse L'amico Fritz nel 1891, solo un anno dopo che il suo capolavoro Cavalleria rusticana aveva dato inizio al movimento Versimo. Affascinante op...

Composed by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) in 1830, the two-act opera I Capuletti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Mantagues) stands as one of only two successful opera adaptations of Shakespeare's R...

Gioacchino Rossini's (1792-1868) last comic opera LE COMTE ORY, set in rural France at the time of the Crusades, tells the story of Count Ory, who attempts to seduce a Countess Adèle as she awaits the...

Gioacchino Rossini's (1792-1868) last comic opera LE COMTE ORY, set in rural France at the time of the Crusades, tells the story of Count Ory, who attempts to seduce a Countess Adèle as she awaits the...