Kalmus Opera Library

Austrian composer Alban Berg (1885-1935) composed the three-act opera Wozzeck between 1914 and 1922 after seeing a production of German playwright Georg Büchner's incomplete drama Woyzeck. Beginning t...

La Clemenza di Tito, K. 621 fu scritta da Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) nel 1791 dopo aver quasi terminato Die Zauberflöte (Il flauto magico). Commissionata per celebrare l'incoronazione di Leop...

La Clemenza di Tito, K. 621 fu scritta da Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) nel 1791 dopo aver quasi terminato Die Zauberflöte (Il flauto magico). Commissionata per celebrare l'incoronazione di Leop...

L'opera in 3 atti Parsifal fu concepita da Richard Wagner (1813-1883) nel 1857, ma completata solo nel 1882. Raccontando la storia di Parsifal, il "puro sciocco" destinato a reclamare la regalità nel...

L'opera in 3 atti Parsifal fu concepita da Richard Wagner (1813-1883) nel 1857, ma completata solo nel 1882. Raccontando la storia di Parsifal, il "puro sciocco" destinato a reclamare la regalità nel...

I pirati di Penzance (The Slave of Duty), scritto nel 1879, fu la quinta collaborazione tra Arthur Sullivan e W. S. Gilbert. Racconta la storia di un ventunenne, Frederic, che è apprendista di una ban...

L'opera in tre atti Rusalka, op. 114, fu scritta da Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) nel 1900 e la prima ebbe luogo il 31 marzo 1901 al Teatro Nazionale di Praga, con la direzione di Karel Kovarovic. La sto...

L'opera in tre atti Rusalka, op. 114, fu scritta da Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) nel 1900 e la prima ebbe luogo il 31 marzo 1901 al Teatro Nazionale di Praga, con la direzione di Karel Kovarovic. La sto...

While it scandalized Parisian audiences at its premiere by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on March 3rd, 1875, Georges Bizet's (1838-1875) Carmen became, a mere decade later, one of the most popular and fr...

While it scandalized Parisian audiences at its premiere by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on March 3rd, 1875, Georges Bizet's (1838-1875) Carmen became, a mere decade later, one of the most popular and fr...

While it scandalized Parisian audiences at its premiere by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on March 3rd, 1875, Georges Bizet's (1838-1875) Carmen became, a mere decade later, one of the most popular and fr...

While it scandalized Parisian audiences at its premiere by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on March 3rd, 1875, Georges Bizet's (1838-1875) Carmen became, a mere decade later, one of the most popular and fr...

AIDA, with music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, is a staple of the operatic repertoire. The story, set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, tells of tragic love challenge...

AIDA, with music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, is a staple of the operatic repertoire. The story, set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, tells of tragic love challenge...

AIDA, with music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, is a staple of the operatic repertoire. The story, set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, tells of tragic love challenge...

Italian for rustic chivalry, this opera in one act with music by Pietro Mascagni and a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, is adapted from a short story and play by Giovanni Verg...

Italian for 'rustic chivalry,' this opera in one act with music by Pietro Mascagni and a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, is adapted from a short story and play by Giovanni Ve...

The tragic two-act opera, Anna Bolena, recounts the life of King Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn, and is one of four Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) operas depicting the Tudor period in English hi...

The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia) was written by Giocchino Rossini (1792-1868) in 1816. The two-act comic opera is considered one of the greatest opera buffas ever written, and it remain...

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...

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...

Italian composer Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) wrote L'amico Fritz in 1891 only one year after his masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana began the Versimo movement. A charming light opera in three acts, L'am...

Italian composer Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) wrote L'amico Fritz in 1891 only one year after his masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana began the Versimo movement. A charming light opera in three acts, L'am...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) compose l'opera DIE TOTE STADT (LA CITTA' MORTA), composta tra il 1916 e il 1920 e rappresentata per la prima volta contemporaneamente ad Amburgo e Colonia il 4 dic...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) compose l'opera DIE TOTE STADT (LA CITTA' MORTA), composta tra il 1916 e il 1920 e rappresentata per la prima volta contemporaneamente ad Amburgo e Colonia il 4 dic...