Gioachino Rossini chooses Semiramide as the opera subject of the Carnival season 1822-23, the last of his Italian career. The opera - composed on a libretto by Gaetano Rossi - was performed for the first time in Venice, Teatro La Fenice, on February 3rd 1823. The history of this work is characterized right from the first performances by frequent manipulations, cuts and consecutive adjustments beca…

Cantolopera is a publishing project devoted to students, professionals and enthusiasts who wish to approch the great vocal repertoire for practicing, performing or simply singing opera arias, sacred pieces, songs, standards. The editions include a vocal score and one or more CD containing orchestral accompaniment performed by Compagnia d'Opera Italiana, with its orchestra of over 130 instrumentali…

Cantolopera is a publishing project devoted to students, professionals and enthusiasts who wish to approch the great vocal repertoire for practicing, performing or simply singing opera arias, sacred pieces, songs, standards. The editions include a vocal score and one or more CD containing orchestral accompaniment performed by Compagnia d'Opera Italiana, with its orchestra of over 130 instrumentali…

In 1774 Gluck had committed himself to supplying six stage works to the Académie Royale de Musique in Paris. This job he fulfilled partially by reworking works which had already been premiered in Vienna, such as 'Orfeo ed Euridice? (BA 5845-90).In the case of 'Alceste? which was premiered in 1776 and which was the prototype of the so-called reform opera, the composer created a completely new versi…

This Mazurka de Salon for flute and piano with its delightful elegiac and virtuoso passages is a character piece full of contrasts - moderate in difficulty, it represents a valuable addition to the repertoire for ambitious amateur players.Along with his younger brother Carl (1825-1900), Albert Franz Doppler (1821-1883) was one of the most celebrated flautists of the nineteenth Century. Their virtu…

Par SAARIAHO KAIJA. Kaija Saariaho’s Song for Betty is an arrangement of the last movement from her opera L’amour de loin and was an 80th birthday gift for Betty Freeman, who very generously supported the commission of the opera. It was first performed on 18th May 2001, by Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. / Date parution : 2025-01-21/ Répertoire / Orchestre

Opera in Seven Scenes. Par BENJAMIN GEORGE. Picture a day like this is the fourth collaboration between George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, whose acclaimed partnership produced Written on Skin, Lessons in Love and Violence, and Into the Little Hill. Playwright Martin Crimp’s text for the opera is a bittersweet fable on grief and renewal. It tells the story of a Woman (mezzosoprano) who has lost her …

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Par MASSENET JULES. With its music composed by Jules Massenet, Werther is a lyrical drama that became famous at the beginning of the 20th century. This really complete edition contains pictures, text and scores of the opera for Voice and Piano. The text is written in French and in English. Composed in four acts, the story is based on Goethe's early life: a poet, Werther, falls in love with a girl,…