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If those old boards could speak, they would tell long tales of all the beautifully staged works which resounded through the theatre, year after year.
As the lighting in the auditorium dims, a hush falls over the audience. Behind the scenes, however, the hustle and bustle signals the start of the show. The technicians are preparing for the first scene change, the stage manager calls the soloists for their first entry, costume and makeup are preparing for the first costume change, and from afar, muffled tones can be heard of the chorus master warming-up the chorus for their first entry.
As the interval draws near, two ushers share a joke in the foyer, and the last drinks and horderves are being prepared for the guests. In the auditorium, the singers deliver their arias with powerful, heart-breaking voices, while in the orchestra pit, the conductor drives the musicians as the music rises and falls, painting the story. Most eyes in the audience are fixed on the spectacle unfolding on stage, while some are closed, allowing the music alone to sweep over them.
No matter whether the production is well received or not, the music, the arias, the ensembles, many of which have been adored by young and old for centuries, transport the audience musically and emotionally, and as they leave the theatre, the experience of the opera remains with them, carries them home, and stays with them for days, weeks, months, even years. This is the magic of opera.
30 Arien aus 4 Jahrhunderten
Schott VOCAL
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 636014
Vocal Score and Full Score
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 207093
Opera completa per canto e pianoforte
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260606
Opera in un atto
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388445
An Opera in three Acts and a Prologue
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 749
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 365371
A fairytale opera in three acts
Reprint of an authoritative German edition
for: Soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 177653
for: Flute [violin], guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 418162
Per clarinetto e pianoforte
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 388498
in Full Score
for: Opera
Book
Item no.: 416709
Walzer
for: Piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100558
Tragédie lyrique en un acte
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 264239
(Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383672
Dramma giocoso in two acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116415
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260576
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Item no.: 328015
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 194141
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 463471
based on themes from Bizet's "Carmen"
for: Flute, clarinet (B-flat/A), piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 214813
Neue Bearbeitung 1916 op. 60,2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100622
Opéra-bouffon in 2 Akten und 4 Szenen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 282561
11 Transkriptionen aus Oper und Operette
Organ goes Opera, Band 5
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1556939
Textbuch, Einführung und Kommentar
Opern der Welt
Lyric book
Item no.: 214239
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388778
for: 2 flutes [flute, violin]
Parts (2)
Item no.: 200259
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 296486
Dall?Opera Rigoletto Di G. Verdi
for: 2 Clarinets and Piano
Buch
Item no.: 1215105
Opera buffa in four acts K. 492
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 339498
32 Arien aus 4 Jahrhunderten
Schott VOCAL
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 621782
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 296487
Opéra comique in 4 Akten
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 214667
7 ausgewählte Stücke in leichten Bearbeitungen
for: für 2 Flöten und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 206406
for: Cello Octet
Buch
Item no.: 620269
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 612960
Ich schleiche bang und still herum
for: Voice (soprano), clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 294939
Dover republication of the authoritative edition published by G. Ricordi, Milan
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 416714
Melodramma in due atti
Ricordi Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389012
Melodramma in due Atti
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 389011
Volume I & II
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Scores
Item no.: 466393
Barcarolle pour soprano et mezzo-soprano avec piano les contes d'Hoffmann
for: 2 voices, piano
Item no.: 294036
chamber music version
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 584890
Dramma giocoso in zwei Akten KV 527
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 379017
Drama lirico in tre atti e cinque quadri
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 389441
Ouvertüre der Oper, arrangiert für Orgel solo
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 658023
Ein musikalischer Werkführer
Teil der Reihe: C.H.Beck Wissen
Book
Item no.: 623369
aus "Hoffmanns Erzählungen"
für Akkordeon (mit 2. Stimme)
for: 1–2 accordions
Music score
Item no.: 127157
Overture
Seifert's Akkordeon-Musik
for: Accordion
Single edition
Item no.: 102508
8 Standards from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic Periods
for: 2 voices, piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 659998
Oper in 3 Akten WWV 63
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360847