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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.
Introduction and Critical Commentary
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 696720
Cambridge Opera Handbooks
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 764617
Oper für Kinder
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Piano reduction
Item no.: 138746
Vocal Score and Full Score
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1682129
Klavierauszug mit Singstimme und CD mit orchestraler Begleitung
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction, solo part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 667522
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 224688
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1552487
Opera buffa in one act
Stage version 1964
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352199
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388545
Piano Vocal Score and 2 CDs with instrumental and vocal versions
Cantolopera (ricordi)
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1010109
10 Arias
Instrumental Play-Along
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 1678611
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 262387
Ein kleines Welttheater
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352642
UMPC Critical Editions
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 184627
for low voice and piano
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 404235
Fantasie lyrique en deux parties
for: Soloists, children's choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 330811
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1565814
A Chamber Opera in One Act
for: 2 voices (SBar), chamber ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1666680
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1677545
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318187
Rezitativ und Romanze Nr. 13 aus der Oper "Hoffmanns Erzählungen"
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano; violine ad lib.
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 1684789
Oper Buffo in einem Akt
Nach Pushkin's "The Little House in Kolomna"
Spiralbindung
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 295527
Musical Comedy in One Act
for: Voices, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1559827
Acht weltbekannte Webber-Hits für Klavier
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1659849
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1671923
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 258150
Moses in Ägypten
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 696721
Repertoire Collection
for: Voice (alto), piano
Music score (anthology), online media
Item no.: 774073
opera in 4 acts
Kalmus Classic Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 564059
Arias for Tenor, Baritone, and Bass
for: Male voice, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1659358
for medium low voice and piano
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1690076
Opera in 3 Acts
Lyric book
Item no.: 643566
Opera in two acts op. 50
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 302521
Vocal Selections – Souvenir Edition
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 671044
Oper in drei Akten und zwölf Bildern
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1672320
Dover republication of the edition first published by G. Schirmer, New York, 1895
for: Soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1668481
Oper in 2 Akten für Kinder
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 280024
Zarzuela en tres actos
for: Soloists, choir, piano, instruments
Music score
Item no.: 1659984
Azione tragico-sacra
Edizione critica
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 scores (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1681129
aus der Oper "Der Troubadour"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 1659343
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1670606
Große Oper für kleine Hörer.
Die Zeit Edition
Audio-CD 1
Item no.: 661379
Coach Me
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1665374
Oper-Querschnitt
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 419604
aus der Oper "Thaïs"
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 620479
Gefangenenchor aus Nabucco (Va pensiero)
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 664848
Arie aus der Oper "Norma" - Bearbeitung für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 475568
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Wagner Urtext-Klavierauszüge
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 566020