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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.
Spannende Geschichten und viel Musik
– mit Hörbuch –
Illustrated book, CD
Item no.: 1641754
"Cessato il suon dell'armi"
SC 3
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1654454
Poem for Music in 2 Preludes, an Intermezzo and 3 Principal Scenes
piano vocal score of both versions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1633830
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1565814
Musical Comedy in One Act
for: Voices, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1559827
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1559142
11 Transkriptionen aus Oper und Operette
Organ goes Opera, Band 5
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1556939
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1552487
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet); timpani, latin percussion ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1317385
In a simple arrangement for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1215441
Opera in three acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 775669
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796117
Opera seria in two acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 774773
Opera in five acts
Version with recitatives
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 774781
UMPC Critical Editions – Practical Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774788
Repertoire Collection
for: Voice (alto), piano
Music score (anthology), online media
Item no.: 774073
Wagners letzte Oper im hochwertigen Faksimile
Halbleder
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (facsimile hardcover)
Item no.: 772610
10 Arias
Instrumental Play-Along
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 771379
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 771035
12 Variations op. 66 from the opera "The magicflute"
for: Viola, piano
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 767233
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 765202
Cambridge Opera Handbooks
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 764617
comédie musicale en 1 acte
Lyric book
Item no.: 762017
Introduction and Critical Commentary
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 696720
Moses in Ägypten
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 696721
Opera in three Acts after Dostojewski
New Critical Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 692245
Ein Bilderbuch
Book, CD
Item no.: 680743
Portraits und Perspektiven
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 680588
12 of the most beautiful Italian opera arias
for: Violin
Music score (anthology), Playback-CD
Item no.: 680038
Posaune/Bariton/Euphonium BC
for: Trombone [baritone horn/euphonium] (bass clef); piano ad lib.
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 679742
from the opera “Carmen”
for Piano Duet
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 677895
Opéra en cinq actes
2013 Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 677546
50 famous opera melodies in easy piano arrangements
Pianissimo
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 675950
für Oboe (Englischhorn) und Klavier
for: Oboe [cor anglais], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 675115
Le Marchand D'Oiseau - The Bird Seller - Overture
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672025
Vocal Selections – Souvenir Edition
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 671044
Die schönsten Arien für Sopran aus italienischen Opern
für Sopran und Klavier
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 668541
für flexibles Ensemble Klaviersolo/Klavierbegleitstimme
for: Flexible ensemble
Item no.: 642523
Azione teatrale per musica in three acts
Vienna version 1762
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 solo voices (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 623560
for: Flute, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 619549
from "Les Contes d'Hoffmann"
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 891493
transcribed for organ by Edwin H. LemareWWV 103
for: Organ
Item no.: 605594
aus Händels Opern
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Bass, Klavier
Klavierauszug vokal, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 564549
Testo Cantato In Italiano
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389060
und Streichorchester
Partitur
for: Violine solo und Streichorchester
Score
Item no.: 618356
aus der Oper "Das Märchen vom Zaren Saltan"
for: Flute, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 486272
Drei Arien aus der Oper "Le Grand Macabre"
for: Trompete in C und Klavier
Item no.: 171898
Ouverture mit dem Konzertschluss von Johann Anton André
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Trompeten (2), Klarinetten (2), Piccoloflöte (Flöte), Oboen (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Pauke, Schlagzeug
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 133663