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Opera /ˈɒprə/ (Italian: [ˈɔːpera]; English plural: operas; Italian plural: opere [ˈɔːpere]) is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (libretto) and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. In traditional opera, singers do two types of singing: recitative, a speech-inflected style and arias, a more melodic style. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble, which since the early 1800s has been led by a conductor.
Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition. It started in Italy at the end of the 16th century (with Jacopo Peri's lost Dafne, produced in Florence in 1598) and soon spread through the rest of Europe: Schütz in Germany, Lully in France, and Purcell in England all helped to establish their national traditions in the 17th century. In the 18th century, Italian opera continued to dominate most of Europe (except France), attracting foreign composers such as Handel. Opera seria was the most prestigious form of Italian opera, until Gluck reacted against its artificiality with his "reform" operas in the 1760s. Today the most renowned figure of late 18th century opera is Mozart, who began with opera seria but is most famous for his Italian comic operas, especially The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze Di Figaro), Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte, as well as The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), a landmark in the German tradition.
Performed in the grandeur of Berlin's foremost opera house, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the Mozart Celebration is dedicated to the life's work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This one-time-only gala concert features exuberant Mozart pieces, performed by some of the world’s leading singers and musicians. Julien Salemkour - conductor Thomas Quasthoff - baritone Sylvia Schwartz - soprano Nicolaj Znaider - violin Christoph Anacker - double bass Staatskapelle Berlin 0:57 Overture “La Clemenza di Tito” 6:50 Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, K. 219 7:00 I. Allegro aperto 17:00 II. Adagio 28:37 III. Rondeau (Tempo di minuetto) 40:08 Le nozze di Figaro "Guine alfin il momento... Deh vieni, non tardar" (Recitative and "Rosenarie" from "Le Nozze di Figaro") 46:15 Concert Aria for bass K. 612 "Per...
Live from the Wiener Staatsoper, 2011 George Frideric Handel - Alcina (Opera in three acts) Go to part 2: https://youtu.be/bopUUj71UXo Watch also the "behind the scenes" video: https://youtu.be/1vygXQQ5ghA For the first time in the history of the Vienna State Opera the masterpiece Alcina by Georg Friedrich Händel was premiered in 2010. The internationally famous British Director Adrian Noble places his Alcina into a framework which begins in the magnificent ballroom of the Devonshire-House in London Piccadilly. Alcina is a great musical experience geared to the Baroque curiosity. The highly-acclaimed conductor Marc Minkowski and his "Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble" revive Handel’s music in an outstanding way. Anja Harteros: Alcina Vesselina Kasarova: Ruggiero Veronica Cangemi: Morgana...
Live from the Wiener Staatsoper, 2011 George Frideric Handel - Alcina (Opera in three acts) Go to part 1: https://youtu.be/-VdHwrLgjxI Watch also the "behind the scenes" video: https://youtu.be/1vygXQQ5ghA For the first time in the history of the Vienna State Opera the masterpiece Alcina by Georg Friedrich Händel was premiered in 2010. The internationally famous British Director Adrian Noble places his Alcina into a framework which begins in the magnificent ballroom of the Devonshire-House in London Piccadilly. Alcina is a great musical experience geared to the Baroque curiosity. The highly-acclaimed conductor Marc Minkowski and his "Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble" revive Handel’s music in an outstanding way. Anja Harteros: Alcina Vesselina Kasarova: Ruggiero Veronica Cangemi: Morgana...
The debut of young soprano Cristina Pasaroiu at Vienna State Opera House as Micaela in Bizet's Carmen. 09/06/2016
Live-recording from the Staatsoper "Unter den Linden" in Berlin starring Rolando Villazón, Marina Domashenko and Daniel Barenboim Go to part 2: https://youtu.be/1v6mevffnlE Watch the complete opera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTNO6LhfpVE&list;=PLBjoEdEVMABI95BL34ant5HtC4AUmA7pG Bizet’s Carmen is reputed to be the most famous opera in the world. Maestro Daniel Barenboim presents his musical view on this classic opera. Marina Domashenko's rich mezzo soprano voice makes her ideal for the title role in Carmen. After the premiere the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote about Rolando Villazon: “A perfect José, sung as he hasn’t been sung in a long time… This young Mexican tenor alone makes it worth seeing.” The new Carmen by stage Director Martin Kušej is one of the current significant o...
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PUCCINI, G.: Turandot (Vienna State Opera, 1983) (NTSC) Giacomo Puccini TURANDOT Turandot -- Eva Marton Altoum -- Waldemar Kmentt Timur -- John-Paul Bogart Prince Calaf -- José Carreras Liu -- Katia Ricciarelli Pang -- Helmut Wildhaber Pong -- Heinz Zednik Ping -- Robert Kerns Un mandarino -- Kurt Rydl Il principe de Persia -- Béla Perencz Vienna Boys' Choir Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra (chorus master: Helmuth Froschauer) Lorin Maazel, conductor Harold Prince, stage director Timothy O'Brien and Tazeena Firth, set and costume designer Ken Billington, lighting designer Francis Fatrelle, choreographer Recorded live from the Vienna State Opera, 1983. Click here for more info: http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=107319 BUY / DOWNLOAD / STREAM: NaxosDirect U...
"Swan Lake" ballet The composition of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Odette/Odile: Olga Esina Prinz Siegfried: Vladimir Shishov Rothbart: Eno Peci Vienna State Opera, Vienna, Austria
The debut of young soprano Cristina Pasaroiu at Vienna State Opera House as Micaela in Bizet's Carmen. 09/06/2016
Giuseppe Verdi Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Piero Cappuccilli, Hans Sotin, ... Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra Nello Santi.
Primorsky State Opera / Anton Lubchenko (conductor). Vladivostok, 7.11.2015
Sweet pear, sweet pear
Those who say they love you would never dare
I'll watch out for you
I'll always be there
In the hour of distress you need not fear
In all the world there's only one true love
And finding it's hard enough
I bless whatever's in the sky above
For bringing you to me
But there's a void without your kiss
I wake on the precipice above the abyss
And though the touch of your lips these fears dismiss
Make no mistake there is an ache I have to live with
Was my grip too lose, my grip too strong
That made you want to run away
And now you're back where I pretend you belong
I wonder every night and day
How long
I swear this is my prayer
till we're burned and scattered in the atmosphere
Or lost in the world across a crowded room