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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.
Dresdner und Pariser Fassung in Szenenfolge
Oper in 3 Akten WWV 20
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382592
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796117
Arie des Xerxes aus der Oper "Xerxes"
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 1248
Eine deutsche Oper in zwei Aufzügen
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196723
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 349931
Music Drama in One Act op. 54after Oscar Wilde's Poem of the Same Name
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 214248
Rezitativ und Arie (Zerlina) aus der Oper "Don Giovanni"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 2128
Arie "Ombra mai fu" aus der Oper "Xerxes"
bearbeitet für Violoncello / Fagott und Klavier (Orgel)
for: Cello [bassoon], piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 2352
aus der Oper "Hänsel und Gretel"
for: 2 horns (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1608
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 149253
Reprinted in the authoritative C. F. Peters edition published in Leipzig, ca. 1910
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 150285
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 143368
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389149
Ninna-Nanna
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3291
Duett (Pamina, Papageno) aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte"
for: 2 voices (sbar), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1544
oder Der durch Verschlagenheit erlangte Thron oder Die mit der Neigung glücklich Verknüpfte Ehre
BEMF Opera Series Vol. II
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 457364
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 371175
Ouverture
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280821
from Louise
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 317063
Reprint of the Marquerie Frères, Paris, 1838 edition
Dover Vocal Scores
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 314015
A Comic Opera in three acts
Kalmus Classic Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 603586
Oper in 3 Akten
Libretto vom Komponisten nach "The Devils of Loudun" von Aldous Huxley
in der Dramatisierung von John Whiting
unter Benutzung der deutschen Übertragung des Dramas von Erich Fried
for: Voices, narrator, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 352432
A Centennial Anthology 2
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 223380
Oper in 3 Akten op. 7
for: Soloists, mixed choir, children's choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 112895
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 275336
Der Raub der Lukrezia - Oper in 2 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 619362
Oper in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351745
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 404234
Märchenoper in drei Bildern – Neuausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 353999
from Gianni Schicchi
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722350
An Opera Buffa in two acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 771423
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 765202
Ed. Critica H. Colin Slim - Riduzione Per Canto E Pianoforte. Introduzione Italiano, Inglese
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 338645
Dessus, Volume 1
für Sopran und Klavier
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 664720
Second part of The Ring of the Nibelung
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318137
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 262388
Ricordi Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389027
mit kritischem Kommentar
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 170640
easy arragements for children's ensemble
for: Flexible ensemble (2 melodic instruments (C/B-flat), cello [double bass/bassoon], piano; percussion ad lib.)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 192416
Vortragsstücke aus der bekannten Oper kinderleicht bearbeitet für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 199754
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 203049
Oper in 3 Akten
Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 166090
Ein Stück Musik nach John Gay's "Beggars Opera"
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124485
Oper in einem Akt op. 11
for: 2 soloists (SBar), narrator, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 113087
Lyric Coloratura to Lyric Soprano
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 764977
ossia La Bontà in Trionfo
Dramma giocoso
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 374733
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 765205
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1018364