1. Operas:karadar Librettos
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2. Alain, Jehan Ariste
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Alain, Jehan Ariste Life Jehan Ariste Alain was born into a family of organists on February 3rd, 1911 in St-Germain-en-Laye, a suburb in west Paris. His father Albert, was a composer, ...

3. Gluck, Willibald
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Gluck, Willibald (1714-1787) Image Life He was born at Erasbach (2 July 1714), and died in Vienna (15 Nov. 1787). His father was a forester in the Upper Palatinate (now the western ...

4. Haydn, Franz Joseph
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732 - 1809) Image Life The Austrian composer "Papa" Haydn was universally loved and an important figure in the development of the classical symphony and string ...

5. Ingegneri, Marc'Antonio
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... sacred music catered admirably for the musical demands of the post-Tridentine church. He wrote sacred ("Libres missarum") and secular ("Libri de' Madrigali") mu  ...

6. Liadov, Anatol Konstantinovich
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... von Messina (The Bride from Messina) for his Conservatory graduation. Of some 26  ...

7. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809 - 1847) Image Life Felix Mendelssohn was born into a wealthy cultured family. His father was a prominent Jewish banker who added Bartholdy to the ...

8. Mozart, Leopold
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Mozart, Leopold (1719-1787) Image Life Leopold Mozart was born in Augsburg, on 14 Novembre 1719. After his father's death he was directed towards a clerical career by his teachers ...

9. Piccinni, Niccolò
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Piccinni, Niccolò (1728-1800) Image Life Niccollò Piccinni was a well-known opera composer from Italia, and was the part of that famous war called the Gluck - Piccinni Fued. Piccinni ...

10. Rabaud, Henri
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

...  Works Rabaud's opera "Mâruf, savetier du Caire" (Mâruf, Cobbler of Cairo) combines the Wagnerian and the exotic. He wrote other operas, including "L’Appel de la Mer" based on Synge’s "Riders to the ...

11. Schumann, Robert
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Schumann, Robert (1810 - 1856) Image Life The son of a bookseller, publisher and writer, Robert Schumann showed early abilities in both music and literature, the second facility used ...

12. Smetana, Bedrik
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... operas is The Bartered Bride, the overture of which makes a brilliant opening to any orchestral concert programme. His other operas have enjoyed less international success. The best known of Smetana's ...

13. Waxman, Franz
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... Bride of Frankenstein", "Captain Courageous" and "Peyton Place". He also composed music for Daphne du Maurier's novel "Rebecca".  ...

14. Traetta, Tommaso
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Traetta, Tommaso (1727 - 1779) Image Life Traetta was trained between 1738 and 1748 at the Conservatory of St. Maria di Loreto in Naples, where his teachers were Porpora and Durante. ...

15. Aida (libretto)
(Type: Libretto | Section: Librettos)

Autor Giuseppe Verdi Title Aida Opera (24.12.1871 Opera House, Cairo) Opera in 4 acts, Antonio Ghislanzoni, from a scenario by Auguste Mariette. ... ... Libretto's "Aida" Opera in ...

16. Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio LIBRETTO - PDF
(Type: Libretto | Section: Librettos)

... in ciel vesti. Guidati propizio genio a noi; in questo suolo il gaudio spargere ancor tu puoi; scorran di guerra i turbini per l'itale città, al fortunato talamo la pace arriderà. RICCARDO Son fra voi! ...

17. Nabucodonosor LIBRETTO - PDF
(Type: Libretto | Section: Librettos)

Autor Giuseppe Verdi Title Nabucodonosor Opera (9.3.1842 Teatro alla Scala, Milan) Opera in 4 parts, Temistocle Solera, after the play Nabucodonosor by Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue. ...

18. Giovanna d'Arco LIBRETTO - PDF
(Type: Libretto | Section: Librettos)

Autor Giuseppe Verdi Title Giovanna d`Arco Opera (15.2.1845 Teatro alla Scala, Milan) Opera in a prologue and 3 acts, Temistocle Solera, after Schiller's drama Die Jungfrau von Orleans.  ...

19. Attila LIBRETTO - PDF
(Type: Libretto | Section: Librettos)

Autor Giuseppe Verdi Title Attila Opera (17.3.1846 Teatro la Fenice, Venice) Opera in a prologue and 3 acts, Temistocle Solera (and Francesco Maria Piave), after the play Attila, König der ...

20. Macbeth LIBRETTO - PDF
(Type: Libretto | Section: Librettos)

Autor Giuseppe Verdi Title Macbeth Opera (14.3.1847 Teatro della Pergola, Florence) Opera in 4 acts, Francesco Maria Piave, after Shakespeare's play. ... ... Libretto's      Macbeth ...