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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.
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 140010
Lyric book
Item no.: 171348
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 194141
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score
Item no.: 617318
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 463471
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392108
Lyric book
Item no.: 385863
Melodramma in quatro atti
2nd version (Paris 1865)
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389024
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389007
Commedia in due atti
Version in Italian and German
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 558176
for: Voice (medium), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 106574
Lyric book
Item no.: 214239
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 458568
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260576
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 564546
based on themes from Bizet's "Carmen"
for: Flute, clarinet (B-flat/A), piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 214813
from: The Marriage of Figaro
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 732359
from "The Nutcracker"
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 725002
from the opera "The Magic Flute"
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Music score
Item no.: 759162
from: Tosca
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759660
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1545
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 267926
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 241265
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 253490
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3074
Opera in three acts
Critical new edition with the recitatives later composed by Ernest Guiraud
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 103711
for: Violin [treble recorder/flute/oboe], cello [bassoon], organ
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2553
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 576860
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 282561
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100622
Die Spinnerin op. 59/2
for: 4 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 394629
(O cara armonia)
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 418265
aus der Oper „Didione abbandonata“
Hamburger Ratsmusik — Meisterwerke des Barock 7
for: Voice (soprano), viola da gamba, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 655224
nach Arien aus den Opern Die Pilger von Mekka und Alceste
für 2 Oboen, 2 Englischhörner, 2 Hörner und 2 Fagotte
for: 2 oboes, 2 cors anglais [clarinets], 2 cors, 2 bassoons (octet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 636331
Märchen-Oper in drei Aufzügen
Reprint
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 696663
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 776961
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 262328
for: Opera
Score
Item no.: 263279
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 225236
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 264275
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
3 Piano reductions
Item no.: 625643
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 214244
of the most celebrated lessons from Handel’s “Rinaldo” and other operas by Bononcini, Gasparini, Haym, Handel
for: Harpsichord
Music score
Item no.: 364821
Opera in three acts HWV 34
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (HHA) II/33
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 618297
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 107018
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Buch + CD
Item no.: 495113
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 292074
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 586182