While opera remains the most acquired of the classical music tastes, opera overtures are pretty easy to digest. Some opera overtures are known to many who don’t consider themselves to be classical ...

(La) Clemenza di Tito, Movements: Overture Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Christian Baldini, Conductor Elizabeth Watts, Soprano Scottish Chamber Orchestra (La) Clemenza di Tito, Movements: S'altro ...

Tnot quite tall enough to see over the seat in front of you. Especially when they sing the darn thing in some language you`ve never even heard of, let alone just plain heard before. Such were the ...

The Opera Guide – just updated in a new digital edition – features the world’s 100 most performed composers. With almost 20% of that number still writing today, its editor picks ten living composers ...

Richard Wagner was the consummate man of the theater and one of the greatest opera composers in history. As an intellectual, he was a fascinating paradox of pragmatism and idealism — had it not been ...

It would be a mistake to dismiss this as yet another “best bits” compilation album, pairing arias from Mozart operas with their overtures. The glorious voice of Elizabeth Watts – now established as ...

(Il) Guarany, Movements: Overture Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra Fabio Mechetti, Conductor Maria Tudor, Movements: Preludio Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra Fabio Mechetti, Conductor Condor, ...

After endorsing marriage equality, Ireland surprised Germany for the second time last week by showing it can also do opera. The Wexford Festival Opera was given an enthusiastic reception in Berlin on ...

Fans of Mozart’s orchestral music are sure to love this new recording of the composer’s opera overtures, from the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra and their conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini. All the ...

Madison Opera will debut its first-ever production of Maria de Buenos Aires this Friday at the Overture Center for the Arts. Maria de Buenos Aires was first produced at the theater Sala La Planeta in ...

Opera Overtures, recorded by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra earlier this year as part of the Feel the Magic project, were released on YouTube this week. The 60-piece MPO, with leader Marcelline ...