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Online opera guide and synopsis to Giuseppe Verdi’s DON CARLO

Don Carlos is an opera for great voices. Each of the six main characters receives a convincing dramatic foundation and development, and each singer has great musical highlights. Schiller wrote a brilliant literary model with his novel “Don Karlos” . It is a play about freedom and human dignity of the age of enlightement, which ignited the spark of inspiration in Verdi. No other work by Verdi has such a far-reaching plot and the power of five acts.

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Online opera guide & synopsis to Wagner’s DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG

The Meistersinger are perhaps Wagner’s greatest stroke of genius. The musical themes are dazzling, the orchestration and compositional technique is masterful, the plot is originally designed, and with Hans Sachs, Wagner has created a unique role-portrait.

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Online opera guide and synopsis to Nicolai’s THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

Nicolai’s comedy combines elements of Italian opera buffa and early German Romanticism. The overture, the drinking song, beautiful ensembles and the moon choir still inspire today and make it the main work of the German Singspiel of the Biedermeier period.

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Guillaume Tell, Guglielmo, Gioacchino Rossini, Handlung, Synopsis

Online opera guide and synopsis to Rossini’s GUILLAUME TELL

Rossini’s Tell is a great work, yet it is not often performed, the scenic effort and casting difficulties are too great. Nevertheless, it is one of the most influential operas that has co-founded the modern tenor and the Grand Opéra.

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Guillaume Tell, Guglielmo, Gioacchino Rossini, Handlung, Synopsis

The portrait of Gioacchino Rossini’s aria ASILE HEREDITAIRE (O MUTO ASIL DEL PIANTO)

Read Interesting facts and hear great YouTube Videos about Rossini’s famous Aria “ASILE HEREDITAIRE (O MUTO ASIL DEL PIANTO)“.

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Wozzeck, Alban Berg, Handlung, Synopsis

Online opera guide & synopsis to Berg’s WOZZECK

Wozzeck is the most important opera of atonal music of the 21st century and the first full-length work of this style. Berg shows himself to be a great dramatist who continues to captivate audiences with this work to this day.

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L'incoronazione die Poppea, Claudio Monteverdi, Handlung, Synopsis

Online opera guide and synopsis of Monteverdi’s L’INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA

“l’incoronazione di Poppea” inspires with a gripping plot with people made of flesh and blood. It is THE masterpiece of the early baroque period and Monteverdi presents himself as a mature master and innovative creator, who significantly influenced the history of opera with this “dramma per musica”. Even today not only the final duet still moves the hearts of the listeners.

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Online opera guide & synopsis to Gluck’s ORFEO ED EURIDICE

Orfeo is the oldest opera that has been in the repertoire without interruption and is one of the most influential works in the history of opera. And with “che faro senza Euridice” he has succeeded in creating the first mega-hit in operatic history.

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Online opera guide and synopsis to Händel’s RINALDO

Rinaldo is Handel’s opera with the most hits and a firework of beautiful arias and stage effects. It is unbelievable that this opera was a Sleeping Beauty sleep for 200 years.

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Online opera guide and synopsis to Saint-Saens’ SAMSON ET DALILA

Samson et Dalila is one of the 5 greatest works of French opera literature. Three immortal arias for mezzo-soprano, the overwhelming Bacchanale, an attractive tenor role and the great choirs leave lasting impressions. The second act shows the greatest emotions and passions.

 

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