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DON CARLO by Verdi – the opera guide and synopsis

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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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BORIS GODUNOV by Modest Mussorgsky – the opera guide and synopsis

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Online opera guide and synopsis to Mussorgsky’s BORIS GODUNOV

With Boris Godunov, Mussorgsky wrote a unique opera, a monolith of opera history. The most Russian of all operas inspires with great music and most fascinating scenes. Many of his musical ideas became decades later the inspiration for a new generation of artists.

 

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L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI by Gioacchino Rossini- opera guide and synopsis

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Online opera guide and synopsis to Gioacchino Rossini’s L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI

The music of the Italiana in Algeri is gorgeous and sparkles with wit and melody. The finale of the first act can be considered the invention of slapstick comedy par excellence and for the female lead role Rossini created the vocal type of the coloratura mezzo-soprano, to which he will create further monuments a few years later with Rosina from Barber and Angelina from Cenerentola.

 

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DON CARLO by Verdi – the opera guide and synopsis

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Online opera guide & 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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FAUST by Charles Gounod – the opera guide and synopsis

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Online opera guide and synopsis to Charles Gounod’s FAUST

Gounod’s Faust is one of the great operas. It is a masterpiece with many gripping scenes that have become famous. The role of Margeritue is one of the most beautiful and demanding roles in opera literature.
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DON PASQUALE by Gaetano Donizetti – opera guide and synopsis

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The online opera guide to DON PASQUALE

Don Pasquale belongs to the 3 great Buffo operas of the Belcanto period. Despite severe health problems Donizetti created a work with so many great musical ideas in this late work.

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DIE LUSTIGE WITWE by Franz Lehar – the opera guide & synopsis

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The online opera guide to the merry widow

“The Merry Widow” was Franz Lehàr’s fifth operetta and its success exceeded everything that had ever existed in the genre. During his lifetime, the piece was performed 300,000 times worldwide and is still one of the most popular operettas today. Read more

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TANNHÄUSER by Richard Wagner – the opera guide & synopsis

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The online opera guide to TANNHÄUSER

Tannhäuser is probably the most human hero among all the figures created by Wagner, who cannot escape the carnal lust (Venus), although he strives for spirituality (Elisabeth). Wagner himself has described that his “inclination to sensual impetuosity” is in conflict with the “seriousness of artistic feeling”.

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PAGLIACCI by Ruggero Leoncavallo – the opera guide & synopsis

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The online opera guide to PAGLIACCI

Pagliacci was a stroke of genius of youth. Leoncavallo was 33 years old when he composed this masterpiece. He owes his fame to a single work and throughout his life Leoncavallo searched for a second “Pagliacci”. He shared this fate with Pietro Mascagni, who two years earlier wrote the second great work of the verism “Cavalleria rusticana”.

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ELISIR D’AMORE by Gaetano Donizetti – the opera guide & synopsis

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The online opera guide and synopsis to Elisir d’amore

Donizetti wrote the opera in incredible 13 days. Together with his Don Pasquale and Rossini’s Barbiere di Siviglia, Elisir d’amore forms the luminous triumvirate of the best Italian buffo operas of the 19th century (Csampai/Holland).

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