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by Miguel de Cervantes. Premiere. 27 November 1843. ( 1843-11-27) Drury Lane Theatre, London. The Bohemian Girl is an Irish Romantic opera composed by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn. The plot is loosely based on a Miguel de Cervantes ' tale, La gitanilla . The best-known aria from the piece is "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble ...
Lascia ch'io pianga. " Lascia ch'io pianga " ( Italian: [ˈlaʃʃa ˈkiːo ˈpjaŋɡa]; English: "Let Me Weep" ), originally " Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa " ( Italian: [ˈlaʃʃa la ˈspiːna ˈkɔʎʎi la ˈrɔːza]; English: "Leave the Thorn, Take the Rose" ), is an Italian-language soprano aria by composer George Frideric Handel that has ...
Cover of the Edition Peters sheet music of "Lux aeterna" by György Ligeti. This is a list of online digital musical document libraries.Each source listed below offers access to collections of digitized music documents (typically originating from printed or manuscript musical sources).
Premiere. 30 April 1902. ( 1902-04-30) Salle Favart, Paris. Pelléas et Mélisande ( Pelléas and Mélisande) is an opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy. The French libretto was adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck 's symbolist play of the same name. It premiered at the Salle Favart in Paris by the Opéra-Comique on 30 April 1902; Jean ...
Sheet music version. Wrought iron railing with the music of the song "Home Sweet Home" in Fredericksburg, Virginia. " Home! Sweet Home! " is a song adapted from American actor and dramatist John Howard Payne 's 1823 opera Clari, or the Maid of Milan. The song's melody was composed by Englishman Sir Henry Bishop with lyrics by Payne.
Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi ( HWV 19) is an opera seria in three acts composed for the first Royal Academy of Music by George Frideric Handel. [1] The libretto is by Nicola Francesco Haym, based on an earlier libretto by Antonio Salvi. Rodelinda has long been regarded as one of Handel's greatest works. [2]
Death in Venice, Op. 88, is an opera in two acts by Benjamin Britten, his last. The opera is based on the novella Death in Venice by Thomas Mann. Myfanwy Piper wrote the English libretto. [ 1] It was first performed at Snape Maltings, near Aldeburgh, England, on 16 June 1973. The often acerbic and severe score is marked by some haunting ...
Treemonisha (1911) is an opera by American ragtime composer Scott Joplin. It is sometimes referred to as a "ragtime opera", though Joplin did not refer to it as such and it encompasses a wide range of musical styles. [ 1] The music of Treemonisha includes an overture and prelude, along with various recitatives, choruses, small ensemble pieces ...