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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: Soloists, mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1565814
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 765206
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 120601
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 167763
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318181
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260605
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284556
for: Voice (alto/mezzo-soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 608739
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 169684
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198782
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 214566
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 137420
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 292774
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 803258
from Carmen
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722341
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388721
Lyric book
Item no.: 318300
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 207093
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 636014
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388544
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 774072
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 211727
An Operatic Fantasy in Five Acts
New critical edition, based on original
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 103730
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 816947
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 638797
for: Voice
Music lesson book
Item no.: 244671
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260768
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260606
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1018352
Lyric book
Item no.: 318312
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318186
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 777981
Repertoire Collection
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score (anthology), Audio-CD
Item no.: 665775
Lyric book
Item no.: 306840
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 281948
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388445
An Opera in three Acts and a Prologue
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 749
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 365371
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Book
Item no.: 216969
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 622105
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 274955
Ouvertüre "Die Zauberflöte"
for: Brass ensemble (5 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 145260
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778583
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Score
Item no.: 584889
Oper in drei Akten
Kritische Neuausgabe nach den Quellen mit den nachkomponierten Rezitativen von Ernest Guiraud
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 103708
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151601
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 758506
Preludes to Acts 1 and 3
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749220
Variations on "House of the Rising Sun"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724642