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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.
Ein musikalischer Werkführer
Teil der Reihe: C.H.Beck Wissen
Book
Item no.: 623369
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 389453
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260583
for: 1–2 accordions
Music score
Item no.: 127157
Favola in musica in one prologue and five acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 489943
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 290891
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 277504
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 178114
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 211820
Dramma per musica in three acts
Urtext from Francesco Cavalli - Opere
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 619019
for: 3 bassethorns [2 clarinets (B-flat), bassoon/ 3 clarinets (B-flat)]
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 167882
for: 3 bassethorns [2 clarinets (B-flat), bassoon/ 3 clarinets (B-flat)]
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 286982
for: Piano
Item no.: 610160
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 635973
of the most celebrated lessons from Handel’s “Rinaldo” and other operas by Bononcini, Gasparini, Haym, Handel
for: Harpsichord
Music score
Item no.: 364819
for: 2 voices, piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 659998
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Score
Item no.: 625462
for: Voice (bass), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1482
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360847
German opera in two acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 694052
for: Voice (soprano/mezzo-soprano), piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664961
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 197034
for: Piano
Item no.: 613311
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 150286
Book
Item no.: 124175
Lyric book
Item no.: 157350
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389029
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 130757
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 173707
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 227425
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389017
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 392097
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 273123
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 288867
Overture
Seifert's Akkordeon-Musik
for: Accordion
Single edition
Item no.: 102508
aus der Oper "Mitridate, Re di Ponto"
for: Voice (soprano), horn, piano
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 467641
Nr. 8 Romanze Paulinens und russisches Lied
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732372
Orfeo ed Euridice
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730543
Don Giovanni
for: Voice (bass/baritone), piano
Music score
Item no.: 757412
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 758510
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671742
Lyric book
Item no.: 385852
Overture to the Opera
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749222
for: 2 voices (SS), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1620
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2041
for: Violin, cello
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1879
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 183029