Opera

I thought of myself, of the drama of growing up, of the folly of this life with it's uncertain issue, of all the tragedies that harshly befall US and now and again-often only fleetingly-involve US in their confusion of scene. And I wrote Der ferne Klang...

Historical 1962 London, England performance conducted by Otto Klemperer. Cantus Classics.

Historic 1962 performance. Conducted by Heinrich Bender. Cantus Classics.

Historic 1958 performance. Conducted by Otto Klemperer. Cantus Classics.

Haydn: Stabat Mater Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn / Bonney / Von Magnus / Performer: Herbert Lippert / Miles / Arnold Schoenberg Chor / Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Date of Recording: 07/1994, Venue: Pfarrkirche, Stainz1. Stabat Mater for Soloists,...

Having sung more than 40 roles, Ramon Vargas is recognized as one of the leading lyrical tenors of the present. His interpretations of Mozart, Bellini and Donizetti are celebrated throughout the world, and he's been praised as having the technical...

Grammy½ Award winner Joyce DiDonato joins conductor Alan Curtis and Il Complesso Barocco for Drama Queens, an electrifying program of royal arias the 17th and 18th centuries, composed by figures as famous as Handel and Vivaldi and as little known as...

Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore, a staple of the operatic repertoire and long a popular success with operagoers and lovers of Italian opera, received the casting it rightfully deserves in this 1961 live performance from Berlin, 1961. The all-Italian,...

Giacomo Meyerbeer, the master of Parisian grand op?ra, was hugely successful in his time and a major influence on Verdi and Wagner. His music has fascinated Diana Damrau since her student days. With her brilliant coloratura, lyricism and dramatic power,...

George Macfarren was considered by many of his contemporaries as the greatest British dramatic opera composer since Purcell. Described by Edward J Dent as 'very full of good fun and on the way to Sullivan', Robin Hood is Macfarren' masterpiece.1...

Georg Friedrich H?ndel's work, Messiah Famous Choures are performed by the Scholars Baroque Ensemble.1. Sinfony 2. Chorus. And the Glory of the Lord 3. Chorus. And He Shall Purify 4. Aria. O Thou That Tellest 5. Chorus. for Unto Us a Child Is Born 6...

Frid's best known work is his chamber opera the Diary of Anne Frank for solo soprano and an instrumental group of nine. In stark, sinister and elegiac colors he expresses the fear, hope, anger and resignation which make Anne Frank's diary a universal...