NAXOS OPERA CLASSICS

Mayr / Caselli / Gaiser / Zwink Mayr: Amore Non Soffre Opposizioni CD1. Sinfonia 2. Scene 1: Introduzione: Presto Andante Ad Incontrarlo - Scene 2: Policarpo! 3. Scene 2: Volete Riposarvi? - Scene 3:...

During the 1813-14 carnival season in Naples, Simon Mayr wrote a much-admired opera semiseria called Elena. The post-revolutionary Napoleonic era saw great enthusiasm for the rescue opera genre and...

Mayr / Members Of The Bavarian State Opera Chorus Simon Mayr: Telemaco CD1. Sinfonia 2. Dal Seno Dell'onda 3. Scene 1: Compagni... Amici... Udite - Scene 2: Non V'? Calma Per Me 4. Disprezzata,...

Composed when Napoleon's armies were striding across Europe, Simon Mayr's highly charged opera I Cherusci is set in ancient Germania in the time of Christ's birth, it's narrative focusing on the...

As one of the leading operatic composers of his generation, Johann Simon Mayr nurtured a fascination with the chivalric stories of medieval England. Le due duchesse, an opera semiseria with buffa...

A contemporary of Rossini and Donizetti, Saverio Mercadante was one of Italy's most productive 19th century operatic composers. Don Chisciotte alle nozze di Gamaccio was written during the composer's...

Milhaud / Phillips / Kempson / Outlaw / Delphis Oresteia Of Aeschylus CD1. Agamemnon, Op. 14 2. Vociferation Funebre: On M'envoie Et Je Viens de la Maison 3. Libation: Allez, Mes Larmes, Goutte a...

Polish composer, conductor and teacher Stanislaw Moniuszko is widely known as 'the father of Polish national opera'. Halka tells the tragic story of it's title character, a peasant girl whose love...

Le Roi et le fermier made Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny famous in France and beyond. Set in an evocative and at times stormy Sherwood Forest it tells of a King's encounter with a humble farmer, blending...

Stefano Pavesi's work was swept away by the Rossini operatic avalanche and he is now almost forgotten, but while his vibrantly entertaining (though not without a touch of melancholy) melodrama...

Kevin Puts is one of America's most exciting and important composers. His first opera, Silent Night, with a libretto by Mark Campbell, was commissioned by Minnesota Opera. It premiered in 2011 and...

Rahbari / Piave / Verdi / Giuseppe Verdi: Traviata (La) CD