NAXOS OPERA CLASSICS

Rossini adapted his own Italian opera of 1820, Maometto, for the Parisian stage under the title of Le Siege de Corinthe. As Rossini's original work had already absorbed distinctive French...

Rossini's Eduardo e Cristina was a huge success in it's day, but as perhaps the last centone opera (one assembled from previously existing material) by a major composer, it became forgotten under the...

Johann Strauss II's operetta Waldmeister('Woodruff') was staged for the first time in December 1895. The plotline - a case of mistaken identity somewhat reminiscent of Die Fledermaus- is lively, but...

The opening salvo of Wagner's tetralogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), Das Rheingold establishes immediately the epic nature of Wagner's intentions in a epochal tale that owes...

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's prolific early career succeeded in launching a fundamental renewal of opera buffa, offering a clear alternative to the dominance of Wagner and Puccini, while his Venetian...