Grand romantic Opera in four acts by GIUSEPPE VERDI. Text by ANTONIO GHISLANZONI. Translated into German by S. SCHANZ. English version by KENNEY. This opera owes its great populari...
In one act by WEBER. Text by HIEMER. This little opera, composed by Weber in his early youth and first represented at Dresden under the composer's own direction, for a time fell in...
In two acts by IGNAZ BRULL. Text by MOSENTHAL. Brull, born at Prossnitz in Moravia, Nov. 7th, 1846, received his musical education in Vienna and is well known as a good pianist. He...
In three acts by FLOTOW. Text after the French by W. FRIEDRICH. Flotow, who composed this little opera when at Paris in the year 1844, that is long before his Martha, had the satis...
BALLO IN MASCHERA In five acts by AUBER. Text by SCRIBE. This opera has had a curious fate, its historical background having excited resistance and given rise to scruples. The murd...
In five acts by MEYERBEER. Text by E. SCRIBE, translated by GUMPERT. L'Africaine, one of the Maestro's last operas (1865), unites in itself all the strength and at the same time al...
(MERRY ANDREW.) In two acts and a Prologue. Music and Text by R. LEONCAVALLO. Translated into the German by LUDWIG HARTMANN. In the summer of the year 1892 a rumour was going throu...
In one Act by EUGENE D'ALBERT. Libretto by HANS VON WOLZOGEN. D'Albert's new attempt at an opera secured an even greater success than his "Departure", which is still constantly giv...
NACHTLAGER VON GRANADA. In two acts by CONRADIN KREUTZER. Text taken from Kind's drama of the same name by Freiherr K. VON BRONN. This little opera, which literally overflows with...
DER KONIG WIDER WILLEN In three acts by EMANUEL CHABRIER. Text after a comedy written by ANCELOT, from EMILE DE NAJAC and PAUL BURANI. The composer has recently become known in Ger...
In five acts by GLUCK. Text by PHIL. QUINAULT. The poet Quinault wrote the libretto of this opera for another composer, Lully, but almost one hundred years later, Gluck, recognizin...
In three acts by FELIX DRAESEKE. The first representation of Herrat took place in Dresden on the 10th of March 1892. Its author is long known as one of the first living composers,...
In three acts by ADOLPHE ADAM. Text by LEUVEN and BRUNSWICK. This charming little opera is well worthy of being named among the best of its kind, both on account of its delightful...
A lyric Comedy in three acts by GIUSEPPE VERDI. Text by ARRIGO BOITO. Nobody who hears this opera would believe, that it has been written by a man in his eightieth year. So much fr...
In four acts by GEORGE BIZET. This opera is essentially Spanish. The music throughout has a southern character and is passionate and original to a high degree. Carmen, the heroine...
In one act by HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL. Music by RICHARD STRAUSS. The first production of Strauss' Elektra took place in Dresden January 25th, 1909. It met with immense applause from...
In three acts by AUBER. Text by SCRIBE. This nice little opera, though not equal in beauty and perfection to the "Muette de Portici" by the same author, is notwithstanding, a happy...
In four acts by ALEXANDER WOLFF. Musical accompaniment by CHARLES MARIA VON WEBER. Though Preciosa is not an opera, we may feel justified in admitting it into our collection, as th...
In four acts by GIUSEPPE VERDI. Text by ARRIGO BOITO, translated into the German by MAX KALBECK. In his seventy-third year the Maestro has given to his time an opera, which surpass...
In one act by A. RITTER. DER FAULE HANS Text after a poetic tale by FELIX DAHN. The composer of this hitherto unknown opera is no young man. He is over sixty, and his well deserved...
(DER BAeRENHAeUTER). In three acts by SIEGFRIED WAGNER. In the beginning of the year 1899 a great sensation thrilled through the musical world; Siegfried Wagner had written his fir...
In three Acts by FERDINAND LEMAIRE. With Music by CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS. German translation by RICHARD POHL. The first performance of this opera in Dresden on November 13th 1900 prov...
In four parts. Taken from VICTOR HUGO'S Drama of the same name. Text by F. MARIA PIAVE. Music by GIUSEPPE VERDI. Verdi wrote this opera in 1844 when in his thirtieth year. One cann...
In three acts by J. PADEREWSKI. Text by ALFRED NOSSIG. Dresden claims the honour of having first represented the celebrated Polish pianist's opera. The performance took place on Ma...
In three acts by WILHELM KIENZL. Text after the Indian legend of KALIDASA. This opera is so brilliantly supplemented by decorations and poetic enchantment of every kind, that it wo...
HOCHZEITSMORGEN In one act by KARL VON KASKEL. Text by FRANZ KOPPEL-ELLFELD. This opera, which was represented for the first time at the Royal Opera in Dresden on April 29th, 1893,...
In three acts by DONIZETTI. Text done after SER MARCANTONIO by SALVATORE GAMMERANO. This opera, one of Donizetti's last compositions is a little jewel of the modern Italian kinds....
FAUST In five acts by CHARLES GOUNOD. The subject of this piece is taken from the first part of Goethe's greatest drama--"Faust". Faust, a celebrated old Doctor, is consumed by an...
In four acts by ROBERT SCHUMANN. Text after HEBBEL and TIECK. The music of this opera is surpassingly delightful. Though Schumann's genius was not that of a dramatist of a very hig...
In three acts by HEROLD. Text by MELLESVILLE. This opera has met with great success both in France and elsewhere; it is a favorite of the public, though not free from imitating oth...