The overture from The Bartered Bride is a thrilling romp which sets the mood for the comedy (and, arguably, the entire tradition of Czech classical music) to follow.
Read MoreThe compelling drama of Leonore Overture No. 3 has earned it a life of its own in the concert hall.
Read MoreThe “Dance of the Hours” was intended to depict neither dancing hippos nor desperate letters from summer camp.
Read MoreThe comic plots and infectious melodies of operetta were a natural fit for Johann Strauss, Jr., whose polkas and waltzes had been delighting Viennese audiences for years.
Read MoreFew scenes in opera present the conflict between love and duty quite so touchingly as the finale of Die Walküre.
Read MoreWanting to protest the Nazi ideology he saw infecting his native land, Hindemith conceived an opera based on the German Peasants’ War.
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