Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. G F Handel (1685-1759) was a German-born British composer and organist who spent his life working in London. He is credited with popularising opera in Britain, both importing Italian works, and composing his own. Giulio Cesare was composed in 1723-4 and first performed at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, London in February 1724. It remains today one of the most popular of Handel's Italian language operas, enjoyed for its many gorgeous melodies, inspired orchestration and exciting plot. Musicians, scholars and music lovers will welcome this handsome reprint of the full score of Giulio Cesare, reproduced complete andunabridged from the definitive Deutsche Handelgesellschaft edition./ Répertoire / Opéra Full Score

Full Score. Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Eugene Onegin, the most popular of Tchaikovsky's operas, is widely considered a theatrical masterpiece. Adapted from a novel in verse form by Aleksandr Pushkin, it is the tale of a jaded Russian aristocrat who scorns the love of Tatyana, an attractive young girl of the provincial petty nobility. After years of aimless wandering, Onegin returns to St. Petersburg to find Tatyana much changed and married to a prince. Onegin falls in love, but this time she rejects him in favour of marital fidelity. Full lyrics in Russian./ Répertoire / Opéra Full Score

in Full score. Par WAGNER RICHARD. Richard Wagner put his supreme effort, as well as his earnings, into constructing the perfect festival theater in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth where his masterpiece, the four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, could be performed in a manner which would conform to his vision of how the drama should unfold. Wagner's own perception was that the unique and revolutionary character of his monumental tetralogy necessitated a special theater — one where the difficulties of staging an expansive drama could be surmounted, where changes of scene could be effected without halting the performance for vast lengths of time. Der Ring des Nibelungen, which is based on a medieval German epic, the Nibelungenlied, and Norse mythology, enlarged the expressive powers of German Romantic opera; today it also gives testimony to Wagner's willingness to venture into new areas for inspirational material. The third opera of the cycle, Siegfried, reproduced here in full score, presents the story of a youthful Germanic hero of legendary proportions, a young man without experience of fear, who slays the reptilian hoarder of ill-gotten, powerful golden treasures and rescues a banished goddess from fiery captivity. Performed during the heyday of Bismarck's Realpolitik, following decades of revolutionary and anarchic fervor, Siegfried is reputed to have social and political implications. In The Perfect Wagnerite, George Bernard Shaw discusses the opera in allegorical terms, and describes the heroic Siegfried as 'a born anarchist, the ideal of Bakoonin, an anticipation of the 'overman' of Nietzsche. ' Whether or not the political import of Richard Wagner's alleged revolutionary thought is of concern to the music lover of modern times, the influence and power of the operas of Der Ring des Nibelungen are indisputable. The crowning achievement of German music of the Romantic era, the Ring forged a new synthesis of music and drama on the largest scale, drawing on rich literary and philosophical resources to expand the dramatic possibilities of the opera as a musical form. Reproduced from the first edition (1876), which received Wagner's final approval, this full-size full score brings Siegfried, an important opera in the Ring and one of the most performed, recorded, studied, and admired operas of the Romantic era, to Wagner enthusiasts, opera lovers, and musicians at a moderate, affordable price. Reproduced from first 1876 edition. The third Ring opera, 'Siegfried' is here carefully reproduced from the authoritative edition of 1876 which Wagner himself approved. / Opéra-opérette / Répertoire / Opéra Full Score

Par VERDI GIUSEPPE. Verdi's penultimate opera and tragic masterpiece, Otello. With an inspired libretto by Arrigo Boito, this adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello is a true masterpiece! Technically and aesthetically, in the mastery of orchestration, harmony and vocal writing, this work represents a profound leap forward from earlier Verdi triumphs, an example of his brilliant compositional powers. Definitive Ricordi edition. / Opéra-opérette / Répertoire / Opéra Full Score

in Full Score . Par WAGNER RICHARD. Peters full score edition of Wagner's magnificent opera. Introduction in English with original full score in German. Peters full score edition of Wagner's magnificent opera. Introduction in English with original full score in German. / Opéra-opérette / Répertoire / Opéra Full Score

in Full Score. Par WAGNER RICHARD. Includes ballet music for Act 1 written for Ponis production. Authoritative edition. / Opéra-opérette / Répertoire / Opéra Full Score

in Full Score. Par WAGNER RICHARD. The first, and briefest of The Ring operas, 'Das Rheingold' is very difficult to find in full orchestral and vocal score. Reprinted meticulously from the authoritative edition. The first, and briefest of The Ring operas, 'Das Rheingold' is very difficult to find in full orchestral and vocal score. Reprinted meticulously from the authoritative edition. / Opéra-opérette / Répertoire / Opéra Full Score

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Full score edition of Beethoven's only opera. Peters edition. / Opéra-opérette / Répertoire / Opéra Full Score