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Par GOUNOD CHARLES. L'interprétation de Charles Gounod est le plus connu et le plus joué de n'importe quel stade ou le traitement d'orchestre de la légende de Faust. Faust était un grand succès lors de sa première performance pleinement réalisé à la Scala de Milan en 1862. Le lyrisme de l'Opéra, grande variété de l'humeur et la couleur d'orchestre, et la délimitation subtile de caractère continuent d'enchanter génération après génération de spectateurs. Désormais, les passionnés d'opéra peuvent étudier et apprécier le chef-d'oeuvre totale dans ce volume attrayant, qui a été tiré à part de l'édition autorité. Malgré la fréquence de ses performances, le travail de Gounod est difficile de trouver dans la presse, cette rare édition de la partition constitue un trésor pour les conducteurs, les interprètes et les majors de musique. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Répertoire / Opéra

A pair of men take an oath of eternal friendship but their vow is threatened by their attraction to the same woman. The object of their rivalry faces her own dilemma, torn between worldly passion and her calling as a priestess. Their romantic triangle forms the heart of this 1863 opera, Les Pêcheurs De Perles (The Pearl Fishers) , in which the composer of Carmen, the world's most popular opera, made his first mark. Set in ancient Ceylon, this enchanting tale of friendship, love, and betrayal has been performed in Opera houses around the world. The famous Baritone/Tenor duet in the second act is among the most recorded of Opera highlights, and a copy of the full score is essential for conductors as well as for students of composition and orchestration. This large-format version of Bizet 's three-act Opera offers musicians an affordable alternative to high-priced, hard-to-find editions. / Conducteur Opéra

Safe within their cocoons, butterflies only become vulnerable when they emerge to enchant the world with their beauty. Madame Butterfly has been breaking hearts for over a century with its tragic tale of an innocent Japanese girl who abandons her faith and her family to marry an American naval lieutenant. Giacomo Puccini created a dozen operas, many of them rooted in his fascination with exotic lands and foreign cultures. Inspired by a London performance of a one-act play by American playwright David Belasco, the composer developed an emotionally charged musical score to accompany this tale of devotion, tradition and sacrifice.

5-act restauration with notations for an alternative 4-act version-Don Carlos which debuted in 1867 ranks among the composer's most complex and challenging works. Based on the verse play by Schiller about tragic love and intrigue at the court of Philip II of Spain the opera features a rich assortment of memorable characters and dramatic situations. Verdi revised the work twice incorporating his changing musical ideas into a thoroughly revised Italian translation of the five act work with optional cuts for a four-act version. This new edition is of the final version reprinted from the authoritative G.Ricordi edition.

Opera's greatest love story, set to music of incomparable beauty, Tristan und Isolde represents one of the nineteenth century's most revolutionary scores. Wagner's 1865 adaptation of a popular medieval legend changed the course of musical history and opened the door to twentieth-century innovations. Inspired by an illicit passion of his own, Wagner filled this tale of a doomed romance with a sense of desperate longing, conveyed by his blending of tonality, blurring of keys, and innovative use of repetitive leitmotifs. This reprint of Richard Kleinmichel's authoritative Breitkopf and Härtel edition is ideal for rehearsals and performances by students, amateurs, and professional vocalists, pianists, and conductors. Please note that the lyrics appear in the original German only. Reprint of the Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig, n.d. edition.

Description Messiah is the supreme example of the English Oratorio. A meditation on the life of Christ, the work is a brilliant amalgam of traditional Italian Opera, English anthem and German Passion. Reprinted from the authoritative edition, this full-score edition will be welcomed by all who want to study this masterpiece. Songlist Messiah

Description The tragic tale of brothers who are in love with the same mysterious woman, Debussy's only opera is a perfect marriage of music and verse. The culmination of an eight-year effort on the part of the composer, the five-act lyric drama premiered in 1902. This volume, reprinted from the E. Fromont 1904 edition, reproduces the full orchestral-vocal score in a clear, modern engraving.

Description Superbly produced full score edition of one of the most commonly produced works on the operatic stage today. Peters edition.

Description An unabridged republication of the work originally published by G. Schirmer, New York in 1900. Italian and English text provided.

Description With his fairy-tale fantasy Hansel And Gretel , Humperdinck combined the simplicity of German folksong with the sophistication of Wagnerian operatic technique to create a work that has been a favourite with young and old alike since its first performance in 1893. This vocal score features a piano reduction of the orchestral score, and an English translation of the libretto.

Ce volume exceptionnel comporte un choix riche des plus grandes ouverture d'opéras de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Idomeneo (K.366) . L'abduction de Seraglio (K.384) . Le mariage de Figaro (K.492) . Don Giovanni (K.527) . Così Fan Tutte (K.588) . La Flûte Enchantée (K.620) et La Clemence de Titus (K.621).