Opera for People Who Hate Opera

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1Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila
orchestra:
Utah Symphony
recording of:
Руслан и Людмила: Увертюра (Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture)
composer:
Mikhail Glinka (Russian composer) (from 1837 until 1842)
part of:
Руслан и Людмила (Ruslan and Lyudmila)
Mikhail Glinka5:29
2Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus
choir vocals:
Bavarian Festival Chorus, Belgrade National Opera Chorus (Choir of the Belgrad National Opera) and Chor des Slowenischen Rundfunks (RTV Slovenia Chamber Choir)
orchestra:
Bavarian Festival Orchestra and Symphonieorchester des Slowenischen Rundfunks (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Marko Munih (conductor)
recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III, Szene I. „Treulich geführt ziehet dahin“ (Chor) (Lohengrin: Act III, Scene I. Bridal Chorus (Choir))
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III
Richard Wagner8:09
3William Tell Overture
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture (William Tell: Overture)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Hippolyte Louis-Florent Bis (librettist) and Étienne de Jouy
part of:
Guglielmo Tell (italian version by Calisto Bassi)
part of:
Guillaume Tell
Gioachino Rossini12:09
4Pirates of Penzance: "Pour, o pour the pirate sherry"
choir vocals:
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus
recording of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 1. “Pour, oh pour, the pirate sherry” (Samuel, Pirates)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (Sir William Gilbert, English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan1:59
5Pirates of Penzance: "Oh, better far to live and die"
choir vocals:
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus
recording of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 3. “Oh, better far to live and die” … “I am a pirate king!” (Pirate King, Pirates)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (Sir William Gilbert, English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan2:56
6Pirates of Penzance: "I am the very model of a modern Major-General"
choir vocals:
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus
recording of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 13. “I am the very model of a modern Major-General” (Major-General, Chorus)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (Sir William Gilbert, English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I
Gilbert & Sullivan4:31
7Pirates of Penzance: "When the foeman bares his steel"
choir vocals:
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus
recording of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act II, no. 17. “When the foeman bares his steel” (Mabel, Edith, Sergeant, Policemen, Girls)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (Sir William Gilbert, English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act II
Gilbert & Sullivan4:44
8Pirates of Penzance: "With cat-like tread"
choir vocals:
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus
recording of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act II, no. 26. “With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal” (Samuel, Pirates, Policemen)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (Sir William Gilbert, English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act II
Gilbert & Sullivan2:41
9Porgy and Bess: Summertime
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano)
recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I
George Gershwin2:28
10Overture to The Bartered Bride
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Prodaná nevěsta: Overture (The Bartered Bride: Overture)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer)
part of:
Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride)
Bedřich Smetana6:24
11The Barber of Seville: "Contro un cor"
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Rita Noël (American operatic mezzo-soprano and trained violist)
recording of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto II, No. 11. Aria “Contro un cor” (Rosina, Conte)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Cesare Sterbini
part of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto II
Gioachino Rossini7:51
12Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
Orphée aux enfers : Ouverture (Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture)
additional composer:
Carl Binder (in 1860)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld, opéra féerie in four acts, 1874)
part of:
Orphée aux Enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld, opéra bouffe in two acts, 1858)
part of:
Orpheus in der Unterwelt (opéra-féerie in 4 Akten, 1871)
part of:
Orpheus in the Underworld
Jacques Offenbach10:13

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