While opera remains the most acquired of the classical music tastes, opera overtures are pretty easy to digest. Some opera overtures are known to many who don’t consider themselves to be classical ...

(Le) Domino noir, '(The) Black domino', Movements: Overture Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Neeme Järvi, Conductor (La) Muette de Portici (Masaniello), Movements: Overture Estonian National ...

After endorsing marriage equality, Ireland surprised Germany for the second time last week by showing it can also do opera. The Wexford Festival Opera was given an enthusiastic reception in Berlin on ...

This sparkling recording features the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Christian Baldini conducting a personal selection of arias from six of Mozart's well-loved operas, alongside their respective ...

Opera Overtures, recorded by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra earlier this year as part of the Feel the Magic project, were released on YouTube this week. The 60-piece MPO, with leader Marcelline ...

Opera Overtures, recorded by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra earlier this year as part of the Feel the Magic project, were released on YouTube this week. The 60-piece MPO, with leader Marcelline ...

Richard Wagner was the consummate man of the theater and one of the greatest opera composers in history. As an intellectual, he was a fascinating paradox of pragmatism and idealism — had it not been ...

Rossini's best overtures all on one disc! If you don't know these tunes by name, you'll know them from countless soundtracks and TV commercials, as they seem to capture the vivacity and colour of ...