Search results for: “Alte Oper Frankfurt”

  • Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain – Frankfurt Radio Symphony

    Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain – Frankfurt Radio Symphony

    Mussorgsky’s “A Night on the Bare Mountain” performed by hr-Sinfonieorchester conducted by Andris Poga. The concert took place on January 20, 2023, at Alte Oper Frankfurt….

  • Copland’s Appalachian Spring – Performed by Frankfurt Radio Symphony

    Copland’s Appalachian Spring – Performed by Frankfurt Radio Symphony

    Alondra de la Parra conducts the Frankfurt Radio Symphony in a live performance of Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring.” The suite for 13 instruments features eight movements, including “Variations on a…

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Giacomo Puccini

    …Opera The turning point in Puccini’s life came in 1876, when he and his brother walked nearly 20 miles to Pisa to watch a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera, Aida….

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Giuseppe Verdi

    …was the intellectual and operatic hub of Italy, Verdi absorbed much about literature, politics, counterpoint, and the elements of opera. His success with his opera Nabucco later led to his…

  • Complete William Tell Overture by Rossini – Frankfurt Radio Symphony

    Complete William Tell Overture by Rossini – Frankfurt Radio Symphony

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony plays the Overture from the opera William Tell by Rossini, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Christoph Willibald Gluck

    …the Italian opera tradition. Career Beginnings in Italy Gluck’s first opera, Artaserse (1741), premiered in Milan and was well-received. Over the next decade, he composed numerous operas in the Italian…

  • Gershwin – An American in Paris

    Gershwin – An American in Paris

    Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” performed by hr-Sinfonieorchester conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada at Alte Oper Frankfurt on September 13, 2019….

  • Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    …Rameau’s opera challenged the dominance of Jean-Baptiste Lully, the long-established model of French opera. Rameau’s music was more dramatic, adventurous, and complex than Lully’s. His use of the orchestra was…

  • Jules Massenet

    Jules Massenet

    Jules Massenet, a name synonymous with French opera, was the most celebrated operatic composer of his time. His remarkable musical journey, marked by a distinctive melodic style and theatrical aptness,…

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Gaetano Donizetti

    …of operas, written in both Italian and French, and his work is widely recognized as a bridge between the styles of Gioachino Rossini and Giuseppe Verdi. Donizetti’s operas are renowned…

  • Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme – Frankfurt Radio Symphony

    Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme – Frankfurt Radio Symphony

    Tschaikovsky’s Rococo Variations performed by hr-Sinfonieorchester with Anastasia Kobekina and Anja Bihlmaier. The composition includes seven variations, starting with a moderate tempo and ending with an energetic allegro….

  • Exploring Classical Music by Century: A Selection of Five Works from Each Era

    Exploring Classical Music by Century: A Selection of Five Works from Each Era

    …Peri’s Euridice Peri’s opera Euridice is one of the earliest surviving examples of opera. The opera is known for its use of recitative, a style of singing that allows for…