Articles related to "Gounod"

Brief biography of Charles Gounod, best known for opera Faust and religious music "Ave Maria," both instrumental and soprano voice.

Faust, a French opera by Charles Gounod. Faust opera plot summary, character list, and other opera information.

Guide to the plot, characters and history of Charles Gounod's operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.

Alice Nielsen was a well-known operetta and opera star in America in the late 1800's and the early 1900's. She had a varied career, singing both opera and musicals.

French composer Georges Bizet's brief biography - his life and works. Best known for his masterpiece 'Carmen,' one of best-loved operas staged worldwide.

Brief biography of Jules Massenet, his life, career, operas and other works. Famous for opera Manon, Le Cid and Thaïs, with the famous intermezzo 'Meditation.'

Billed as America's Representative Contralto, Jessie Bartlett Davis was the singer responsible for the great success of Reginald De Koven's song, Oh Promise Me.

A brief look at Czech composers as seen through the eyes of concert pianist Rudolf Firkusny.

French-born, Italian lyric tenor, Roberto Alagna has had a successful international opera career singing French and Lyric Italian operatic roles.

Atlanta Opera profile: The Atlanta Opera will move to the new 2,750-seat John A. Williams Theatre at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre during their 2007/08 season

The Baltimore Opera is encouraging a younger audience through discount tickets and exciting programming of less performed works mixed with the standard repertoire.

English composer Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) celebrates his 150th birthday in the year 2007. But who was this contemporary of Gustav Holst and Frederick Delius?

Opera Cincinnati, in Cincinnati, Ohio, is committed to encouraging a younger audience to come to their summer opera season. Profile includes company and season info

Adolphe Adam's brief biography. Pioneer of 19th-century French Romantic ballets and operas, and famous of Christmas song Cantique de Noel.

The story of Clara Louise Kellogg, an American opera star of the late nineteenth early twentieth centuries who had an operatic career in North America and Europe.

Ginny Owens' first Christmas album is a glorious peace offering wrapped in tender, thoughtful musicality. Eclectic, rich, and wonderful, it stuns with its simple beauty.

Short biography of French composer Camille Saint-Saens, organist and pianist, known for suite 'Carnaval des Animaux' and the opera 'Samson et Dalila'.

Many classical works associated with Halloween feature similar themes like the fear of death, the return of dead spirits, and interaction of demonic beings with humans.

Of humble and rural origins, Verdi displayed an early musical talent for theatrical composition and his opera pieces are still enjoyed centuries later.

Gustav Mahler was Jewish and found a great deal of anti-semitism alive in the opera houses where he found himself engaged. Depression and frustration were his companions.

Horrifying classical music sounds for Halloween and haunting pieces for ghouls and goblins, an All Saints' Eve Treat.

American Mezzo Soprano, Martha Lipton sang 17 seasons and over 400 performances at the Metropolitan Opera House. She was an important opera star of the 20th century.

Guide to the plot, characters and history of the Faustian opera Mefistofele, by Arrigo Boito.

Brief biography of German writer and social critic, Thomas Mann, Nobel laureate for literature in 1929. Famous for Death in Venice and The Magic Mountain.

Free Opera Scores! Public domain opera scores are available for free online by the University of Indiana School of Music. List of available free opera scores.

CD album Songs My Mother Taught Me, compiled and sung by Joan Sutherland, is a collection of lovely and nostalgic popular songs at the turn of 20th century.