Opera Scores from Serenissima Music, Inc.

Debussy's sole completed opera was given its premiere at Paris' Opera Comique on April 30, 1902. It was the culmination of an eight-year effort on the composer's part. Though not an immediate sensation like Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" two years later in Milan, the five-act lyric drama, after the identically titled play by Maeterlinck, enjoyed a successful run in the first… Read more about this item

Verdi received a request in November of 1869 from the Viceroy of Egypt to compose a commemorative hymn for the opening of the Suez Canal. Verdi refused the request on the grounds that he was not accustomed to writing such ceremonial music. The Viceroy then perusaded French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, who wrote a scenario set in ancient Egypt drawn partially… Read more about this item

1. Preludio Prologue 2. Introduzione. Urli, rapine, gemiti, sangue 3. Scena e Cavatina di Odabella 4. Duetto di Attila ed Ezio 5. Scena e Cavatina di Foresto Atto I 6. Scena e Romanza di Odabella 7. Scena e Duetto di Odabella e Foresto 8. Scena e Aria di Attila 9. Finale I Atto II 10. Scena e Aria di Ezio 11. Finale II Atto III 12. Scena e Romanza di Foresto 13. Terzetto 14. Quartetto finale STTBBB soli,… Read more about this item

The Polovtsian Dances from Borodin's Prince Igor consist of two numbers from the opera's second act (Nos.8 and 17). The first Dance is the 'Dance of Polovtsian Maidens' while the remaining of the dances come from the second act finale. Borodin worked sporadically for almost 18 years on Prince Igor but it was left in an incomplete chaotic state upon… Read more about this item

The Polovtsian Dances from Borodin's opera Prince Igor consist of two numbers from the opera's second act. The first (No.8 in the opera) is the 'Dance of Polovtsian Maidens' while the remaining dances are taken from the second act finale (No.17). Borodin worked sporadically for almost 18 years on Prince Igor but it was left in an incomplete… Read more about this item

In the wake of Georges Bizet's untimely death in 1875, his longtime friend Ernest Guiraud (1837-1892) arranged two orchestral suites taken from the French master's final work, the opera Carmen. The two suites were compiled between 1880 and 1882. Guiraud selected five items for the first suite: Prélude, Aragonaise, Intermezzo, Les Dragons d'Acala and Final (Les Toreadors) which was published… Read more about this item

Composed in 1839, Romeo et Juliette is a unique work which straddles the opera and symphonic genres. Berlioz himself used the term "Symphonie dramatique" to characterize it. With three vocal soloists and a triple chorus accompanied by large orchestra, the number of vocal soli is less than what was normally employed for operas of the era and is closer to… Read more about this item

The Serenade was Herbert's second success on the Broadway stage. It was premiered at the Knickerbocker Theatre on March 16, 1897 by 'The Famous Bostonians' and enjoyed several revivals in the early 20th century. Unlike so many of the on-demand scores now available, this one comes with all the pages and the images have been thoroughly checked to make sure… Read more about this item

Debussy's sole completed opera was given its premiere at Paris' Opera Comique on April 30, 1902. It was the culmination of an eight-year effort on the composer's part. Though not an immediate sensation like Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" two years later in Milan, the five-act lyric drama, after the identically titled play by Maeterlinck, enjoyed a successful run in the first… Read more about this item

Berlioz composed his tremendous "Legende dramatique" in 1845-46, largely creating his own libretto after Gerard de Nerval's French translation of the famous Faust story by Goethe. The composer produced the dramatic oratorio at his own expense for the premiere on December 6, 1846 at Paris' Opera-Comique. Despite critical acclaim, the performance was not well-attended - a major financial setback for… Read more about this item

At last, an extraction of just the choruses for this perennial Gilbert and Sullivan classic - from the authoritative edition of the vocal score prepared by Ephraim Jones and Carl Simpson.

Purcell's 1680 masterpiece is presented here in digitally enhanced reissue of a vocal-piano edition prepared by the eminent English musicologist Wiliam Hayman Cummings that was first issued by Novello in 1887. Overture Solo and Chorus: Shake the Cloud Song: Ah! Belinda Recitative: Grief Increases Chorus: When Monarchs Unite Recitative: Whence Could so Much Virtue Spring Duet and Chorus: Fear No Danger… Read more about this item

Premiered in 1867, "Romeo et Juliette" was composed to a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre based upon the Shaespeare play. Apart from "Faust", it stands as Gounod's most popular opera. This chorus score, with the standard piano reduction by Hector Salomon, is a digitally-enhanced reprint of the choral movements from the vocal score issued by G. Schirmer in… Read more about this item

Rachmaninov's first one-act opera was written in 1893 while still a student at the Moscow Conservatory. The opera, with a libretto by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko after a play by Alexander Pushkin, was given its premiere in May 1893 at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. Rachmaninov's characteristic writing is already apparent, complete with the colorful orchestration that was a hallmark of his compositional style.… Read more about this item

Berlioz' operatic masterpiece is now performed regularly in concert halls worldwide, despite the poor reception received at it Paris premiere in 1846. This is a new, digitally-enhanced, corrected reprint of the score originally issued in 1911 by Costallat & Cie., Paris. Charles Malherbe prepared the piano reduction to serve as a companion vocal score for the full score issued as… Read more about this item