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)
Mihail 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)
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), New Philharmonia Orchestra London (Alfred Scholz related, not the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia or the New Philharmonia) and Philharmonic Orchestra London (bogus name used on budget releases, not the London Philharmonic or the New Philharmonia)
conductor:
Alfred Scholz
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mediaphon (for copyrights use only – this is the short name used in legal notices by Mediaphon GmbH, aka Mediaphon-Musikproduktion und Verlag GmbH) (in 1989)
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 (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I
Leicester Gilbert & Sullivan Operatic Society1:59
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 (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I
Leicester Gilbert & Sullivan Operatic Society2:56
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 (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act I
Leicester Gilbert & Sullivan Operatic Society4:31
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 (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act II
Leicester Gilbert & Sullivan Operatic Society4:44
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 (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Pirates of Penzance: Act II
Leicester Gilbert & Sullivan Operatic Society2:41
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:
Die verkaufte Braut (The Bartered Bride)
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