Opera Without Words - The Most Famous Overtures, Preludes, and Interludes in Opera - CD

CD - 1

Georges Bizet

Carmen (1874)

 

1. Carmen: Prelude

00:02:13

Jules Massenet

Thaïs (1894)

 

2. Thais, Act II: Meditation

00:04:41

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act I (1878)

 

3. Act III Scene 1: Polonaise

00:04:20

 

4. Act II Scene 1: Waltz

00:06:23

Amilcare Ponchielli

La Gioconda (1876)

 

5. La Gioconda, Act III: Dance of the Hours

00:07:50

Richard Wagner

Lohengrin (1848)

 

6. Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude

00:02:33

Giuseppe Verdi

La traviata, Act I: Overture (1853)

 

7. La traviata, Act I: Prelude

00:03:52

Carl Maria von Weber

Der Freischütz, Op. 77, J. 277 (1821)

 

8. Der Freischutz, J. 277: Overture

00:10:24

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492 (1786)

 

9. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492: Overture

00:04:00

Otto Nicolai

Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (1849)

 

10. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor): Overture

00:08:47

Charles-François Gounod

Faust (1868)

 

11. Faust: Ballet music

00:07:50

Gioacchino Rossini

Guillaume Tell

 

12. Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Overture

00:12:08

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Jacques Offenbach

Orphee aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld) (1858)

 

1. Orphee aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld): Can-Can

00:05:20

Pietro Mascagni

Cavalleria rusticana (1890)

 

2. Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

00:03:41

Gioacchino Rossini

 

3. La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

00:10:05

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Ruslan and Lyudmila, Op. 5 (1842)

 

4. Ruslan and Lyudmilla: Overture

00:05:18

Georges Bizet

Carmen (1874)

 

5. Carmen, Act III: Prelude

00:03:11

Giacomo Puccini

Manon Lescaut, Act II: Intermezzo

 

6. Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo

00:05:51

Richard Wagner

Siegfried, Act I: Vorspiel (1871)

 

7. Siegfried: Forest Murmers

00:08:39

Antonin Dvořák

Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203 (1901)

 

8. Rusalka, Op. 114, Act II: Polonaise

00:04:57

Gioacchino Rossini

Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) (1816)

 

9. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture

00:07:40

Richard Wagner

Tannhäuser (1845)

 

10. Tannhauser: Overture

00:09:52

Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin

Prince Igor (Knyaz Igor)

 

11. Prince Igor, Act II: Polovtsian Dances

00:11:10

Jacques Offenbach

Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) (arr. for orchestra) (1881)

 

12. Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffmann): Barcarolle

00:03:18