Opera Without Words - The Most Famous Overtures, Preludes, and Interludes in Opera
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- Bizet•Carmen WD 31: Prélude•Allegro giocoso
- Massenet•Thaïs: Méditation (Act II)•Andante religioso
- Tchaikovsky•Evgenii Onegin (Eugene Onegin) op. 24 TH 5: Polonaise (Act III)•Moderato. Tempo di Polacca
- Tchaikovsky•Evgenii Onegin (Eugene Onegin) op. 24 TH 5: Waltz (Act II)•Tempo di valse
- Ponchielli•La Gioconda op. 9: Danza delle ore (Dance of the Hours)•La Gioconda: Danza delle ore (Dance of the Hours)
- Wagner•Lohengrin WWV 75: Prelude to Act III•Sehr lebhaft
- Verdi•La traviata: Preludio (Act I)•Adagio
- Weber•Der Freischütz op. 77 J. 277: Overture•Adagio - Molto vivace
- Mozart•Le nozze di Figaro KV 492: Overture•Presto
- Nicolai•Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Overture•Andantino moderato
- Gounod•Faust: Ballet Music (Act V)•1. Les Nubiennes. Allegretto (Tempo di valse)
- Rossini•Guillaume Tell: Overture•Andante – Allegro – Andantino – Allegro vivace
- Offenbach•Orphée aux enfers: Can-Can (Galop infernal, Act 3)•Allegro - Allegretto moderato
- Mascagni•Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico•Andante sostenuto
- Rossini•La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture•Maestoso marziale – Allegro
- Glinka•Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture•Ruslan und Lyudmila: Overture
- Bizet•Carmen WD 31: Entr'acte (Act III)•Andantino quasi allegretto
- Puccini•Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo (Act III)•Lento espressivo
- Wagner•Siegfried WWV 86C: Waldweben (Forest Murmurs, Act 2)•Mäßig - Lebhaft
- Dvořák•Rusalka op. 114 B 203: Polonaise (Act II)•
- Rossini•Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture•Andante maestoso – Allegro con brio
- Wagner•Tannhäuser WWV 70: Overture•Andante maestoso - Allegro - Tempo I - Molto vivace - Assai stretto
- Borodin•Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dance (without Chorus) (Act II)•
- Offenbach•Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann): Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Barcarolle, Act II) (Instrumental version)•Allegro moderato – Moderato