"Che gelida manina!"
0:00 /0:00
2018/19 opera excerpts
Transport yourself to 19th-century Paris, 20th-century Scotland, or ancient Greece with these musical excerpts from the operas of our 2018/19 season. Listen for those songs you know you've heard somewhere before (Il trovatore's "Vedi! le fosche notturne"), some of opera's biggest hits (La Traviata's "Libiaimo ne' lieti calici"), and maybe find your new favorite aria. Listen to selections here then experience them live onstage this season at Lyric.
La bohème
by Giacomo Puccini
The music featured is generously furnished by Warner Classics.
"Quando m'en vo"
0:00 /0:00
Idomeneo
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The music featured is generously furnished by Warner Classics.
"Se il padre perdei"
0:00 /0:00
"Placido e il mar"
0:00 /0:00
"Se il padre perdei"
0:00 /0:00
Il trovatore
by Giuseppe Verdi
The music featured is generously furnished by Warner Classics.
"Di geloso amor sprezzato"
0:00 /0:00
"Vedi! le fosche notturne" (Anvil Chorus)
0:00 /0:00
"Di quella pira, l'orrendo foco"
0:00 /0:00
Cendrillon
by Jules Massenet
The music for Cendrillon is furnished by Naxos Records.
"Menuet de Cendrillon"
0:00 /0:00
"Marche des princesses"
0:00 /0:00
Elektra
by Richard Strauss
The music featured is generously furnished by Warner Classics.
"Was bluten muss"
0:00 /0:00
"Sie fahren dahin wie die Schaerfe des Schwerts"
0:00 /0:00
La traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi
The music featured is generously furnished by Warner Classics.
"Libiaimo ne' lieti calici"
0:00 /0:00
"Sempre libera"
0:00 /0:00
"Ah! Dite alla giovine"
0:00 /0:00
Ariodante
by George Frideric Handel
The music featured is generously furnished by Warner Classics.
"Volate amori"
0:00 /0:00
"Se rinasce nel mio cor...Si godete al vostro amor"
0:00 /0:00
"Dopo notte atra e funesta"
0:00 /0:00
An American Dream
Music by Jack Perla
Libretto by Jessica Murphy Moo
Music for An American Dream is generously provided by Seattle Opera.
Boxes
0:00 /0:00
Every Home Hides a Secret
0:00 /0:00
Don't you Recognize me
0:00 /0:00
The music featured is generously furnished by Warner Classics, and is available to purchase online:
La bohème | Idomeneo | Siegfried | Il trovatore | Elektra | La traviata | Ariodante
The music for Cendrillon is furnished by Naxos Records, and is available to purchase online:
Cendrillon
Music for An American Dream is generously provided by Seattle Opera.
Photos: Todd Rosenberg, Kyle Flubacker, Cory Weaver