The flourishing genre of the comic opera had its roots in eighteenth-century Italian opera buffa, whose irrepressible brio was soon taken up outside the country’s borders. In France it produced opéra comique and operetta, and in German-speaking countries Spieloper and Viennese operetta. Some of the world’s most popular comic opera overtures, filled with gorgeous tunes, brilliant orchestration and race-to-the-finish endings, are presented here. They include staples of the concert repertoire such as Hérold’s dramatic Zampa, the textual delicacy of Wolf-Ferrari’s Il segreto di Susanna and the vivid colour of Lortzing’s Zar und Zimmermann.
Tracklist
Artist details
Hérold, Ferdinand
Zampa: Overture
1 Zampa: Overture 08:27
Nicolai, Otto
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Overture
2 Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Overture 08:22
Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno
Il segreto di Susanna: Overture
3 Il segreto di Susanna: Overture 03:06
Thomas, Ambroise
Mignon: Overture
4 Mignon: Overture 08:24
Reznicek, Emil Nikolaus von
Donna Diana: Overture
5 Donna Diana: Overture 06:01
Flotow, Friedrich von
Martha: Overture
6 Martha: Overture 08:24
Auber, Daniel-François
Fra Diavolo, S. 18: Overture
7 Fra Diavolo, S. 18: Overture 08:13
Lortzing, Albert
Zar und Zimmermann: Overture
8 Zar und Zimmermann: Overture 06:05
Cimarosa, Domenico
Il matrimonio segreto: Overture (1792 Vienna version)
9 Il matrimonio segreto: Overture (1792 Vienna version) 06:43
Adam, Adolphe
Si j'étais roi: Overture
10 Si j'étais roi: Overture 07:18
Mottl, Felix - Arranger
Cornelius, Peter
Der Barbier von Bagdad: Overture (arr. F. Mottl for orchestra)
11 Der Barbier von Bagdad: Overture (arr. F. Mottl for orchestra) 08:39
Total Playing Time: 01:19:42
