Opera excerpts

orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov

musical composition

musical composition by Richard Wagner

excerpt from Act II of Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor

composition by German composer Richard Wagner

overture to the opera William Tell composed by Gioachino Rossini

"'''" ( German for ) is the title often given to the final, dramatic music or aria from the opera ' by Richard Wagner. It is the climactic end of the 1859 completed / 1865 premiered opera, as Isolde sings over Tristan's dead body.

symphonic intermezzo from the opera Thaïs by Jules Massenet

Chorus from the opera Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi

thumb|upright=1.4|Dutch Grasshoppers aerobatics team, flying the Aérospatiale Alouette III|Alouette helicopters they used in the world premiere of the Helicopter String Quartet The Helikopter-Streichquartett () is one of Karlheinz Stockhausen's best-known pieces, and one of the most complex to perform. It involves a string quartet, four helicopters with pilots, as well as audio and video equipment and technicians. It was first performed and recorded in 1995. Although performable as a self-sufficient piece, it also forms the third scene of the opera Mittwoch aus Licht ("Wednesday from Light"),

short ballet from Amilcare Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda

original song composed by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Bertolt Brecht