In the first of two programs of operatic prologues, we hear the Prologue to Monteverdi's Orfeo, the Prologue to Pagliacci, and the Prologue to Gouml;tterdauml;mmerung.
Playlist
Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ensemble Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
Album Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Record Label Telarc
L'Orfeo: Toccata; Prologo
Composer Claudio Monteverdi
Ensemble English Baroque Soloists
Conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Album Claudio Monteverdi - L'Orfeo
Record Label Archiv
Pagliacci: Prologue
Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo
Conductor Rosario Bourdon
Album Lawrence Tibbett Gershwin - Rossini - Verdi - Bizet
Record Label RCA
Götterdämmerung: Prologue
Composer Richard Wagner
Ensemble Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Sir Georg Solti
Album Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung
Record Label London
