Overture
An orchestral piece that opens an opera, ballet or play. From the early 19th century the concert overture is a free-standing one-movement piece, often telling or painting something.
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HaydnThe Creation: Overture
MozartIdomeneo Overture, K. 366MozartLe nozze di Figaro Overture, K. 492MozartDon Giovanni Overture, K. 527MozartCosì fan tutte Overture, K. 588MozartThe Magic Flute Overture, K. 620
BeethovenThe Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43BeethovenLeonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72aBeethovenLeonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72bBeethovenCoriolan Overture, Op. 62BeethovenEgmont Overture, Op. 84BeethovenThe Consecration of the House Overture, Op. 124BeethovenGrosse Fuge in B-flat major, Op. 133
WeberDer Freischütz Overture, Op. 77, J. 277WeberOberon Overture
RossiniIl barbiere di Siviglia OvertureRossiniLa Cenerentola OvertureRossiniWilliam Tell Overture
BerliozRoman Carnival Overture, Op. 9; H 95
GlinkaRuslan and Lyudmila Overture
MendelssohnA Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21MendelssohnRuy Blas Overture, Op. 95MendelssohnAthalie Overture, Op. 74; MWV M 16
VerdiLuisa Miller Overture
WagnerRienzi Overture, WWV 49WagnerDer fliegende Holländer OvertureWagnerTannhäuser Overture, WWV 70
SuppéPoet and Peasant Overture
OffenbachOrpheus in the Underworld Overture
BrucknerOverture in G minor, WAB 98
BrahmsAcademic Festival Overture, Op. 80BrahmsTragic Overture, Op. 81
TchaikovskyRomeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture, TH 42Tchaikovsky1812 Overture, Op. 49TchaikovskyHamlet, Fantasy-Overture in F minor, Op. 67TchaikovskyThe Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
DvořákCarnival Overture, Op. 92DvořákOthello Overture, Op. 93
BernsteinCandide Overture