O admirabile commercium C O admirabile commercium C O ahd-mee-RAH-bih-lay kohmMAYR-chôôm C (motet [mo-TETT] by Hans Leo Hassler [HAHNSS LAY-o HAHSS-lur])
O atti vocali C O — atti vocali C O — AHT-tee vo-KAH-lee C (this portion of La passion
selon Sade [lah pahss-seeaw6 seh-law6 sahd] is a synthesis of the vocal part of the Mystère de
chambre [meess-tehr duh shah6-br’] by Sylvano Bussotti [seel-VAH-no booss-SOHT-tee])
O beatum et sacrosanctum diem C O beh-AH-tôôm ett sah-kraw-SAHNK-tôôm DIH-aym C
(motet [mo-TETT] by Peter Phillips [PEE-tur FILL-luppss])
O beau pays de la touraine C O beau pays de la Touraine! C o bo payee duh lah tôô-renn! C
(Oh Lovely Land of Touraine!) C (aria featuring Marguerite [mar-gö-reet] from the opera Les
Huguenots [{(The) h’YOO-guh-nahtss} leh-zü-guh-no]; music by Giacomo Meyerbeer [JAHko-mo M¦-ur-bayr]; libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] and Émile Deschamps [aymeel day-shah6])
O bone jesu fili mariae C O bone Jesu, fili Mariae C O BAW-neh YAY-zoo, FEE-lih MUHrihay C (sacred concerto by Heinrich Schütz [H¦N-rihh SHÜTSS])
O cara armonia C O cara armonía C o KAH-rah ar-mo-NEE-ah C (variations by Fernando
Sor [fehr-NAHN-doh SAWR] on a theme from the opera Die Zauberflöte [dee TSAHÔÔ-bur
flö-tuh] — The Magic Flute; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mahDAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder [ay-MAHAH-nooayl SHEE-kah-naydur])
O carlo ascolta C O Carlo, ascolta C o KAR-lo, ah-SKOHL-tah C (O Charles [CHAHrullz], listen) C (aria from the opera Don Carlos [dohn KAR-lohss]; music by Giuseppe Verdi
[joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by François Méry [frah6-swah may-ree] and Camille Du
Locle [{kah-meel dü law-kl’} kah-meey’ dü law-kl’] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh
fawn SHILL-lur])
O cessate di piagarmi C O chayss-SAH-tay dee peeah-GAR-mee C (Cease Wounding Me) C
(song by Alessandro Scarlatti [ah-layss-SAHN-dro skar-LAHT-tee])
O ciome erranti C O CHO-may ayr-RAHN-tee C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Johann
Grabbe [YO-hahn GRAHB-buh])
O clemens C O KLAY-maynss C (excerpt from Salve Regina [SAHL-vay ray-JEE-nuh] by
Giovanni Baptista Pergolesi [jo-VAHN-nee bahp-TEE-stah payr-go-LAY-zee])
O come chiare e belle C O! come chiare e belle C O! KO-may kee-AH-ray ay bayl-lay C Oh!
How Bright and Beautiful C (Cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] No. 19 by George Frideric Handel
[JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l])
O crux C O crux C O KROOKSS C (Hail, O Cross) C (motet [mo-TETT] by Marc Antoine
Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay] C (title also used by other composers)
O curas hominum C O KOO-russ HAW-mih-nôôm C (O careworn mankind) C (excerpt
from the 13th-century manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah])
O da minovali stradanya C O da, minovali stradanya C AW dah, mih-nah-VAH-lyee strahDAHN-yuh C (duet by sung Lisa [LEE-suh] and Herman [GHEHR-mahn] in the opera Pique
dame [peek dahm] — The Queen of Spades; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r illYEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky [mahDYESST {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee] after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uhlyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])
O de verd anni miei C O! de’ verd’ anni miei C O! day VAYRD AHN-nee meeAYEE C
(excerpt from the opera Ernani [ayr-NAH-nee]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay
VAYR-dee] and libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAHvay])
O del mio amato ben C O dayl MEE-o ah-MAH-toh bayn C (song by Stefano Donaudy
[stay-FAH-no daw-nahôô-dee])
O des infortunes deesse tutelaire C O des infortunés déesse tutélaire C O day -zeh6-fawr-tünay day-ess tü-tay-lehr C (excerpt from the opera La Vestale [lah vay-STAH-lay] — The
Vestal Virgin; music by Gaspare Spontini [gah-SPAH-ray spohn-TEE-nee] and libretto by
Étienne de Jouy [ay-teeenn duh zhôôee])
O deus ego amo te C O Deus, ego amo te C O DEH-ôôss, EH-gaw UH-mo TAY C (motet
[mo-TETT] by Ned Rorem [NEDD RAW-rumn])
O di capellio generosi amici C O dee kah-PAYL-leeo jay-nay-RO-zee ah-MEE-chee C
(excerpt from the opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi [ee kah-poo-LAY-tee ay ee mohn-TAYKkee] — The Capulets [KA-p’yuh-luttss] and the Montagues [MAHN-tuh-gh’yooz]; music by
Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEEchay ro-MAH-nee])
O dieu que de bijoux ah je ris de me voir C O Dieu! que de bijoux! ... Ah! je ris de me voir C o
deeö! kuh duh bee-zhôô! ... ah! zhuh ree duh muh vwar C (Oh, heavens! So many jewels ...
Ah! It makes me laugh to see myself) C (aria featuring Marguerite [mar-gö-reet] in the opera
Faust [FAHÔÔST] (French version); music by Charles Gounod [sharl gôô-no]; libretto by Jules
Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray] after Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh])
O dolce mani C O DOHL-chay MAH-nee C (aria from the opera Tosca [TOH-skah]; music
by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEEkah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mürzhay])
O dolce vita mia C O DOHL-chay VEE-tah MEE-ah C (song by Adrian Willaert [ahdrihAHN WILL-lart])
O dolci mani C O DOHL-chee MAH-nee C (aria from the opera Tosca [TOH-skah]; music by
Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah]
and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])
O domina nostra C O Domina Nostra C O DAW-mih-nuh NOHSS-trah C (composition by
Henryk Górecki [HENN-rick gôô-RETTSS-kee] in celebration of the 600th anniversary of the
Black Virgin of Jasna Gora [YAHSS-nah GÔÔ-rah], a sacred symbol of Polish independence —
Jasna Gora is also spelled Jasnogora [yahss-naw-GÔÔ-rah])
O domine jesu christe C O Domine Jesu Christe C o DAW-mih-neh YAY-zoo KREE-stay C
(sacred music, title used by various composers)
O donna troppo cruda e troppo bella C o DOHN-nah TROHP-po KROO-dah ay TROHP-po
BAYL-lah C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Johann Grabbe [YO-hahn GRAHB-buh])
O du armer judas C O du armer Judas C oh doo AR-mur YOO-dahss C (composition from
the songbook of Adam Puschmann [AHAH-dahm PÔÔSH-mahn])
O du liabs angeli C O du liabs ängeli C o doo LEE-ahpss EHNG-uh-lee C (folk song
arranged by Gund [GÔÔNT])
O du mein holder abendstern C O, du mein holder Abendstern C O, DOO m§n HAWL-tur
AH-bennt-shtehrn C (aria featuring Wolfram [VAWL-frahm] in the opera Tannhäuser
[TAHN-hoy-zur], music and libretto by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
O duinn C Proinnsías Ó Duinn C PRUNN-shee-uss o DINN
O dulces prendas C O DOOL-thayss PRAYN-dahss C (excerpt from Sonetos Sagrados [soNAY-tawss sah-GRAH-thawss] by Héctor Campos Parsi [ECK-tawr KAHM-pawss PARsee])
O duse draha C O duše drahá C O DÔÔ-sheh DRAH-hahah C (Thou Only Dear One) C
(song by Antonín DvoÍák [AHN-taw-nyeeeen d’VAW-rshahahk])
O ewigkeit du donnerwort C O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort C O AY-vihh-k§t, doo DAWN-nurvawrt C (composition by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zayBAH-stihahn BAHK])
O fatidica foresta C O fah-TEE-dee-kah fo-RAY-stah C (aria from the opera Giovanna d'Arco
[jo-VAHN-nah DAR-ko]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by
Temistocle Solera [tay-MEE-stoh-klay so-LAY-rah] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh
fawn SHILL-lur])
O figli ah la paterna mano C O figli ... Ah, la paterna mano C O FEE-l’yee ... AH, lah pahTAYR-nah MAH-no C (aria from the opera Macbeth [muck-BEHTH]; music by Giuseppe
Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mahREE-ah peeAH-vay] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
O filli se veder potessi il core C O filli, se veder potessi il core C o FEEL-lee, say VAY-dayr
po-TAYSS-see eel KO-ray C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Johann Grabbe [YO-hahn
GRAHB-buh])
O fortuna C O fohr-TOO-nuh C (O Fortune) C excerpt from Fortuna imperatrix mundi [fohrTOO-nuh, eem-peh-RAH-treekss MOON-dih] — Fortune, Empress of the World — a group
of poems from the 13th-century manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah]
set to music by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF])
O gallchobhair C Éamonn Ó Gallchobhair C AY-munn o GAH-nuh-hawr
O geh nicht fort C o gay nihht fawrt C (aria featuring Belfoiore [bayl-fo-EEO-ray] aria from
the opera La finta giardiniera [lah FEEN-tah jar-dee-neeAY-rah] — The Pretended Garden
Girl; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart];
libretto by Ranieri Calzabigi(?) [rah-neeAY-ree kahl-tsah-BEE-jee], revised by Marco Coltellini
[MAR-ko kohl-tayl-LEE-nee])
O gloriosa domina C O glo-rihO-sah DAW-mih-nah C (anonymous 17th-century Hungarian
dance)
O greefe even on the bud C O Greefe Even on the Bud C (O) GREEF (Even on the Bud) C
(madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Thomas Morley [TAH-muss MAWR-lih])
O guarani C O Guaraní C o gooah-ruh-NEE C (The Guaraní) C (an opera, with music by
Antônio Carlos Gomes [ah6-TOH-nihôô KAH-lôôss GO-meess]; libretto by Antonio Scalvini
[ahn-TAW-neeo skahl-VEE-nee] and Carlo D’Ormeville [kar-lo dawrm-veel] after José de
Alencar [zho-ZAY jah-lenn-KAR]) C (the opera is known also as Il Guarany [eel gooah-rahNEE])
O had i jubals lyre C O Had I Jubal's Lyre C (O Had I) JOO-b'lz L¦R C (excerpt from the
oratorio Joshua; music by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l] and
libretto by Thomas Morell(?) [TAH-muss maw-RELL])
O haodain C Cormac Ó hAodáin C KAWR-mack o HAY-dunn
O haupt voll blut und wunden C O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden C O HAHÔÔPT fawl
BLOOT ôônt VÔÔN-tunn C (O Sacred Head Sore Wounded) C (choral excerpt from the St.
Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAHstihahn BAHK])
O heilges geist und wasserbad C O heilges Geist und Wasserbad C O H¦L-guss GH¦ST ôônt
VAHSS-sur-paht C (cantata [kunn-TAH-tuh] by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suhBASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
O heiliges band der freundschaft C O heiliges Band der Freundschaft C O H¦-lih-guss bahnt
dayr FROYNT-shahft C (song by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mahDAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
O huiginn C Brian Ó hUiginn C BR¦-unn o HAY-gunn
O intemerata C o een-tay-may-RAH-tah C (motet by Alessandro Grandi [ah-layss-SAHN-dro
GRAHN-dee])
O ir kleyne likhtelekh C O ir kleyne Likhtelekh C oy ihr KL¦-nuh LIHK-tuh-lehk C (O, You
Little Candles — Hebrew folk melody, words by Morris Rosenfeld [MAWR-russ RO-z’n-felld])
O isis und osiris C O Isis und Osiris C o EE-ziss ôônt o-ZEE-riss C (The priests’ chorus from
the opera Die Zauberflöte [dee TSAHÔÔ-bur-flö-tuh] — The Magic Flute; music by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Emanuel
Schikaneder [ay-MAHAH-nooayl SHEE-kah-nay-dur])
O jesli b mog ja vyrazit v zvuke C O, jesli b mog ja vyrazit’ v zvuke C AW, YESS-lee’b
MAWK yah VOO-ruh-zitt v’z’VOO-kih C (Oh, If Only Words Could Convey) C (Russian
folk song)
O jesu christ meins lebens licht C O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht C o YAY-zoo KRISST,
m§nss LAY-bunnss LIHHT C (motet [mo-TETT] by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suhBASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
O jesu nomen dulce C O Jesu, nomen dulce C O YAY-zoo, NO-munn DÔÔL-tsuh C (from
Kleiner geistlichen Concerten [KL¦-nur GH¦ST-lih-hunn kawn-TSEHR-tunn] — Little
Sacred Concertos — by Heinrich Schütz [H¦N-rihh SHÜTSS])
O komme holde sommernacht C O komme, holde Sommernacht C O KAW-muh HAWL-tuh
ZAWM-mur-nahkt C (O Come, Sweet Summer Night) C (song by Johannes Brahms [yoHAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])
O konig das kann ich dir nicht sagen C O König, das kann ich dir nicht sagen C O, KÖ-nihh,
dahss kahn ihh deer nihht ZAH-gunn C (aria from Act II of the opera Tristan und Isolde
[TRIH-stahn ôônt ee-ZAWL-tuh], music and libretto by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHGnur])
O kuhler wald C O kühler Wald C O KÜ-lur VAHLT C (O Cool Forest) C (poem by Clemens
Brentano [KLAY-mennss brenn-TAHAH-no] set to music by Johannes Brahms [yo-HAHNnuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])
O leggiadri occhi belli C o layd-JAH-dree OHK-kee BAYL-lee C (Charming Lovely Eyes) C
(anonymous song)
O lieb so lang du lieben kannst C O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst C O LEEP, zo LAHNG doo
LEE-bunn kahnst C (O Love as Long as You Can) C (composition by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ
LISST])
O lola C O Lola C o LO-lah C (excerpt from the opera Cavalleria rusticana [kah-vahl-layREE-ah roo-stee-KAH-nah] — Rustic Chivalry; music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mahSKAH-n’yee]; libretto by Guido Menasci [gooEE-doh may-NAH-shee] and Giovanni TargioniTozzetti [jo-VAHN-nee tar-JO-nee-toht-TSAYT-tee] after Giovanni Verga [jo-VAHN-nee
VAYR-gah])
O lola chai di latti C O Lola, ch’ai di latti C o LO-lah, KAHEE dee LAHT-tee C (excerpt
from the opera Cavalleria rusticana [kah-vahl-lay-REE-ah roo-stee-KAH-nah] — Rustic
Chivalry; music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee]; libretto by Guido Menasci
[gooEE-doh may-NAH-shee] and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti [jo-VAHN-nee tar-JO-nee-tohtTSAYT-tee] after Giovanni Verga [jo-VAHN-nee VAYR-gah])
O lola chai di latti la cammisaC O Lola, c’hai di latti la cammisa C o LO-lah, kahee dee LAHTtee lah kahm-MEE-zah C (excerpt from the opera Cavalleria rusticana [kah-vahl-lay-REEah roo-stee-KAH-nah] — Rustic Chivalry; music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAHn’yee]; libretto by Guido Menasci [gooEE-doh may-NAH-shee] and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti
[jo-VAHN-nee tar-JO-nee-toht-TSAYT-tee] after Giovanni Verga [jo-VAHN-nee VAYRgah]
O lola chhai di latti C O Lola ch’hai di latti C o LO-lah kahee dee LAHT-tee C (aria from the
opera Cavalleria rusticana [kah-vahl-lay-REE-ah roo-stee-KAH-nah] — Rustic Chivalry;
music by Pietro Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee]; libretto by Guido Menasci [gooEEdoh may-NAH-shee] and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti [jo-VAHN-nee tar-JO-nee-tohtTSAYT-tee] after Giovanni Verga [jo-VAHN-nee VAYR-gah])
O luce di quest anima C O luce di quest’ anima C o LOO-chay dee kooayst AH-nee-mah C
(cavatina [ka-vuh-TEE-nuh] featuring Linda [leen-dah] in the opera Linda di Chamonix
[LEEN-dah dee shah-maw-nee]; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-neeTSAYT-tee]; libretto by Gaetano Rossi [gahay-TAH-no ROHSS-see] after A. D’Ennery [dennn’ree] and Lemoine [leh-m’wahn])
O luigi luigi C O Luigi! Luigi! C o looEE-jee! looEE-jee! C (vocal trio from the opera Il
tabarro [eel tah-BAR-ro] — The Cloak; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEEnee]; libretto by Giuseppe Adami [joo-ZAYP-pay ah-DAH-mee] after Didier Gold [dee-deeay
gawld])
O lux beata trinitas C o lookss beh-AH-tah TREE-nih-tahss C (chant from the Cancionero de
Segovia [kahn-theeo-NAY-ry say-GO-veeah] — Songbook of Segovia — containing liturgical
music from Spain at the time of Christopher Columbus)
O ma belle rebelle C o mah bell ruh-bell C (Oh My Pitiless Beauty) C (song by Charles
Gounod [sharl gôô-no])
O madame persje mon tems C O madame, pers-je mon tems C o mah-dahm, pehr-zhuh maw6
tah6 C (song by Adrian Le Roy [ah-dreeah6 luh r’wah])
O madchen mein madchen C O Mädchen, mein Mädchen C O METT-hunn, m§n METT-hunn
C (excerpt from the operetta Friederike [FREE-duh-ree-kuh], with music by Franz Lehár
[FRAHNZ leh-HAHAHR]; libretto by Ludwig Herzer [LOOT-vihh HEHR-tsur] and Fritz
Löhner [FRITTSS LÖ-nur])
O magnum misterium C o MAHG-nôôm miss-TAY-rihôôm C (motet by William Byrd [WILLlihumm BURD])
O magnum mysterium C o MAHG-nôôm müss-TAY-rihôôm C (motet by Francis Poulenc
[frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
O malheureuse iphigenie C O malheureuse Iphigénie C O mahl-ö-röz ee-fee-zhay-nee C
Iphigénie’s aria from Act II of the opera Iphigénie en Tauride [ee-fee-zhay-nee ah6 toh-reed];
music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK]; libretto
by Nicolas-François Guillard [nee-ko-lah-frah6-swah ghee-yar], based on Euripides [yôô-RIHpuh-deez])
O malnati messaggi C O mahl-NAH-tee mayss-SAHD-jee C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by
Carlo Gesualdo [KAR-lo jay-zooAHL-doh])
O maria quae rapis corda hominum C O Maria, quae rapis corda hominum C o muh-REE-uh,
kôôay RUH-piss KOHR-dah HAW-mih-nôôm C (motet [mo-TETT] by Giacomo Finetti
[JAH-ko-mo fee-NAYT-tee])
O maria virgo pia C O Maria Virgo Pia C o muh-REE-uh VEER-go PIH-ah C (sacred
composition by Conductus [kohn-DOOK-tôôss])
O marija marija C O, Marija, Marija! C OH, mah-REE-yuh, mah-REE-yuh! C (O, Maria,
Maria!) C (aria from the opera Mazeppa [mah-ZYEPP-puh]; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
[p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Victor Burenin
[VEEK-tur bôô-REH-nyinn] and P. Tchaikovsky after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uhlyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn] and Vasily Kandaurov [vah-SEE-lee
kunn-dah-ÔÔ-ruff])
O matko moja C O Matko Moja C o MAHT-ko MO-yah C (Oh, My Mother) C (poem by Jan
Prusinowski [YAHN prôô-see-NAWF-skee] set to music by Stanis»aw Moniuszko [stahNYEESS-wahf mah-neeÔÔSH-kaw])
O mensch bewein dein sunde gross C O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross C O MENNSH,
buh-V¦N d§n ZÜN-tuh GROHSS C (O Man, Thy Great Sin Lament) C (choral excerpt from
the St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zayBAH-stihahn BAHK])
O mimi tu piu non torni C O Mimì, tu più non torni C o mee-MEE, too peeOO nohn TOHRnee C (excerpt from the opera La bohème [lah baw-emm] — Bohemian Life; music by Giacomo
Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and
Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])
O mio babbino caro C O MEE-o bahb-BEE-no KAH-ro C aria featuring Lauretta [lahôôRAYT-tah] in the opera Gianni Schicchi [JAHN-nee SKEEK-kee]; music by Giacomo Puccini
[JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee] and libretto by Giovacchino Forzano [jo-vahk-KEE-no fohrTSAH-no])
O mirtillo mirtill C O Mirtillo, Mirtill' C o meer-TEEL-lo, meer-TEEL C (O Mirtillo,
Mirtillo) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tayVAYR-dee])
O misericordissime jesu C O misericordissime Jesu C O mih-zeh-rih-kohrDEESS-sih-muh YAY-zoo C (from Kleiner geistlichen Concerten [KL¦-nur GH¦ST-lih-hunn
kawn-TSEHR-tunn] — Little Sacred Concertos — by Heinrich Schütz [H¦N-rihh SHÜTSS])
O mon amour C O, mon amour C O, maw6-nah-môôr C (song by Asso [ahss-so] and Monnot
[mawn-no]
O mon coeur C o maw6 kör C (hymn composed by Ton de Leeuw [TAWN duh LAYAYôô])
O mon fernand C O mon Fernand C O maw6 fehr-nah6 C (recitative, air and cabaletta [kahbah-LETT-tuh] featuring Leonor [lay-aw-nawr] in the opera La favorite [lah fah-vaw-reet] —
The Favored One; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahay-TAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto
by Alphonse Royer [ahl-faw6ss r’wah-yay] and Gustave Vaëz [güss-tahv vah-ezz], with
additions by Eugene Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb])
O monumento regia e bolgia dogale C O monumento! Regia e bolgia dogale! C o mo-nooMAYN-toh! RAY-jah ay BAWL-jah doh-GAH-lay! C (excerpt from the opera La gioconda
[lah jo-KOHN-dah] — The Smiling One; music by Amilcare Ponchielli [ah-meel-KAH-ray
pohn-keeAYL-lee]; libretto by Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh] under the pseudonym
Tobia Gorrio [TAW-beeah GAWR-reeo])
O mort poussiere detoiles C O mort, poussière d’étoiles C o mawr, pôôss-seeehr day-t’wahl C
(poem by Charles van Lerberghe [SHAR-luh vunn LEHR-ber-guh] set to music by Gabriel
Fauré [gah-breeell fo-ray])
O nasi lasce nekvete to vytouzene stesti C O naší lásce nekvete to vytoužené štstí C O NAH-
sheeee LAHAH-sheh NECK-veh-teh taw VIH-tohohôôôô-zheh-neheh SHTYEH-steeee C (Never
Will Love Lead Us to That Glad Goal for Which We Languish) C (song by Antonín DvoÍák
[AHN-taw-nyeeeen d’VAW-rshahahk])
O nata lux C O NAH-tuh LOOKSS C (hymn by Thomas Tallis [TAH-muss TAL-liss])
O nume tutelar C o NOO-meh TOO-tay-lar C (aria from the opera La vestale [lah vaySTAH-lay] — The Vestal Virgin; music by Gasparo Spontini [gah-SPAH-ro spohn-TEE-nee]
and libretto by Victor Joseph Étienne de Jouy [veek-tawr zho-zeff ay-teeenn duh zhôôee])
O nun heb du an dort in deinem moor C O, nun heb du an, dort in deinem Moor C o, noon
HAYP doo ahn, dawrt inn D¦-numm mohr C (Sing on There in the Swamp) C (poem by Walt
Whitman [WAWLT hWITT-munn] set to music by Paul Hindemith [PAHÔÔL HINN-tuhmitt])
O paese do sole C O paese d’o sole C o pah-AY-zay doh SO-lay C (poem by Libero Bovio
[lee-BAY-ro BAW-veeo] set to music by Vincenzo d’Annibale [veen-CHAYN-tshn-nee-BAHlay])
O paradis C Ô, Paradis! C o pah-rah-dee! C (O, paradise!) C (aria from the opera L’Africaine
[lah-free-kenn] — The African Maid; music by Giacomo Meyerbeer [JAH-ko-mo M¦-ur-bayr];
libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] and François-Joseph Fétis [frah6-swah-zho-zeff faytee])
O paradiso C O pah-rah-DEE-zo C (O paradise) (aria from the opera L'Africana [lah-freeKAH-nah] — The African Maid; music by Giacomo Meyerbeer [JAH-ko-mo M¦-ur-bayr];
libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb] and François-Joseph Fétis [frah6-swah-zho-zeff faytee])
O patria mia C O PAH-tree-ah MEE-ah C (aria from the opera Aida [ah-EE-dah]; music by
Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni [ahn-TAW-neeo
ghee-zlahn-TSO-nee] after Auguste Mariette [o-güst mah-reeett] and Camille Du Locle [{kahmeel dü law-kl’} kah-meey’ dü law-kl’])
O patria o tu palermo C O Patria ... O tu Palermo C O PAH-tree-ah ... O too pah-LAYR-mo
C (aria from the opera I vespri siciliani [ee VAY-spree see-chee-leeAH-nee] — The Sicilian
Vespers; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Eugène Scribe [özhenn skreeb] and Charles Duveyrier [sharl dü-vay-reeay])
O pretiosum C O preh-tihO-sôôm C (O Precious) C (motet [mo-TETT] by Marc Antoine
Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay])
O pretres de baal il va venir C O prêtres de Baal ... Il va venir C o preh-tr’ duh bahl ... eel vah
veh-neer C (excerpt from the opera Le prophète [luh praw-fett] — The Prophet; music by
Giacomo Meyerbeer [JAH-ko-mo M¦-ur-bayr] and libretto by Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn
skreeb])
O quam gloriosum C o kôôumm glo-rihO-sôôm C (Latin mass set to music by various
composers)
O quam suavis C O kôôumm sôôAH-viss C (motet [mo-TETT] by William Byrd [WILLlihumm BURD])
O quam tristis C o kôôumm TREE-stiss C (section of the Stabat Mater [STAH-baht MAHtehr] set to music by various composers)
O quam tu pulchra es C o kôôumm too pôôl-KRAH ess C (motet [mo-TETT] by Alessandro
Grandi [ah-layss-SAHN-dro GRAHN-dee])
O quanti occhi fisi C o kooAHN-tee OHK-kee FEE-zee C (excerpt from the opera Madama
[mah-DAH-mah] Butterfly — Madam [MA-dumm] Butterfly; music by Giacomo Puccini
[JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe
Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after David Belasco [buh-LASS-ko] and John Luther
Long [JAHN LOO-thur LAWNG])
O regina seculi reparatrix maria C O regina seculi/Reparatrix Maria C o ray-JEE-nuh SEHkôô-lih/reh-puh-RAH-treekss muh-REE-uh C (anonymous composition)
O rendetemi la speme C o rayn-DAY-tay-mee lah SPAY-may C (O, let me hope again) C
(aria featuring Elvira [ayl-VEE-rah] in Act II of the opera I puritani [ee poo-ree-TAH-nee] —
The Puritans; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by
Carlo Pepoli [KAR-lo pay-PO-lee])
O rendetemi la speme qui la voce vien diletto C O rendetemi la speme ... Qui la voce ... Vien,
diletto C o rayn-DAY-tay-mee lah SPAY-may ... kooee lah VO-chay ... veeAYN, dee-LAYTtoh C (Either give me back hope ... Here his sweet voice ... Come, beloved) C (passage
featuring Elvira [ayl-VEE-rah] in the opera I puritani [ee poo-ree-TAH-nee] — The Puritans;
music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Carlo Pepoli
[KAR-lo pay-PO-lee])
O rendetemi la speme vien diletto C O rendetemi la speme ... Vien, diletto C o rayn-DAY-taymee lah SPAY-may ... veeAYN, dee-LAYT-toh C (trio from Act II of the opera I puritani [ee
poo-ree-TAH-nee] — The Puritans; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEEnee] and libretto by Carlo Pepoli [KAR-lo pay-PO-lee])
O riada C Séan Ó Riada C SHAWN o REE-uh-dah
O sacra virgo virginum tu nati nata suscipe C O Sacra Virgo Virginum/Tu nati
nata suscipe C O SUH-krah VEER-go veer-JEE-nôôm/too NAH-tih NAH-tuh SOO-shihpay C (anonymous motet [mo-TETT] from Medieval Cyprus)
O sacrum convivium C o SAH-krôôm kohn-VEE-vihôôm C (sacred music, title used by
various composers)
O sainte medaille avant de quitter ces lieux C O sainte médaille ... Avant de quitter ces lieux C o
seh6t may-dahy’ ... ah-vah6 duh keet-tay suh leeö C (excerpt from the opera Faust [FAHÔÔST]
(French version); music by Charles Gounod [sharl gôô-no]; libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül barbeeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray] after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn
VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖ-tuh])
O salutaris C o suh-loo-TAH-riss C (section of the Messe solennelle [mess saw-lenn-nell] by
Hector Berlioz [eck-tawr behr-leeawz])
O salutaris hostia C O salutaris hostia C O suh-loo-TAH-riss HO-stihuh C (eucharistic anthem
by Anton Bruckner [AHN-tohohn BRÔÔK-nur])
O schmerz hier zittert das gequalte herz C O Schmerz! Hier zittert das gequälte Herz! C o
SHMEHRTSS! HEER TSITT-turt dahss guh-k’VELL-tuh HEHRTSS! (O grief! How
throbs his heavy-laden breast!) C (recitative [reh-suh-tuh-TEEV] from the St. Matthew Passion
by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK)
O schone nacht C O schöne Nacht C O SHÖ-nuh NAHKT C (Oh Lovely Night) C poem by
Georg Friedrich Daumer [GAY-awrk FREET-rihh DAHÔÔ-mur] set to music by Johannes
Brahms [yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])
O selce o tigre o ninfa C O selce, o tigre, o ninfa C o SAYL-chay, o TEE-gray, o NEEN-fah
C (O Flint-Stone, O Tigress, O Nymph) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Alessandro Scarlatti
[ah-layss-SAHN-dro skar-LAHT-tee])
O signore dal tetto natio C O Signore, dal tetto natio C o see-n’YO-ray, dahl TAYT-toh
NAH-teeo C (O Lord, from the house of your birth) C (choral excerpt from Act IV of the opera I
Lombardi alla prima crociata [ee lohm-BAR-dee AHL-lah PREE-mah kro-CHAH-tah] —
The Lombards on the First Crusade; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee],
libretto by Temistocle Solera [tay-MEE-stoh-klay so-LAY-rah] after Tommaso Grossi [tohmMAH-zo GROHSS-see])
O sink hernieder C O sink’ hernieder C O ZIHNK hehr-NEE-dur C (duet from the opera
Tristan und Isolde [TRIH-stahn ôônt ee-ZAWL-tuh], music and libretto by Richard Wagner
[RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
O smania doreste dajace C O smania ... D’Oreste, d’Ajace C o SMAH-neeah ... doh-RAYstay, dah-YAH-chay C (excerpt from the opera Idomeneo, rè di Creta [ee-doh-may-NAY-o,
RAY dee KRAY-tah] — Idomeneo, King of Crete; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
[VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Giovanni Battista Varesco [joVAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah vah-RAY-sko] after Antoine Danchet [ah6-twahn dah6-sheh])
O soave fanciulla C O so-AH-vay fahn-CHOOL-lah C (duet from the opera La bohème [lah
baw-emm] — Bohemian Life; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee];
libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KOzah] after Henri Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])
O sole mio C O sole mio C o SO-lay MEE-o C (song by Teschemacher [TEH-shuh-mahkur], Eduardo di Capua [ay-dooAR-doh dee kah-POO-ah] and G. Capurro [(G.) kah-POORro])
O souverain o juge o pere C Ô souverain, Ô juge, Ô père C o sôô-v’reh6, o zhüg, o pehr C
(aria featuring Rodrigue [rawd-reeg] in the opera Le Cid [luh seed]; music by Jules Massenet
[zhül {mahss-s’nay} mahss-s’neh]; libretto by Adolphe d’Ennery [ah-dawlf denn-n’ree],
Édouard Blau [ay-dôôar blo], and Louis Gallet [lôôee gahl-leh] after Pierre Corneille [peeehr
kawr-nehy’])
O suilleabhain C Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin C MEE-hawl o SOO-luh-wawn
O susser mond C O süsser Mond C O ZÜSS-sur MAWNT C (O sweet moon) C (excerpt
from the opera Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor [dee LÔÔ-stih-gunn V¦-bur fawn VINNTzur] — The Merry Wives of Windsor; music by Otto Nicolai [AWT-toh NEE-ko-lahih]; libretto
by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal [ZAHAH-lo-mawn HEHR-mahn MO-zunn-tahl] after William
Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
O susseste wonne seligstes weib C O süsseste Wonne! Seligstes Weib! C o ZÜSS-suh-stuh
VAWN-nuh! ZAY-lick-shtuss V¦P! C (duet from Act 1 of the opera Die Walküre [dee vahlKÜ-ruh], music and libretto by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
O tahidromos C O tahidrómos C o tah-hee-THRAW-muss C (The Postman) C (words and
music by Manos Hadjidakis [MAH-nuss hahth-zee-TH¦-kiss])
O taler weit o hohen C O Täler weit, o Höhen C o TAY-lur v§t, o HÖ-unn C (song by Felix
Mendelssohn [{FEE-lickss MENN-dull-sunn FAY-lickss MENN-t’lss-zohohn])
O tod wie bitter bist du C O Tod, wie bitter bist du C o TOHT, vee BITT-tur bisst doo C (O
Death, How Bitter You Are) C (text from Ecclesiastes 41:1-2, set to music by Johannes Brahms
[yo-HAHN-nuss {BRAHMZ} BRAHAHMSS])
O toi qui prolongeas mes jours C o t’wah kee praw-law6-zhah meh zhôôr C (O thou who
prolonged my days) C (aria featuring Iphigénie in the opera Iphigénie en Tauride [ee-fee-zhaynee ah6 toh-reed]; music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn
GLÔÔK]; libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard [nee-ko-lah-frah6-swah ghee-yar], based on
Euripides [yôô-RIH-puh-deez])
O tu che in seno agli angeli C O TOO kayn SAY-no AHL-l’yee AHN-jay-lee C (aria from
the opera La forza del destino [lah FOHR-tsah dayl day-STEE-no] — The Force of Destiny;
music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
[frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after Angel P. De Saavedra [ahn-HELL (P.) day
sah-VAY-drah])
O up C O up! C O üp! C (song by Joseph Canteloube [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb])
O varium fortune lubricum C O varium Fortune lubricum C O VUH-rihôôm fohr-TOO-neh
LOO-brih-kôôm C (fickle, deceitful Lady Fortune) C (excerpt from the 13th-century
manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah])
O vere o bone C O vere, o bone C O VAY-ray, O BAW-neh C (O True, O Good) C (motet
[mo-TETT] by Marc Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay])
O villanella C o veel-lah-nell-lah C (composition by Hubert Waelrant [HÜ-behrt WAHLrahnt])
O vin discaccia la tristezza C O vin, discaccia la tristezza C o VEEN, deess-KAH-chah lah
tree-STAYT-tsah C (excerpt from the opera Amleto [ahm-LAY-toh] — Hamlet [HAMMlutt]; music by Ambroise Thomas [ah6-br’wahz taw-mah]; libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül barbeeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm
SHAYK-spihuhr])
O vin en vigne C o veh6 ah6 veeny’ C (O Wine on the Vine) C (composition by Orlando de
Lassus [awr-lah6-doh duh lahss-sü])
O virgo prudentissima C O Virgo prudentissima C o VEER-go proo-denn-TEESS-sih-muh
C (O Most Wise Virgin) C (six-voice song from Medieval France by Josquin Despréz [zhawsskeh6 day-pray])
O virgo splendens C O Virgo splendens C o VEER-go SPLENN-dennz C (excerpt from the
Llibre vermell of Montserrat [l’YEE-vray vehr-MELL (of) mawnt-sayr-RAHT] — pilgrim
songs and dances associated with the Shrine to the Virgin at Montserrat [mahnt-sehr-RAHT])
O virgo virginum C o VEER-go veer-JEE-nôôm C (O Virgin of Virgins) C (six-voice song
from Medieval France by Josquin Despréz [zhawss-keh6 day-pray]) C (anonymous antiphon
[ANN-tuh-funn] from Medieval Cyprus)
O vos omnes C o vohss OHM-ness C (O All You Who Pass By) C (madrigal [MADD-rihgull] by Carlo Gesualdo [KAR-lo jay-zooAHL-doh])
O vos omnes C o vohss OHM-ness C (Is it Nothing to You, All Ye Who Pass By?) C motet
[mo-TETT] by Marc Antoine Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-tee-yay])
O waly waly C O WAY-lee WAY-lee C (traditional British song)
O zittre nicht C O zitt’re nicht C o TSITT-truh nihht C (excerpt from the opera Die
Zauberflöte [dee TSAHÔÔ-bur-flö-tuh] — The Magic Flute; music by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
[ay-MAHAH-nooayl SHEE-kah-nay-dur])
O zittre nicht mein lieber sohn C O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn! C O TSITT-truh nihht, m§n
LEE-bur zohn! C (Oh, do not tremble, my dear son!) C (aria from the opera Die Zauberflöte
[dee TSAHÔÔ-bur-flö-tuh] — The Magic Flute; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
[VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart], libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder [ay-MAHAHnooayl SHEE-kah-nay-dur])
Obal dins lou limouzi C Obal dins lou Limouzi C aw-bahl deh6 lôô lee-môô-zee C (Down in)
[lee-môô-zee] C (excerpt from Chants d'Auvergne [shah6 doh-vehrny’] — Songs of the
Auvergne [o-vehrny’], French folk songs collected by Joseph Canteloube [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb])
Obedientia C aw-bay-dihAYN-tihuh C (character in Ordo virtutum [OHR-doh veer-TOOtôôm], a musical drama by Hildegard von Bingen [HILL-tuh-gart fawn BIHNG-unn])
Oberhoffer C Emil Oberhoffer C {AY-mull O-bur-hawf-fur} AY-meel O-bur-hawf-fur C
(known also as Emil Johann Oberhoffer [AY-meel YO-hahn O-bur-hawf-fur])
Obermayer C Gilles Obermayer C GHEEL-less OO-ber-m§-ur
Oberon C O-buh-rahn C (character in the opera A Midsummer Night's Dream; music by
Benjamin Britten [BENN-juh-munn BRITT-tunn]; libretto by Britten and Peter Pears [PEEtur PIHUHRZ] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
Obersteiger C Der Obersteiger C dayr O-bur-sht§-gur C (The Master Miner) C (an operetta,
with music by Carl Zeller [KARL TSELL-lur]; lyrics by M. West [(M.) VESST] and L. Held
[(L.) HELLT])
Oberthur C Charles Oberthür C CHAH-rullz O-bur-thur C (Anglicized version of the
German name Karl Oberthür [KARL O-bur-tür])
Obigny C Marchese d'Obigny C mar-KAY-zay daw-bee-n’yee C (character in the opera La
traviata [lah trah-veeAH-tah] — The Worldly Woman; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYPpay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAHvay] after Alexandre Dumas [ah-leck-sah6-dr’ dü-mah])
Obin C Louis-Henri Obin C lôôee-ah6-ree aw-beh6
Oboda C Jaroslav Oboda C YAH-raw-shlahf O-bo-dah
Oboe da caccia C o-bo-AY dah KAH-chah
Oboe damore C oboe d'amore C o-bo-AY dah-MO-ray
Oboenkonzert c dur C Oboenkonzert C-dur C o-BO-unn-kawn-tsehrt TSAY-DOOR C
(Oboe Concerto in C Major) C (composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng
ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Oborin C Lev Oborin C LYEFF ah-BAW-rinn C (known also as Lev Nikolaievich [nyeekah-LAHEE-eh-vihch] Oborin)
Obouhov C Nicolas Obouhov C nee-kaw-lah aw-boo-awv C (French version of the Russian
name Nikolai Obouhov [nyee-kah-LAHIH AW-bôô-huff])
Oboussier C Robert Oboussier C ro-behr aw-bôôss-seeay
Obradors C Fernando J. Obradors C fayr-NAHN-doh (J.) o-VRAH-thawrss
Obradovic C Aleksandar Obradoviƒ C ah-leck-SAHN-dar aw-BRAH-daw-vihch
Obraz toj prigozhnitsy C A obraz toj prigozhnitsy C ah AWB-ruzz toy pree-GAWZH-nyittsee C (But that beauty’s image is with me always) C (aria from the opera Charodeika [chahrah-DAYEE-kuh] —The Enchantress; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r illYEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee] and libretto by Ippolit Vasil’yevich
Shpazinsky [eep-pah-LYITT vah-SEE-l’yeh-vihch shpah-ZHINN-skee])
Obraztsova C Elena Obraztsova C [yeh-LYAY-nuh ah-brahzt-SAW-vuh C (known also as
Elena Vasilievna [vah-SEE-lyeff-nuh] Obraztsova)
Obrecht C Jacob Obrecht C YAH-kawp O-brehkt C (the last name is also spelled Obreht,
Hobrecht, Obertus, and Hobertus)
Obretenov C Svetoslav Obretenov C sveh-toh-SLAHF o-BRAY-tuh-nawf
Obrist C Aloys Obrist C ah-LO-eess O-breest
Obstacles venimeux C awb-stah-kl’ veh-nee-mö C (Poisonous Obstacles) C (excerpt from
Heures séculaires et instantanées [ör say-kü-lehr ay eh6-stah6-tah-nay] — Secular and
Instantaneous Hours — by Erik Satie [ay-reek sah-tee])
Obukhova C Nadezhda Obukhova C nah-d’YEHZH-duh AW-bôô-kuh-vuh C (known also
as Nadezhda Andreievna [ahn-DRAYEE-eff-nah] Obukhova)
Occasione fa il ladro C L’occasione fa il ladro C lohk-kah-zeeO-nay fah eel LAH-dro C
(Opportunity Makes the Thief) C (an opera, with music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no
rohss-SEE-nee] and libretto by Luigi Prividali [looEE-jee pree-vee-DAH-lee])
Occasu sideris C In occasu sideris C inn ohk-KAH-zôô SEE-deh-riss C (As the Stars Fell) C
(anonymous composition)
Occhi del mio cor vita C OHK-kee dayl MEE-o kohr VEE-tah C (madrigal [MADD-rihgull] by Carlo Gesualdo C [KAR-lo jay-zooAHL-doh])
Occhi di fata C OHK-kee dee FAH-tah C (song by Tremacoldo [tray-mah-KOHL-doh] and
Denza [DAYN-tsah])
Occuli omnium C OHK-kôô-lee OHM-nihôôm C (anonymous sacred composition)
Ocejo C José Luis Ocejo C ho-SAY looEESS o-THAY-ho
Ocenas C Andrej O…enáš C AHN-dray AW-cheh-nahahsh
Och jungfrun hon gar i ringen C awk YÜNG-frün hawn GAWR ih RIHNG-unn C (And the
Maid Enters the Ring) C (anonymous composition)
Ochi chornhyje C AW-chee CHAWR-nihyeh C (Dark Eyes) C (traditional Russian song)
Ochi chornyje C AW-chee CHAWR-nihyeh C (Dark Eyes) C (traditional Russian song)
Ochi dolenti mie C O-kee doh-LAYN-tee MEE-ay C (ballad [BAL-ludd] by Francesco
Landini [frahn-CHAYSS-ko lahn-DEE-nee])
Ochi tchorniye C AW-chee CHAWR-nihyeh C (Dark Eyes) C (traditional Russian song)
Ochman C Wies»aw Ochman C veeESS-wahf AWH-mahn
Ocho kandelikas C O-cho kahn-day-LEE-kahss C (Eight Candles) C (a Sephardic [suhFAR-dick] song) C (composition by Flory Jagoda [FLAW-ree yah-GAW-dah])
Ochs C Baron Ochs of Lerchenau C bah-ROHN AWKSS (of) LEHR-huh-nahôô C (character
in the opera Der Rosenkavalier [dayr RO-zunn-kah-fah-leer] — The Knight of the Rose; music
by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart SHTRAHÔÔSS] and libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal [HOOgo fawn HAWF-mahn-stahl])
Ochs C Siegfried Ochs C ZEEK-freet AWKSS
Ochs auf lerchenau C Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau C bah-ROHN AWKSS ahôôf LEHR-huhnahôô C (Baron Ochs of Lerchenau) C (character in the opera Der Rosenkavalier [dayr ROzunn-kah-fah-leer] — The Knight of the Rose; music by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart
SHTRAHÔÔSS] and libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal [HOO-go fawn HAWF-mahn-stahl])
Ochs of lerchenau C Baron Ochs of Lerchenau C bah-ROHN AWKSS (of) LEHR-huh-nahôô
C (character in the opera Der Rosenkavalier [dayr RO-zunn-kah-fah-leer] — The Knight of
the Rose; music by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart SHTRAHÔÔSS] and libretto by Hugo von
Hofmannsthal [HOO-go fawn HAWF-mahn-stahl])
Ockeghem C Johannes Ockeghem C yo-HAHN-nuss O-keh-hemm C (the first name is known
also as Jean [zhah6] and Jehan de [yehah6 deh]; the last name is known also as Okeghem [O-kehhemm], Okengheim [O-kenn-h§m], and Ockenheim [O-kenn-h§m])
Oconnell C Kevin O’Connell C KEH-vunn o-KAHN-null
Oconnor C Padraig O’Connor C PAWD-rigg o-KAHN-nur
Oconnor C Sinead O’Connor C shih-NAYD o’KAHN-nur
Octavian C awk-TAH-veeahn C (character in the opera Der Rosenkavalier [dayr RO-zunnkah-fah-leer] — The Knight of the Rose; music by Richard Strauss [RIH-hart SHTRAHÔÔSS]
and libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal [HOO-go fawn HAWF-mahn-stahl])
Octoechos for double string quartet and soprano C “Octoéchos” for double string quartet and
soprano C “awk-taw-ay-ko” (for double string quartet and soprano) C (compositions by
Michelle Ekizian [mih-SHELL eh-KEE-zeeunn])
Oculi omnium C AW-kôô-lih OHM-nih-ôôm C (motet [mo-TETT] by William Byrd [WILLlihumm BURD])
Odabella C o-dah-BAYL-lah C (character in the opera Attila [aht-TEE-lah]; music by
Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee] and libretto by Temistocle Solera [tay-MEE-stohklay so-LAY-rah])
Odak C Krsto Odak C KUR-staw AW-dahk
Odaka C Hisatada Odaka C h’sah-tah-dah aw-dah-kah C (known also as Hisatada Otaka
[h’sah-tah-dah aw-tah-kah])
Oddone sulli rao C Elisabetta Oddone Sulli-Rao C ay-lee-zah-BAYT-tah ohd-DOH-nay
SOOL-lee-RAH-o
Ode for st cecilias day C Ode for St. Cecilia's Day C (Ode for St.) suh-SEE-leeuzz (Day) C
(composition by Henry Purcell [HENN-ree PUR-s'l]
Ode on st cecilias day C Ode on St. Cecilia's Day C (Ode on St.) suh-SEE-leeuzz (Day) C
(composition by Henry Purcell [HENN-ree PUR-s'l])
Odekha C O-duh-h§ C (Thanks to You — Psalm118, set to music by Salomone Rossi [sah-loMO-nay ROHSS-see])
Odense symphony orchestra C OO-thunn-suh (Symphony Orchestra)
Odeon C AW-deeôôn C (tango by Ernesto Júlio de Nazareth [ehr-NEHSH-tôô ZHÔÔ-leeôô jee
nah-zuh-RAY])
Odeon kunstlerorchester C Odeon Künstlerorchester C O-day-awn KÜNST-lur-awr-keh-stur
Odette C Paul O’Dette C PAWL o-DETT
Odins meeresritt C Odins Meeresritt C O-dinnss MAY-russ-ritt C (Odin's Ride over the Sea)
C (composition by Carl Loewe [KARL LÖ-vuh])
Odnoposoff C Adolfo Odnoposoff C ah-THAWL-fo awd-no-po-SAWF
Odnoposoff C Ricardo Odnoposoff C ree-KAR-doh awd-no-po-SAWF
Odo de cluny C Odo de Cluny C aw-doh duh klü-nee
Oedipus rex C Oedipus Rex C OEE-dih-pooss RAYKSS C (an opera-oratorio, with music by
Igor Stravinsky [EE-gur strah-VINN-skee] and libretto by Jean Cocteau [zhah6 kawk-toh] after
Sophocles [SAW-fuh-kleez])
Oehl C Kurt Oehl C KÔÔRT ÖL C (known also as Kurt Helmut Oehl [KÔÔRT HELLmoot ÖL])
Oertel C Helmut Oertel C HELL-moot ÖR-tull
Oeser C Fritz Oeser C FRITTSS Ö-zur
Oesterlein C Nikolaus Oesterlein C NEE-ko-lahôôss Ö-stur-l§n
Oestvig C Karl Oestvig C KARL ÖST-veeg C (known also as Karl Aagaard [AW-gawr]
Oestvig) C (the preferred spelling is Karl Ågård Østvig)
Oetting C William H. Oetting C WILL-lihumm H. ETT-tihng
Oettingen C Arthur Joachim von Oettingen C AR-tôôr YOHOH-ah-kimm fawn ÖT-tihng-unn
Oeuvres de piano C ö-vr’ duh peeah-no C (Piano Works)
Oeuvres pour piano C ö-vr’ pôôr peeah-no C (Works for Piano) C (compositions by Francis
Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k])
Offenbach C Jacques Offenbach C ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk
Offertoire C awf-fehr-twar
Offertorium C ohf-fehr-TAW-rihôôm C (section of the Latin mass set to music by various
composers)
Officier C L'officier C lawf-fee-seeay C (the officer) C (character in the opera Dialogues des
carmélites [deeah-lawg day kar-may-leet] — Dialogues of the Carmelites [KAR-muh-l§tss];
music by Francis Poulenc [frah6-seess pôô-lah6k]; libretto by Poulenc after Georges Bernanos
[zhawrzh behr-nah-nawss])
Officium defunctorum C ohf-FIH-chôôm day foonk-TOH-rôôm C (chant from the
Cancionero de Segovia [kahn-theeo-NAY-ro day say-GO-veeah] — Songbook of Segovia —
containing liturgical music from Spain at the time of Christopher Columbus)
Offrande C awf-rah6d C (Offering) C (poem by Paul Verlaine [pohl vehr-lenn] set to music
by Reynaldo Hahn [ray-NAHL-doh HAHN])
Ogeas C Françoise Ogeas C frah6-swah o-zhay-ahss
Oggie C Kathren Oggie C KATH-runn AWG-ghee
Ogihara C Toshitsugu Ogihara C taw-sh’tsoo-goo o-ghee-hah-lah
Oginski C Prince Micha» Kleofas Ogi½ski C (Prince) MEE-hahw’ kleh-AW-fahss aw-GHEE6skee
Ogura C Roh Ogura C law aw-goo-lah
Oh buon di signorina C Oh, buon dì, signorina C o booOHN dee, see-n’yo-REE-nah C
(excerpt from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-beeAY-ray dee see-VEE-leeah] — The
Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee];
libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de
Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [jooZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])
Oh chi piange del futuro nel buio C Oh, chi piange? ... Del futuro nel buio C o, kee peeAHNjay? ... dayl foo-TOO-ro nayl BOO-eeo C (aria from the opera Nabucco [nah-BOOK-ko] —
King of Babylon; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Temistocle
Solera [tay-MEE-stoh-klay so-LAY-rah] after Antonio Cortesi [ahn-TAW-neeo kohr-TAYzee], Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois [o-güst ah-nih-seh-bôôr-zhwah], and Francis Cornu [frah6-see
kawr-nü])
Oh cielo nella stanza convien C Oh cielo! ... Nella stanza convien C o CHAY-lo! ... NAYL-lah
STAHN-tsah kohn-veeAYN C (excerpt from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-beeAYray dee see-VEE-leeah] — The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini
[johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee]
after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh]
and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])
Oh come il fosco impetuoso nembo ci separo C Oh come il fosco impetuoso nembo ci separò C
O KO-may eel FOHSS-ko eem-pay-tooO-zo NAYM-bo chee say-pah-RO C (Oh, how
violently we were separated) C (aria from the opera La pietra del paragone [lah peeAY-trah
dayl pah-rah-GO-nay] — The Touchstone; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohssSEE-nee] and libretto by Luigi Romanelli [looEE-jee roh-mah-NAYL-lee])
Oh del mio dolce ardor C Oh, del mio dolce ardor C O, dayl MEE-o DOHL-chay AR-dohr C
(O longed-for object of my fond passion) C (aria from the opera Paride ed Elena [pah-REE-day
ayd ay-LAY-nah]; music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn
GLOOK] and libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rahn-YAY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])
Oh dio crudel C Oh Dio! Crudel! C o DEE-o! kroo-DAYL! C (Oh, God! How cruelly! C
(aria from the opera Tancredi [tahn-KRAY-dee]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no
rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Gaetano Rossi [gahay-tah-no ROHSS-see] after Voltaire [vawltehr])
Oh fede negar potessi aglocchi miei C Oh, fede negar potessi agl’occhi miei! C O, FAY-day
NAY-gar po-TAYSS-see ah-g’LOHK-kee meeAYEE! C (aria from the opera Luisa Miller [looEE-zah MILL-lur]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee], libretto by
Salvatore Cammarano [sahl-vah-TOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no] after Friedrich von Schiller
[FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur])
Oh fede negar potessi quando le sere al placido C Oh, fede negar potessi — Quando le sere al
placido C O, FAY-day nay-GAR po-TAYSS-see — kooAHN-doh lay SAY-ray ahl PLAHchee-doh C (excerpt from the opera Luisa Miller [loo-EE-zah MILL-lur]; music by Giuseppe
Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano [sahl-vah-TOH-ray
kahm-mah-RAH-no] after Friedrich von Schiller [FREET-rihh fawn SHILL-lur])
Oh fiamma soave C o feeAHM-mah so-AH-vay C (O sweet, gentle flame) C (aria from the
opera La donna del lago [lah DOHN-nah dayl LAH-go] — The Lady of the Lake; music by
Gioachino [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; text by Andrea Leone Tottola [ahn-DRAY-ah layO-nay toht-TOH-lah] after Sir Walter Scott [WAWL-tur SKAHT)
Oh madelon je dois partir C Oh! Madelon, je dois partir C o! mah-d’law6, zhuh dwah parteer C (Oh, Madelon, I Must Depart) C (song by Joseph Canteloube [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb])
Oh mie fedeli C Oh, mie fedeli! C O, MEE-ay fay-DAY-lee! C (recitative [reh-suh-tuhTEEV], aria, and cavatina [ka-vuh-TEE-nuh] featuring Beatrice in Act I of the opera Beatrice
di Tenda [bay-ah-TREE-chay dee TAYN-dah]; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso
bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee])
Oh qual pallor un di felice C Oh! Qual pallor! ... Un dì, felice ...! C O! kooahl pahl-LOHR! ...
oon dee, fay-LEE-chay! C (duet from Act I of the opera La traviata [lah trah-veeAH-tah] —
The Worldly Woman; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by
Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAY-sko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after Alexandre Dumas
[ah-leck-sah6-dr’ dü-mah])
Oh quand je dors C Oh! quand je dors C o! kah6 zhuh dawr C (Oh, in My Dreams) C (poem
by Victor Hugo [{VICK-tur h’YOO-go} veek-tawr ü-go] set to music by Franz Liszt
[FRAHNZ LISST])
Oh quante volte C O! Quante volte C O kooAHN-tay VOHL-tay C (Juliet’s romance from
Act I of the opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi [ee kah-poo-LAY-tee ay ee mohn-TAYK-kee] —
The Capulets [KA-p’yuh-luttss] and the Montagues [MAHN-tuh-gh’yooz]; music by Vincenzo
Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee]; libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAHnee] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
Oh quante volte oh quante C Oh, quante volte, oh quante! C o, kooAHN-tay VOHL-tay, o
kooAHN-tay! C (aria featuring Giulietta [joo-leeAYT-tah] in the opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi
[ee kah-poo-LAY-tee ay ee mohn-TAYK-kee] — The Capulets [KA-p’yuh-luttss] and the
Montagues [MAHN-tuh-gh’yooz]; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEEnee]; libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee] after William Shakespeare
[WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
Oh se una volta sola C Oh! se una volta sola C O! say OO-nah VOHL-tah SO-lah C
(Amina’s scene and final aria from Act II of the opera La sonnambula [lah sohn-NAHM-boolah] — The Sleepwalker; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and
libretto by Felice Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee])
Oh sio potessi col sorriso dinnocenza C Oh! S’io potessi ... col sorriso d’innocenza C O! seeo
po-TAYSS-see ... kohl sohr-REE-zo deen-no-CHAYN-tsah C (passage featuring Imogène
[ee-mo-JAY-nay] with chorus from Act II of the opera ll pirata [eel pee-RAH-tah] — The
Pirate; music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice
Romani [fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee])
Oh sio potessi dissipar le nubi col sorriso dinnocenza C Oh! S'io potessi dissipar le nubi; col
sorriso d'innocenza C O! seeo po-TAYSS-see deess-see-PAR lay NOO-bee; kohl sohr-REE-zo
deen-no-chayn-tsah C (excerpt from the opera Il pirata [eel pee-RAH-tah] — The Pirate;
music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice Romani
[fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee])
Oh smania C Oh smania! C o SMAH-neeah! C (O madness!) C (recitative [reh-suh-tuhTEEV] from the opera Idomeneo, rè di Creta [ee-doh-may-NAY-o, RAY dee KRAY-tah] —
Idomeneo, King of Crete; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAYôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Giovanni Battista Varesco [jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah vahRAY-sko] after Antoine Danchet [ah6-twahn dah6-sheh])
Oh smania doreste daiace C Oh smania! - D’Oreste, d’Aiace C o SMAH-neeah! - doh-RAYstay, dahee-AH-chay C (O madness! - Within my breast I feel the torments of Orestes and of
Ajax) C (recitative [reh-suh-tuh-TEEV] and aria from the opera Idomeneo, rè di Creta [eedoh-may-NAY-o, RAY dee KRAY-tah] — Idomeneo, King of Crete; music by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Giovanni Battista
Varesco [jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah vah-RAY-sko] after Antoine Danchet [ah6-twahn
dah6-sheh])
Oh tu che in seno C Oh, tu che in seno C O, too kay een SAY-no C (aria from the opera La
forza del destino [lah FOHR-tsah dayl day-STEE-no] — The Force of Destiny; music by
Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave [frahn-CHAYsko mah-REE-ah peeAH-vay] after Angel P. De Saavedra [ahn-HELL (P.) day sah-VAYdrah])
Ohana C Maurice Ohana C mo-reess aw-ah-nah
Ohanian C David Ohanian C DAY-vudd o-HAH-nihunn
Ohe C Adele Aus der Ohe C ah-DAY-luh AHÔÔSS dayr O-uh
Ohime chio cado C Ohimè ch’io cado C oee-MAY KEE-o KAH-doh C (vocal composition by
Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
Ohime se tanto amate C Ohimè, se tanto amate C oee-MAY, say TAHN-toh ah-MAH-tay C
(Alas, if you love so much) C (madrigal [MADD-rih-gull] by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOOdeeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
Ohlsson C Garrick Ohlsson C GHEHR-rick OHL-sunn C (known also as Garrick Olof
Ohlsson [GHEHR-rick OH-luff OHL-sunn])
Ohne satzbezeichnung C Ohne Satzbezeichnung C O-nuh ZAHTSS-buh-TS¦H-nôông C
(Without tempo indication)
Ohran C Lawrence Ohran C LAW-runntss O-runn
Ohrenstein C Dora Ohrenstein C DOH-ruh O-runn-st§n
Oi ayai C Oï Ayaï C oee ah-yahee C (excerpt from Chants d'Auvergne [shah6 doh-vehrny’] —
Songs of the Auvergne [o-vehrny’], French folk songs collected by Joseph Canteloube [zho-zeff
kah6-t’lôôb])
Oif mayn khasneh C awf M¦-nuh KEHSH-neh C (At My Wedding — a composition by
Leonard Bernstein [LEH-nurd BURN-st§n]
Oiseaux si tous les ans C Oiseaux, si tous les ans C wah-zo, see tôô leh-zah6 C (Little birds, if
every year) C (poem by Antoine Ferrand [ah6-twahn fehr-rah6] set to music by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart])
Oiseaux tristes C Oiseaux Tristes C wah-zo treest C (Sad Birds) C (composition by Maurice
Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell] from a group of piano pieces entitled Miroirs [mee-r’war])
Oistrakh C David Oistrakh Cdah-VEET AWIH-strahk C (known also as David Fyodorovich
[f’YAW-duh-ruh-vihch] Oistrakh)
Ojos tapatios C Ojos Tapatíos C O-hohss tah-pah-TEE-awss C (Tapatía's Eyes) C (song by
José F. Elizondo [ho-SAY (F.) ay-lee-THAWN-doh] and Fernando Méndez Velázquez [fehrNAHN-doh MAYN-deth vay-LAHTH-keth])
Oki C Masao Oki C mah-sahaw awk
Okinimba C O'Kinimbá C o-kee-nee6-BAH C (song by Francisco Ernani Braga [frah6-SEESSkôô ehr-NAH-nee BRAH-guh])
Oksanen C August Oksanen C AHÔÔ-gôôst AWK-sah-nenn
Olach tancz first partie C Olach tancz (lère partie) C O-lahk TAHNTSS (First Part) C
(anonymous 17th-century Hungarian dances)
Olach tancz second partie C Olach tancz (2e partie) C O-lahk TAHNTSS (Second Part) C
(anonymous 17th-century Hungarian dance)
Olah C John Olah C JAHN O-luh
Olah C Tiberiu Olah C tee-BEH-reeoo AW-lah
Olalla C Casiano Rojo Olalla C kah-seeAH-no RO-ho o-LAHL-lah
Olaso C Don Dámaso Zabalza y Olaso C DAWN DAH-mah-so thah-BAHL-thah ee o-LAHso
Olavs kappsigling C St. Olavs kappsigling C SAHNGT OO-lahvss KAHP-saih-lihng C (St.
Olav’s Regatta)
Olbersleben C Max Meyer-Olbersleben C MAHKSS M¦-ur-AWL-perss-lay-bunn
Olczewska C Maria Olczewska C MAH-reeah awl-CHEFF-skah C (this name may be a
misspelled version of Maria Olszewska [MAH-reeah awl-SHEFF-skah])
Old chelsea C Old Chelsea C (Old) CHELL-sih C (an operetta, with music by Richard
Tauber [RIH-hart TAHÔÔ-bur]; lyrics by Tysh [TIHSH] and Ellis [ELL-luss])
Oldberg C Arne Oldberg C AR-nee OHLD-burg
Olden C Fanny Moran-Olden C FAHN-nee MO-rahn-AWL-t’n
Oldham C Arthur Oldham C AR-thur OHL-dumm C (known also as Arthur William [WILLlihumm] Oldham)
Oldroyd C George Oldroyd C JAW-urj OHLD-royd
Oleary C Jane O’Leary C JAYN o-LIH-ree
Oleary C Martin O’Leary C MAR-t’n o-LIH-ree
Olenin C Alexander Olenin C uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r ah-LYAY-nyinn
Olenine dalheim C Marie Olénine d’Alheim C mah-REE-uh aw-lay-neen DAHL-h§m C
(known also as Marie Alexeievna [ah-lyick-SAYEE-eff-nuh] Olénine d’Alheim)
Olevsky C Julian Olevsky C {JOO-lihunn o-LEVV-skee} YOO-lihahn O-leff-skee
Olga C AWL-guh C (character in the opera Eugen Onegin or Yevgeny Onegin [yevv-GAYnee ah-NYAY-ghinn]; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahihKAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky [kahn-stahn-TYEEN shihLAWF-skee] and P. I. Tchaikovsky after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r
sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])
Olim lacus colueram C O-limm LUH-kôôss kaw-lôôAY-rumm C (Once I lived on lakes) C
(excerpt from In taberna [inn tah-BEHR-nah] — In the Tavern — a group of poems from the
13th-century manuscript Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music by Carl
Orff [KARL AWRF])
Olim sudor herculis C Olim sudor Herculis C O-limm SOO-dawr HAYR-kôô-leess C (Once
honest sweaty Hercules) C (excerpt from the 13th-century collection Carmina Burana [karMEE-nah boo-RAH-nah])
Olin C Elisabeth Olin C ih-LIH-zuh-buth O-linn
Olitzka C Rosa Olitzka C {RO-zuh o-LITTZ-kuh} RO-zah o-LITTSS-kah
Olitzki C Walter Olitzki C {WAWL-tur o-LITTZ-kee} VAHL-tur o-LITTSS-kee
Oliveira C Elmar Oliveira C ELL-mar ah-lih-VEH-rah
Oliveira C Jocy de Oliveira C ZHAH-see zhah-lee-VAY-ruh
Oliveira machado C Augusto de Oliveira Machado C ahôô-GÔÔSH-tôô duh o-lee-VAY-ruh
muh-SHAH-dôô C (known also as Augusto Machado)
Olivero C Magda Olivero C MAHG-dah o-lee-VAY-ro
Oliveros C Pauline Oliveros C paw-LEEN ah-lih-VEH-russ
Ollapotrida C ohl-lah-po-TREE-dah C (song from Leib- und Seelen-Songs für hohe Stimme
und Gitarre [L¦P- ôônt ZAY-lunn-(Songs) für HO-uh SHTIMM-muh ôônt ghee-TAHRruh] — Songs of Body and Soul for High Voice and Guitar) C (compositions by Gottfried von
Einem [GAWT-freet fawn ¦-numm])
Oller C Joaquín Homs Oller C ho-ah-KEEN AWMSS aw-l’YEHR C (known also as Joaquín
Homs)
Ollmann C Kurt Ollmann C KÔÔRT AWL-mahn
Ollone C Max d’Ollone C mahkss dawl-lawn C (known also as Maximilien-Paul-Marie-Félix
d’Ollone [mahk-see-mee-yah6-pohl-mah-ree-fay-leekss dawl-lawn])
Olmeda de san jose C Federico Olmeda de San José C fay-thay-REE-ko AWL-may-thah day
sahn ho-SAY
Olow C Anna Elisabeth Söderström-Olow C AHN-nah eh-LIH-sah-bett SÖ-der-ström-Olawv C (known also as Elisabeth Söderström)
Olsen C Ole Olsen C OO-luh OHL-s’n
Olsen C Poul Rovsing Olsen C PAHÔÔL ROHF-sihng OHL-sunn
Olsen C Sparre Olsen C SPAR-ruh OHL-s’n C (known also as Carl Gustav [KARL
GHEWSS-tahv] Sparre Olsen)
Olsson C Otto Olsson C OHT-toh OHLSS-sawn C (known also as Otto Emanuel [ay-MAHnü-ell] Olsson)
Olsvold C Sigurd Olsvold C SEE-ghewr OOLSS-vawl
Olympia C ah-leh6-peeah C (character in the opera Les contes d'Hoffmann [leh kaw6t dawfmahn] — The Tales of Hoffmann; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk];
libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray])
Ombra di nube C OHM-brah dee NOO-bay C (lyric by Mucci [MOO-chee] set to music by
Licinio Refice [lee-CHEE-neeo ray-FEE-chay])
Ombra leggiera C ohm-brah layd-JAY-rah C (aria from the opera Dinorah [dee-naw-rah];
music by Giacomo Meyerbeer [JAH-ko-mo M¦-ur-bayr]; libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül barbeeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray] after Carré [kar-ray])
Ombra mai fu C OHM-brah MAHEE-foo C (aria from the opera Serse [SEHR-say]; music by
George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]; libretto derived with alterations
from an earlier work by Nicolo Minato [NEE-ko-LO mee-NAH-toh]) C (opera known also as
Xerxes [ZURK-seez])
Ombre des arbres C L’ombre des arbres [law6-br’ day-zar-br’] C (The Shade of the Trees) C
(poem from Ariettes Oubliées [ah-reeett ôô-blee-ay] — Forgotten Airs — by Paul Verlaine [pohl
vehr-lenn] set to music by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
Ombre dun buissonet C En l’ombre d’un buissonet C ah6 law6-br’ d’ü6 büeess-saw-neh C (In
the Shade of a Little Bush) C (three-voice song from Medieval France by Josquin Despréz
[zhawss-keh6 day-pray])
Ombre dung buissonet C A l’ombre d’ung buissonet C ah law6-br’ d’ü6 büeess-saw-neh C (In
the Shade of a Little Bush) C (three-voice song from Medieval France by Josquin Despréz
[zhawss-keh6 day-pray])
Ombre legere C Ombre légère C aw6-br' lay-zhehr C (excerpt from the opera Dinorah [deenaw-rah]; music by Giacomo Meyerbeer [JAH-ko-mo M¦-ur-bayr]; libretto by Jules Barbier
[zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré [mee-shell kar-ray] after Carré)
Omeara C William O’Meara C WILL-lihumm o-MAH-rah
Omnes amici mei C OHM-ness ah-MEE-chee MAYEE C (All My Friends) C (madrigal
[MADD-rih-gull] by Carlo Gesualdo [KAR-lo jay-zooAHL-doh])
Omnes generationes C OHM-ness jeh-neh-RAH-tsihaw-ness C (section of the Magnificat
[mah-n’YIH-fih-kaht] by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zayBAH-stihahn BAHK])
Omnia sol temperat C OHM-nihuh SOHL TAYM-peh-raht C (The sun warms everything) C
(excerpt from Primo vere [PREE-mo VAY-ray] — Spring — a group of poems from the 13thcentury manuscript of Carmina Burana [kar-MEE-nah boo-RAH-nah] set to music by Carl
Orff [KARL AWRF])
Omnia tempus habent C OHM-nihuh TAYM-pôôss HUH-bennt C (To Everything There Is a
Season) C (excerpt from Sunt lacrimae rerum — Cantiones seriae [SOONT LAH-krih-may
REH-rôôm — kahn-tihO-ness SAY-rih-ay] C (Tears Are Everywhere — Serious Songs, a
series of three compositions for a male chorus and soloists by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF]) C
(same title used by other composers)
Omnium deliciarum C OHM-nihôôm day-lih-CHAH-rôôm C (excerpt from Sunt Lacrimae
Rerum — Cantiones seriae [SOONT LAH-krih-may REH-rôôm — kahn-tihO-ness SAY-rihay] C (Tears Are Everywhere — Serious Songs, a series of three compositions for a male chorus
and soloists by Carl Orff [KARL AWRF])
On the dnieper C On the Dnieper C (On the) NYEH-per C (song by Modest Moussorgsky
[mah-DYESST MOOSS-surk-skee])
Oncina C Juan Oncina C hooAHN awn-THEE-nah
Ondine C aw6-deen C (composition from Gaspard de la nuit [gahss-par duh lah nüee] by
Maurice Ravel [mo-reess rah-vell]) C (composition by Claude Debussy [klohd deh-büss-see])
Ondricek C Emanuel OndÍí…ek C eh-MAH-nôô-ell AWND-rsheeee-check
Ondricek C František OndÍí…ek C FRAHN-tyih-sheck AWND-rsheeee-check
Ondricek C Ignac OndÍí…ek C IGG-nahtss AWND-rsheeee-check
Ondricek C Jan OndÍí…ek C YAHN AWND-rsheeee-check
Onegin C ah-NYAY-ghinn C (character in the opera Yevgeny Onegin [yevv-GAY-nee ahNYAY-ghinn] — Eugene Onegin; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH
{chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky [kahn-stahnTYEEN shih-LAWF-skee] and P. I. Tchaikovsky after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyickSAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])
Onegin C Eugene Onegin C yevv-GAY-nee ah-NYAY-ghinn C (an opera, with music by
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee];
libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky [kahn-stahn-TYEEN shih-LAWF-skee] and P. I. Tchaikovsky
after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSHkinn]; also a character in the opera) C (the first name is variously spelled as Eugene, Eugen,
Yevgeni, Evgeny, and Yevgeny)
Onegin C Sigrid Onégin C ZEE-gritt ah-NYAY-ghinn C (known also as Elisabeth Elfriede
Emilie Sigrid Onégin [ay-LEE-zah-bett ell-FREE-duh ay-MEE-lihuh ZEE-gritt ah-n’YAYghinn])
Ongaro C Francesco dall' Ongaro C frahn-CHAY-sko dahl ohn-GAH-ro
Oniro pedion tis gitonias C Óniro pedión tis gitoniás C O-nee-ro peh-thihAHN tiss ghee-tohnihAHSS C (Dream of Urban Children) C (words and music by Manos Hadjidakis [MAH-nuss
hahth-zee-TH¦-kiss])
Ono C Yoko Ono C {YO-ko O-no} yaw-kaw aw-naw
Onofri C Alessandro Onofri C ah-layss-SAHN-dro o-NO-free
Onslow C Georges Onslow C zhawrzh aw6-slawv C (known also as André Georges Louis
Onslow [ah6-dray zhawrzh lôôee aw6-slawv])
Oosterzee C Cornelie van Oosterzee C kawr-NAY-lee funn OHOH-stur-zayay
Opacka C Maria Kuni½ska-Opacka C MAH-reeah kôô-NYEE6-skah-o-PAHTSS-kah
Opalach C Jan Opalach C JANN O-puh-lahch
Opatz C Mari Opatz C MAH-ree O-pahtss
Opera bouffe en deux actes C Opéra-bouffe en deux actes C aw-pay-rah-bôôf ah6 dö ahkt C
(Opera-buffa in two acts)
Opera comique en deux actes C Opéra-comique en deux actes C aw-pay-rah-kaw-meek ah6 dö
ahkt C (Comic opera in two acts)
Opera de lyon C Opéra de Lyon C aw-pay-rah duh lee-aw6 C (Lyon [lee-aw6] Opera)
Opera en cinq actes C Opéra en cinq actes C aw-pay-rah ah6 sink ahkt C (Opera in five acts)
Operti C Giuseppe Operti C joo-ZAYP-pay o-PAYR-tee
Ophelie C Ophélie C o-fay-lee C (poem by Rimbaud [reh6-bo] set to music by Earl Kim
[URUHL KIMM])
Ophicleide C AH-fuh-kl§d C (member of the keyed bugle family with bass pitch)
Opie C Alan Opie C A-lunn O-pee
Opie C Amelia Opie C uh-MEE-lihuh O-pee
Opienski C Henryk Opie½ski C HENN-rick aw-PEE6-skee
Opochinin C N. P. Opochinin C (N. P.) ah-pah-CHEE-nyinn
Oppens C Ursula Oppens C UR-suh-luh AHP-punnz
Oprichniki C ah-PREECH-nyih-kee
Or co daddi ma fra poco C Or co’ daddi, ma fra poco C ohr ko DAHD-dee, mah frah PO-ko
C (Soldiers’ Chorus from the opera Il trovatore [eel tro-vah-TOH-ray] — The Troubadour;
music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano [sahl-
vah-DOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no] and Leone Emanuele Bardare [lay-O-nay ay-mah-nooAYlay bar-DAH-ray] after Antonio García Gutiérrez [ahn-TOH-neeo gar-THEE-ah goo-teeAYRrehth])
Or est maintenant leternel regnant C Or est maintenant l'eternel regnant C awr esst meh6-tehnah6 leh-ter-nell reh-n’yah6 C (The Lord Reigneth) C (psalm set to music by Jan Pieterszoon
Sweelinck [YAHN PEE-turss-zohohn SWAYAY-lihngk])
Or la tromba in suon festante C ohr lah TROHM-bah een sooOHN fay-STAHN-tay C (The
trumpet now in jubilant tone) C (aria from the opera Rinaldo [ree-NAHL-doh]; music by
George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]; libretto by Gaetano Rossi
[gahay-TAH-no ROHSS-see] after Torquato Tasso [tohr-kooAH-toh TAHSS-so])
Or lasciami al lavoro C ohr lah-SHAH-mee ahl lah-VO-ro C (excerpt from the opera Tosca
[TOH-skah]; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Illica
[looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri
Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])
Or sai chi lonore C Or sai chi l’onore C ohr sahee kee lo-NO-ray C (aria from the opera Don
Giovanni [dohn jo-VAHN-nee]; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ahmah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart] and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay])
Or soit loue leternel C Or soit loué l'Eternel C awr swah lôô-ay leh-ter-nell C (Praise Ye the
Lord ... in His Sanctuary) C (psalm set to music by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck [YAHN PEEturss-zohohn SWAYAY-lihngk])
Ora e per sempre addio C O-rah ay payr SAYM-pray ahd-DEE-o C (aria from the opera
Otello [o-TAYL-lo]; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by Arrigo
Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr])
Ora fatal C Per me ora fatal C payr may O-rah fah-TAHL C (excerpt from the opera Il
trovatore [eel tro-vah-TOH-ray] — The Troubadour; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay
VAYR-dee]; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano [sahl-vah-DOH-ray kahm-mah-RAH-no] and
Leone Emanuele Bardare [lay-O-nay ay-mah-nooAY-lay bar-DAH-ray] after Antonio García
Gutiérrez [ahn-TOH-neeo gar-THEE-ah goo-teeAYR-rehth]
Ora fatal sappressa giusto ciel in tal periglio C L'ora fatal s'appressa; Giusto ciel! In tal periglio C
LO-rah fah-TAHL sah-PRAYSS-sah; JOO-sto CHAYL! een tahl pay-REE-leeo C (excerpt
from the opera L'assedio di Corinto [lahss-SAY-deeo dee ko-REEN-toh] — The Siege of
Corinth; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi Balocchi
[looEE-jee bah-LOHK-kee] and A. Soumet [(A.) sôô-may])
Ora mi sento meglio C O-rah mee SAYN-toh MAY-leeo C (excerpt from the opera Il barbiere
di Siviglia [eel bar-beeAY-ray dee see-VEE-leeah] — The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music
by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-
ray stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6
duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])
Orage C aw-rahzh C (Storm) C (excerpt from Années de pèlerinage (première année —
Suisse) [ahn-nay duh peh-l’ree-nahzh (pruh-meeehr ahn-nay — süeess)] — Years of
Pilgrimage (First Year — Switzerland) — by Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ LISST])
Orage air pour boree et la rose C Orage - Air pour Borée et la Rose C aw-rahzh - ehr pôôr
baw-ray ay lah rawz C (Storm - Air for Borée and the Rose) C (excerpt from the orchestral
suite from the opera-ballet [BAL-lay] Les Indes galantes [leh-zeh6d gah-lah6t] — The Amorous
Indies; music by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-fee-leep rah-mo] and libretto by Louis Fuzelier
[lôôee fü-z’leeay])
Oraison dominicale C Oraison Dominicale C o-reh-zaw6 daw-mee-nee-kahl C (Lord's Prayer)
C (composition by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck [YAHN PEE-turss-zohohn SWAYAY-lihngk])
Oram C Hiawyn Oram C hihAH-winn AW-rumm
Oratio et benedicamus dominus vobiscum deus qui praesentem diem dominus vobiscum
C Oratio et benedicamus: Dominus vobiscum — Deus qui praesentem diem — Dominus
vobiscum C o-RAH-tsiho ett beh-neh-DEE-kah-môôss: DAW-mih-nôôss vaw-BEE-skôôm —
DEH-ôôss kooee pray-ZAYN-temm DIH-aym — DAW-mih-nôôss vaw-BEE-skôôm C
(composition by Claudio Monteverdi [KLAHOO-deeo mohn-tay-VAYR-dee])
Oratio patris condren C o-RAH-tsiho PAH-triss KOHN-drenn C (motet [mo-TETT] by Ned
Rorem [NEDD RAW-rumm])
Oratorio per la settimana santa C o-rah-TOH-reeo payr lah sayt-tih-MAH-nah SAHN-tah C
(Holy Week Oratorio by Luigi Rossi [looEE-jee ROHSS-see])
Oratorium nach bildern der bibel C Oratorium nach Bildern der Bibel C o-rah-TOH-rihôôm
nahk BILL-tehrn dayr BEE-buhl C (Oratorio Based on Biblical Stories) C (oratorio by Fanny
Mendelssohn-Hensel [{FANN-nee MENN-dull-sunn HENN-sull} FAHN-nee MENN-t’lsszohohn-HENN-zull])
Orban C György Orbán C JÖRJ OHR-bahahn
Orbon C Julián Orbón C hoo-leeAHN awr-VAWN C (known also as Julián Orbón de Soto [day
SO-toh])
Orchester der bayreuther festspiele C Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele C awr-KEH-stur
dayr B¦-roy-tur FESST-shpee-luh C (Bayreuth [B¦-royt] Festival Orchestra)
Orchester der beethovenhalle bonn C Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn C awr-KEH-stur
dayr BAYAY-toh-funn-hahl-luh BAWN C (Beethoven [BAYAY-toh-funn]-Hall Orchestra of
Bonn [BAWN])
Orchestra and chorus of the drottningholm court theatre C Orchestra & Chorus of the
Drottningholm Court Theatre C (Orchestra & Chorus of the) DRAWT-nihng-hawlm (Court
Theatre)
Orchestra da camera di roma C Orchestra da Camera di Roma C ohr-KAY-strah dah KAHmay-rah dee RO-mah C (Rome Chamber Orchestra)
Orchestra del maggio musicale fiorentino C ohr-KAY-strah dayl MAHD-jo moo-zee-KAHlay feeo-rayn-TEE-no C (Orchestra of the Florentine May Music Festival)
Orchestra del teatro alla scala milano C Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano C ohr-KAYstrah dayl tay-AH-tro AHL-lah SKAH-lah, mee-LAH-no C (Orchestra of La Scala [lah
SKAH-lah] Theater, Milan [mee-LAHN (or) mee-LAH-no])
Orchestra del teatro communale di bologna C Orchestra del Teatro Communale di Bologna C
ohr-KAY-strah dayl tay-AH-tro kohm-moo-NAH-lay dee bo-LO-n’yah C Theater Orchestra
of Bologna [bo-LO-n’yah])
Orchestra del teatro dell opera di roma C Orchestra del Teatro Dell’ Opera di Roma C ohrKAY-strah dayl tay-AH-tro dayl O-pay-rah dee RO-mah C (Rome Opera Theater
Orchestra)
Orchestra del teatro dellopera di roma C Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma C ohr-KAYstrah dayl tay-AH-tro dayl-LO-pay-rah dee RO-mah C (Rome Opera Theater Orchestra)
Orchestra del teatro municipale di reggio emilia C Orchestra del Teatro Municipale di Reggio
Emilia C ohr-KAY-strah dayl tay-AH-tro moo-nee-chee-PAH-lay dee RAYD-jo ay-MEEleeyah C (Royal Emilia [ay-MEE-lihah] Theater Orchestra)
Orchestra della toscana C Orchestra della Toscana C ohr-KAY-strah dayl-lah toh-SKAH-nah
C (Orchestra of Tuscany)
Orchestra dellaccademia di santa cecilia C Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia C ohrKAY-strah dayl-lahk-kah-day-MEE-ah dee SAHN-tah chay-CHEE-leeah C (St. Cecilia
Academy Orchestra)
Orchestra e coro del teatro alla scala di milano C Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
C ohr-KAY-strah ay KO-ro dayl tay-AH-tro AHL-lah SKAH-lah dee mee-LAH-no C
(Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala [lah SKAH-lah] Theater in Milan [mee-LAHN (or) meeLAH-no])
Orchestra e coro del teatro communale di bologna C Orchestra e coro del Teatro Communale di
Bologna C ohr-KAY-strah ay KO-ro dayl tay-AH-tro KOHM-moo-NAH-lay dee bo-LO-
n’yah C (Orchestra and Chorus of the Municipal Theater of Bologna [bo-LO-n’yah])
Orchestra e coro del teatro dellopera di roma C Orchestra e coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
C ohr-KAY-strah ay KO-ro dayl tay-AH-tro dayl-LO-pay-rah dee RO-mah C (Orchestra
and Chorus of the Rome Opera)
Orchestra e coro del teatro la fenice C Orchestra e coro del Teatro la Fenice C ohr-KAY-strah
ay KO-ro dayl tay-AH-tro lah fay-NEE-chay C (Orchestra and Chorus of the Venice Theater)
Orchestra e coro del teatro reale dellopera di roma C Orchestra e coro del Teatro Reale
dell'Opera di Roma C ohr-KAY-strah ay KO-ro dayl tay-AH-tro ray-AHL-lay dayl-LOpay-rah dee RO-mah C (Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Theater of the Rome Opera)
Orchestra of la scala milan C Orchestra of La Scala Milan C (Orchestra of) lah SKAH-lah
mee-LAHN
Orchestra of the academy of santa cecilia C Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia C
(Orchestra of the Academy of) SAHN-tah chay-CHEE-leeah
Orchestra of the lamoreux concert association C Orchestra of the Lamoreux Concert Association
C (Orchestra of the) lah-maw-rö (Concert Association)
Orchestra of the ludwigsburger schlossfestspiele C Orchestra of the Ludwigsburger
Schlossfestspiele C (Orchestra of the) LOOT-vickss-pôôr-gher SHLAWSS-fesst-shpee-luh
C (Ludwigsburg [LUDD-wiggz-burg] Palace Festival Orchestra)
Orchestra of the national academy of santa cecilia C Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa
Cecilia C (Orchestra of the National Academy of) SAHN-tah chay-CHEE-leeah)
Orchestra of the opera de lyon C Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon C (Orchestra of the) o-payrah duh lee-aw6 C (Lyon [lee-aw6] Opera Orchestra)
Orchestra of the rai di torino C Orchestra of the RAI di Torino C (Orchestra of the Italian
Radio) dee toh-REE-no C (Torino = Turin)
Orchestra of the teatro la fenice C (Orchestra of the) tay-AH-tro lah fay-NEE-chay C
(Venice Theater Orchestra)
Orchestra sinfonica della rai di torino C Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Torino C ohr-KAYstrah seen-FO-nee-kah dayl-lah (RAI) dee toh-REE-no C (Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra
of Turin (Torino = Turin)
Orchestre de chambre de la fondation gulbenkian de lisbonne C Orchestre de Chambre de la
Fondation Gulbenkian de Lisbonne C awr-kess-tr’ duh chah6-br’ duh lah faw6-dah-seeaw6
gül-bah6-keeah6 duh leess-bawn C (French pronunciation of the Portuguese foundation) C
(Chamber Orchestra of the Gulbenkian [gôôl-BEHNG-keeunn] Foundation of Lisbon [LIZZbunn]) C (in Portugal, the foundation is known as the Fundação Gulbenkian [fôô6-duhSAH6ôô gôô-beh6-kihEH6])
Orchestre de chambre de lausanne C Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne C awr-kess-tr’ duh
chah6-br’ duh lo-sahn C (Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne)
Orchestre de chambre de zurich C Orchestre de Chambre de Zurich C awr-kess-tr’ duh shah6br’ duh zü-rihsh C (French pronunciation of Zürich) C Zurich [ZÔÔ-rick] Chamber
Orchestra)
Orchestre de chambre franz liszt de budapest C (Orchestre de Chambre Franz Liszt de Budapest
C awr-kess-tr’ duh shah6-br’ frah6z liszt duh bôô-dah-pehsht C (Franz Liszt [FRAHNZ
LISST] Chamber Orchestra of Budapest [BOO-duh-pesst])
Orchestre de chambre jean francois paillard C Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard C
awr-kess-tr’ duh shah6-br’ zhah6-frah6-swah peh-yar C (Jean-François Paillard [zhah6frah6-swah peh-yar] Chamber Orchestra)
Orchestre de la chapelle royale C Orchestre de la Chapelle Royale C awr-kess-tr’ duh lah
shah-pell r’wah-yahl C Royal Chapel Orchestra
Orchestre de la societe des concerts du conservatoire C Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du
Conservatoire C awr-kess-tr’ duh lah saw-seeay-tay day kaw6-sehr dü kaw6-sehr-vah-t’war
C (Conservatory Concerts Orchestra Society)
Orchestre de la suisse romande C L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande C lawr-kess-tr’ duh lah
süeess raw-mah6d
Orchestre de lopera de lyon C Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon C awr-kess-tr’ duh law-pay-rah
duh lee-aw6 C (Lyon [lee-aw6] Opera Orchestra)
Orchestre de paris C Orchestre de Paris C awr-kess-tr' duh pah-ree C (Paris Orchestra)
Orchestre du capitole de toulouse C Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse C awr-kess-tr' dü kahpee-tawl duh tôô-lôôz
Orchestre du theatre national de lopera de paris C Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de
Paris C awr-kess-tr’ dü tay-ah-tr’ nah-seeaw-nahl duh law-pay-rah duh pah-ree C (Paris
National Opera Theater Orchestra)
Orchestre lyrique de la rtf C Orchestre Lyrique de la RTF C awr-kess-tr’ lee-reek duh lah
RTF C (French Radio and Television Lyric Orchestra)
Orchestre national de france C Orchestre National de France C awr-kess-tr' nah-seeaw-nahl
duh frah6ss C (French National Orchestra)
Orchestre national de la r t f C Orchestre National de la R.T.F. C awr-kess-tr’ nah-seeaw-nahl
duh lah R.T.F. C (French Radio and Television National Orchestra)
Orchestre national de la radiodiffusion francaise C Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion
Française C awr-kess-tr’ nah-seeaw-nahl duh lah rah-deeaw-deef-fü-seeaw6 frah6-sezz C
(French National Radio Orchestra)
Orchestre national de lille C Orchestre National de Lille C awr-kess-tr’ nah-seeaw-nahl duh
leel C (Lille [LEEL] National Orchestra)
Orchestre national de lopera de monte carlo C Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo C
awr-kess-tr’ nah-seeaw-nahl duh law-pay-rah duh MOHN-tay KAR-lo C (Monte-Carlo
[MOHN-tay-KAR-lo] National Opera Orchestra)
Orchestre national de lortf C Orchestre National de L’O.R.T.F. C awr-kess-tr’ nah-seeaw-nahl
duh lah O.R.T.F. C (French National Radio and Television Orchestra)
Orchestre philharmonique de berlin C Orchestre Philharmonique de Berlin C awr-kess-tr’ feelhar-maw-neek duh behr-leh6 C (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
Orchestre philharmonique de radio france C Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France C awrkess-tr’ feel-har-maw-neek duh rah-deeo frah6ss C (French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra)
Orchestre philharmonique de sofia C Orchestre Philharmonique de Sofia C awr-kess-tr’ feelhar-maw-neek duh saw-feeah C (Sofia [{SO-fee-uh} SAW-feeah] Philharmonic Orchestra)
Orchestre philharmonique de strasbourg C Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg C awrkess’tr’ feel-har-maw-neek duh strahss-bôôr C (Strasbourg [STRAHSS-bôôuhrg]
Philharmonic Orchestra)
Orchestre philharmonique de vienne C Orchestre Philharmonique de Vienne C awr-kess-tr’
feel-har-maw-neek duh veeenn C (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)
Orchestre radio lyrique C Orchestre Radio-Lyrique C awr-kess-tr’ rah-deeo-lee-reek C (Lyric
Radio Orchestra)
Orchestre revolutionnaire et romantique C Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique C awrkess-tr' ray-vaw-lü-seeawn-nehr ay raw-mah6-teek C (Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra)
Orchestre symphonique de bamberg C Orchestre Symphonique de Bamberg C awr-kess-tr’
seh6-faw-neek duh bah6-behr C (Bamberg [BAHM-pehrk] (German) or [BAMM-burg]
(English) Symphony Orchestra)
Orchestre symphonique de la rtbf C Orchestre Symphonique de la RTBF C awr-kess-tr’ seh6faw-neek duh lah RTBF C (Belgian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra)
Orchestre symphonique de montreal C Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal C awr-kess-tr’
seh6-faw-neek duh maw6-ray-ahl C (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
Orchestre symphonique de quebec C Orchestre Symphonique de Québec C awr-kess-tr’ seh6faw-neek duh kay-beck C Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre symphonique et choeurs de lopera national du theatre royal de la monnaie
C Orchestre Symphonique et Chœurs de l'Opéra National du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie C
awr-kess-tr’ seh6-faw-neek ay kör duh law-pay-rah nah-seeaw-nahl dü tay-ah-tr’ r’wahyahl duh lah mawn-neh C (Chorus of the National Opera at the Royal Theater of the Monnaie
[mawn-neh]) C (the theater is in Brussels)
Orde C Corinne Orde C kuh-RINN AWRD
Ordo virtutum C OHR-doh veer-TOO-tôôm C (a musical drama by Hildegard von Bingen
[HILL-tuh-gart fawn BIHNG-unn])
Ordonez C Carlos d’Ordonez C KAR-lawss dawr-doh-NEHTH C (known also as Carlos
d’Ordoñez [KAR-lawss dawr-doh-n’YEHTH])
Orefice C Giacomo Orefice C JAH-ko-mo o-ray-FEE-chay
Orefice C Giuseppe Dell’Orefice C joo-ZAYP-pay dayl-lo-ray-FEE-chay
Orel C Alfred Orel C AHL-frayt AW-rull
Orel C Dobroslav Orel C DAW-braw-slahf AW-rell
Oreste C aw-resst C (character in the opera Iphigénie en Tauride [ee-fee-zhay-nee ah6 tohreed]; music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK];
libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard [nee-ko-lah-frah6-swah ghee-yar], based on Euripides
[yôô-RIH-puh-deez])
Oreste C aw-resst C (character in the opera La belle Hélène [lah bell ay-lenn] — The Fair
Helen; music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by Henri Meilhac [ah6ree meh-yack] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-lay-vee])
Oreste daiace C D’Oreste, d’Aiace C doh-RAY-stay, dahee-AH-chay C (Within my breast I
feel the torments of Orestes [aw-RESS-teez] and of Ajax [AY-jackss]) C (aria from the opera
Idomeneo, rè di Creta [ee-doh-may-NAY-o, ray dee KRAY-tah] — Idomeneo, King of Crete;
music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto
by Giovanni Battista Varesco [jo-VAHN-nee baht-TEE-stah vah-RAY-sko] after Antoine
Danchet [ah6-twahn dah6-sheh])
Orf symphonieorchester C ORF Symphonieorchester C ORF züm-fo-NEE-awr-KEH-stur C
(Austrian Symphony Orchestra)
Orfeo C ohr-FAY-o C (character in the opera Orfeo ed Euridice [ohr-FAY-o ayd ayoo-reeDEE-chay]; music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn
GLÔÔK] and libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah-neeAY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])
Orfeo ed euridice C Orfeo ed Euridice C ohr-FAY-o ayd ayoo-ree-DEE-chay C (an opera,
with music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and
libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi [rah neeAY-ree day kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])
Orff C Carl Orff C KARL AWRF
Orford C Ellen Orford C ELL-lunn AWR-furd C (character in the opera Peter Grimes, with
music by Benjamin Britten [BENN-juh-munn BRITT-tunn] and libretto by Montagu Slater
[MAHN-tah-gh’yoo SLAY-tur])
Orgad C Ben-Zion Orgad C BENN-tsee-AWN awr-GAHD
Organetto C ohr-gah-NAYT-toh C (small organ)
Organi C Antonio degli Organi C ahn-TAW-neeo DAY-l’yee ohr-GAH-nee C (known also as
Antonio Squarcialupi [ahn-TAW-neeo skooar-chah-LOO-pee], Antonio de Bartolomeo [ahnTAW-neeo day bar-toh-lo-MAY-o], and Antonio del Bessa [ahn-TAW-neeo dayl BAYSS-sah])
Organistrum C awr-gah-NEE-strumm C (hurdy-gurdy)
Orgel C AWR-gull C (organ)
Orgelpositiv C AWR-gull-po-zee-teef C (positive organ)
Orgeni C Aglaja Orgeni C AH-l’yah-yah AWR-gheh-nee
Orgonasova C Luba Orgonášová C LÔÔ-bah AWR-gaw-nahah-shaw-vahah
Orgue C awrg C (organ)
Oriada C Sean O’Riada C SHAWN o’REE-uh-duh
Origin de la harpe C L’Origine de la harpe C law-ree-zheen duh lah arp C (The Origin of the
Harp) C (a song from the song cycle Irlande [eer-lah6d], with music by Hector Berlioz [ecktawr behr-leeawz] and text by Thomas Gounet [taw-mah gôô-neh] after Thomas Moore [TAHmuss MÔÔUHR])
Orishas C De Orishas C day o-REE-shahss C (suite of three compositions by Tanya Leon
[TAHN-yah lay-AWN])
Orlandini C Giuseppe Maria Orlandini C joo-ZAYP-pay mah-REE-ah ohr-lahn-DEE-nee
Orlando C ohr-LAHN-doh C (an opera, with music by George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj
FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l] and an anonymous libretto adapted from Carlo Sigismondo Capece
[KAR-lo see-gheess-MOHN-doh kah-PAY-chay] after Ludovico Ariosto [loo-doh-VEE-ko
ah-reeO-stoh]; also a character in the opera)
Orleans C Aribon d’Orléans C ah-ree-baw6 dawr-lay-ah6 C (known also as Aribon, Aribo
Scholasticus [ah-REE-bo sko-LAHSS-tih-küss], Aribon de Liège [deh leeayzh], and Aribon de
Freising [deh freh-sihng])
Orlov C Nikolai Orlov C nyee-kah-LAHIH ar-LAWF C (known also as Nikolai Andreievich
[ahn-DRAYEE-eh-vihch] Orlov)
Ormazabal C José Luis Ormazabal C ho-SAY looEESS awr-mah-thah-VAHL
Ornithoparchus C Andreas Ornithoparchus C ahn-DRAY-ahss awr-nih-toh-PAR-kôôss
Ornstein C Leo Ornstein C LEE-o AWRN-st§n
Oro supplex C O-ro SOOP-playkss C (section by Raimondo Boucheron [rahee-MOHN-doh
bôô-shuh-raw6] from the Messa per Rossini [MAYSS-sah payr rohss-SEE-nee] — Mass for
Rossini — by 13 composers)
Oronte C aw-rawnt C (character in the opera Médée [may-day]; music by Marc Antoine
Charpentier [mark ah6-twahn shar-pah6-teeay] and libretto by Pierre Corneille [peeehr kawrnehy’])
Oroveso C o-ro-VAY-zo C (character in the opera Norma [{NAWR-muh} NOHR-mah];
music by Vincenzo Bellini [veen-CHAYN-tso bayl-LEE-nee] and libretto by Felice Romani
[fay-LEE-chay ro-MAH-nee])
Orozco C Rafael Orozco C rah-fah-ELL o-RAWTH-ko
Orphee C Orphée C awr-fay C (Orpheus [AWR-fee-uss]) C (character in the opera Orphée
et Eurydice [awr-fay ay ö-ree-deess]; music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-stawf
VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and libretto by Ranieri Calzabigi [rah-neeAY-ree kahl-tsahBEE-jee])
Orphee aux enfers / Orphée aux enfers / awr-fay o ah6-fer / (Orpheus in the Underworld) / (an
opera, with music by Jacques Offenbach [ZHACK AWF-funn-bahk]; libretto by HectorJonathan Crémieux [eck-tawr yaw-nah-tah6 kray-meeo] and Ludovic Halévy [lü-daw-veek ah-
lay-vee] after classical mythology)
Orphee et eurydice C Orphée et Eurydice C awr-fay ay ö-ree-deess C (an opera, with music by
Christoph Willibald von Gluck [KRIH-tawf VILL-lee-bahlt fawn GLÔÔK] and libretto by
Ranieri Calzabigi [rah-neeAY-ree kahl-tsah-BEE-jee])
Orphelin C L’Orphelin C lawrf-’leh6 C (poem by Maurice Carême [mo-reess kah-remm] set
to music by Jacques Chailley [zhack shahee-yee])
Orpheline du tyrol C L’Orpheline du Tyrol C lawr-fuh-leen dü tee-rawl C (The Tyrolean
Orphan Girl) C (poem by Emilien Pacini [eh-mee-leeah6 pah-CHEE-nee] set to music by
Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohss-SEE-nee])
Orpheus C AWR-fee-uss C (poem by William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm SHAYK-spihuhr]
set to music by Ivor [¦-vur] Gurney)
Orpheus chamber orchestra C Orpheus Chamber Orchestra C AWR-fee-uss (Chamber
Orchestra)
Orquesta sinfonica de madrid C Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid C awr-KAYSS-tah seen-FOnee-kah day mah-DREED C (Madrid Symphony Orchestra)
Orquesta sinfonica de sevilla C Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla C awr-KAYSS-tah seen-FOnee-kah day say-VEE-l’yah C (Seville [suh-VILL] Symphony Orchestra)
Orrego salas C Juan Orrego-Salas C hooAHN awr-RAY-go-SAH-lahss C (known also as Juan
Antonio [ahn-TOH-neeo] Orrego-Salas)
Orrida e questa notte C Orrida è questa notte C ohr-REE-dah ay kooAY-stah NOHT-tay C
(excerpt from the opera Lucia di Lammermoor [loo-CHEE-ah dee LAHM-mer-môôuhr] —
Lucy of Lammermoor [LOO-see of LAMM-mur-môôuhr]; music by Gaetano Donizetti [gahayTAH-no doh-nee-TSAYT-tee]; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano [sahl-vah-DOH-ray kahmmah-RAH-no] based on the novel The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott [WAWL-tur
SKAHT])
Orsi C Romeo Orsi C ro-MAY-o OHR-see
Orsolas song C Orsola’s Song C AWR-so-luzz (Song) C (lyric by Jean Richepin [zhah6
reesh-peh6] set to music by Ethelbert Nevin [EH-thull-burt NEH-vinn])
Orsu signor don bartolo C Orsù, Signor Don Bartolo C ohr-SOO, see-n’YOHR dohn barTOH-lo C (excerpt from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia [eel bar-beeAY-ray dee see-VEEleeah] — The Barber of Seville [suh-VILL]; music by Gioachino Rossini [johah-KEE-no rohssSEE-nee]; libretto by Cesare Sterbini [chay-ZAH-ray stayr-BEE-nee] after Pierre-Augustin
Caron de Beaumarchais [peeehr-o-güss-teh6 kah-raw6 duh bo-mar-sheh] and Giuseppe
Petrosellini [joo-ZAYP-pay pay-tro-zayl-LEE-nee])
Orthel C Léon Orthel C lay-OH6 AWR-tull
Orthmann C Erich Orthmann C AY-rihh AWRT-mahn
Ortigue C Joseph d’Ortigue C zho-zeff dawr-teeg C (known also as Joseph-Louis d’Ortigue
[zho-zeff-lôôee dawr-teeg])
Ortiz C Cristina Ortiz C {kriss-TEE-nuh AWR-tizz} krihsh-CHEE-nah AWR-teez
Ortiz C Diego Ortiz C deeAY-go awr-TEETH
Ortlinde C awrt-LINN-tuh C (one of the Walküren [vahl-KÜ-runn] — mythical maidens of
Odin who choose the heroes to be slain in battle and who conduct their souls into the hall of Odin
— a character in the opera Die Walküre [dee vahl-KÜ-ruh], music and libretto by Richard
Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
Ortmann C Otto Rudolph Ortmann C AHT-toh ROO-dawlf AWRT-munn
Ortner C Erwin Ortner C EHR-vinn AWRT-nur
Ortner C Josef Ortner C YOHOH-zeff AWRT-nur
Orto C Marbrianus de Orto C mar-breeah-nü duh awr-toh
Ortrud C AWR-trôôt C (character in the opera Tannhäuser [TAHN-hoy-zur], music and
libretto by Richard Wagner [RIH-hart VAHG-nur])
Orvieto C Ugolina da Orvieto C oo-go-LEE-nah dah ohr-veeAY-toh C (known also as
Ugolino di Francesco Urbevetano [oo-go-LEE-no dee frahn-CHAY-sko oor-bay-vay-TAHno])
Os justi C OHSS YOOSS-tih C (sacred music, title used by various composers)
Os justi meditabitur sapientiam C Os Justi Meditabitur Sapientiam C OHSS YOOSS-tih mehdih-TAH-bih-tôôr suh-pihAYN-tihumm C (motet [mo-TETT] by Anton Bruckner [AHNtohohn BRÔÔK-nur])
Osaka C o-SAH-kah C (character in the opera Iris [{¦-russ} EE-reess]; music by Pietro
Mascagni [peeAY-tro mah-SKAH-n’yee] and libretto by Luigi Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah])
Osaka philharmonic orchestra C Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra C o-sah-kah (Philharmonic
Orchestra)
Osanna C o-ZAHN-nuh C (section of the Latin mass set to music by various composers)
Osanna da capo C o-ZAHN-nuh dah KAH-po C (section of the Latin mass set to music by
various composers)
Osanna in excelsis C o-ZAHN-nuh inn aykss-CHAYL-siss C (section of the Mass in b Minor
by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Osanna salvifica C o-ZAHN-nuh sahl-VIH-fih-kuh C (anonymous composition from the
Cancionero de Segovia [kahn-theeo-NAY-ro day say-GO-veeah] — Songbook of Segovia —
containing liturgical music from Spain at the time of Christopher Columbus)
Osasa C o-ZAH-zah C (character in the opera Das Nusch-Nuschi [dahss NÔÔSH-NÔÔshee] — The Nusch-Nuschi; music by Paul Hindemith [PAHÔÔL HINN-tuh-mitt] and libretto by
Franz Blei [FRAHNTSS BL¦]) C (the Nusch-Nuschi is a mythical beast, half rat and half
alligator) C (the opera is subtitled A Play for Burmese Marionettes)
Osborne C Nigel Osborne C N¦-j’l AHZ-burn
Oscar C AW-skar C (character in the opera Un ballo in maschera [oon BAHL-lo een MAHskay-rah] — A Masked Ball; music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee]; libretto by
Antonio Somma [ahn-TAW-neeo SOHM-mah] after Eugène Scribe [ö-zhenn skreeb])
Osculetur me C ohss-kôô-LAY-tôôr may C (motet [mo-TETT] by Giovanni da Palestrina [joVAHN-nee dah pah-layss-TREE-nah])
Osghian C Petar Osghian C PAY-tar AWZ-gheeunn
Osmin C AWSS-minn C (character in the opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail [dee ennt-FÜrôông ahôôss daym zay-RAHIHL] — The Abduction From the Harem; music by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss MO-tsart]; libretto by Johann Gottlieb
Stephanie [YO-hahn GAWT-leep SHTEH-fah-nee) after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner [KRIHstawf FREET-rihh BRETTSS-nur])
Ossewaarde C Jack H. Ossewaarde C JACK H. ahss-WAR-duh
Ossian C AH-shunn
Ossipov russian folk orchestra C Ossipov Russian Folk Orchestra C AWSS-sih-puff (Russian
Folk Orchestra)
Ostanovites umolyayu vas C Ostanovites, umolyayu vas! C ahss-tuh-nah-VEE-tess, ôô-mahLYAH-yôô vahss C (Duet featuring Herman [GHEHR-mahn] and Lisa [LEE-suh] in the opera
Pique Dame [peek dahm] — The Queen of Spades; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
[p’YAW-t’r ill-YEECH {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee]; libretto by Modest
Tchaikovsky [mah-DYESST {chahih-KAWF-skee} chay-KAWF-skee] after Alexander
Sergeyevich Pushkin [uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r sehr-GAY-yeh-vihch POOSH-kinn])
Ostap C AWSS-tahp C (character whose death is the subject of the second movement of the
suite Taras Bulba [TAH-russ BÔÔL-buh] by Leoš Janá…ek [LEH-awsh yah-NAHAH-check])
Osten C Eva von der Osten C AY-vah fawn dayr AWSS-tunn
Osten C Sigune von Osten C ZEE-goo-nuh fawn AW-stunn
Ostendorf C John Ostendorf C JAHN AWSS-t'n-dawrf
Osterc C Slavko Osterc C SLAHF-kaw AW-stertss
Osterloh C Klaus Osterloh C KLAHÔÔSS AW-stur-lo
Osthoff C Helmuth Osthoff C HELL-moot AWST-hawf
Osthoff C Wolfgang Osthoff C VAWLF-gahng AWST-hawf
Ostinato C awss-tee-nah-toh C (excerpt from the Suite Antique [süeet ah6-teek] by John
Rutter [JAHN RUTT-tur])
Ostman C Arnold Östman CARUH-nawld ÖST-mahn
Ostrcil C Otakar Ostr…il C AW-tah-kar AWSS-tur-chill
Ostrovskijs drama der wojwode C Ostrovskijs Drama Der Wojwode C ahss-TRAWF-skeess
DRAH-mah dehr voy-VAW-duh C (song from the drama Sleep, Son of Peasants by Modest
Moussorgsky [mah-DYESST MOOSS-surk-skee])
Ostrovsky C A. N. Ostrovsky C (A. N.) ahss-TRAWF-skee
Ostrovsky C Paul Ostrovsky C PAHÔÔL aw-STRAWF-skee
Ostvig C Karl Østvig C KARL ÖST-veeg C (known also as Karl Ågård Østvig [KARL AWgawr ÖST-veeg])
Osud C AW-sôôt C (Destiny) C (an opera, with music by Leoš Janá…ek [LEH-awsh yahNAHAH-check] and libretto by Fedora Bartšová [FEH-daw-ruh BART-shaw-vahah])
Otaka C Hisatada Otaka C h’sah-tah-dah aw-tah-kah C (known also as Hisatada Odaka
[h’sah-tah-dah aw-dah-kah])
Otaka C Tadaaki Otaka C tah-dahahk aw-tah-kah
Otano C Nemesio Otaño C nay-MAY-seeo o-TAH-n’yo C (known also as José María
Nemesio Otaño y Eugenio [ho-SAY mah-REE-ah nay-MAY-seeo o-TAH-n’yo ee ayoo-HAYneeo])
Otano y eugenio C José María Nemesio Otaño y Eugenio C ho-SAY mah-REE-ah nayMAY-seeo o-TAH-n’yo ee ayoo-HAY-neeo C (known also as Nemesio Otaño)
Otelli C Claudio Otelli C KLAHOO-deeo o-TAYL-lee
Otello C o-TAYL-lo C (an opera, with music by Giuseppe Verdi [joo-ZAYP-pay VAYR-dee];
libretto by Arrigo Boito [ar-REE-go bo-EE-toh] after William Shakespeare [WILL-lihumm
SHAYK-spihuhr]; also a character in the opera)
Oteo C Alfonso Esparza Oteo C ahl-FAWN-so ayss-PAR-sah o-TAY-o
Otescu C Ion Otescu C yeeAWN aw-TESS-koo C (known also as Ion Nonna [NAWN-nah]
Otescu)
Othegraven C August von Othegraven C AHÔÔ-gôôst fawn AW-tuh-grah-funn
Othmayr C Caspar Othmayr C KAH-spar AWT-m§r
Othniel C AWTH-nihell C (character in the oratorio Joshua [JAH-shuh-wuh]; music by
George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l] and libretto by Thomas
Morell(?) [TAH-muss maw-RELL])
Othona ta hronia C Stou Óthona ta hrónia C stoo AH-thah-nah tah HRO-nihah C (When
Otto was King) C (lyric by Nikos Gatsos [NEE-kuss GAHT-suss] set to music by Stavros
Xarhakos [STAHV-russ ksar-HAH-kuss])
Otodik tancz C Otödik Tancz C O-tö-dick TAHNTSS C (anonymous 17th-century Hungarian
dance)
Ottavio C Don Ottavio C dohn oht-TAH-veeo C (character in the opera Don Giovanni [dohn
jo-VAHN-nee]; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [VAWLF-gahng ah-mah-DAY-ôôss
MO-tsart] and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte [lo-RAYN-tso dah POHN-tay])
Otte C Hans Otte C HAHNSS AWT-tuh C (known also as Hans Günther Franz [GÜN-tur
FRAHNTSS] Otte)
Otte C Manfred Otte C MAHN-frayt AWT-tuh
Ottenthal C Gertrud Ottenthal C GHEHR-troot AWT-tunn-tahl
Otter C Anne-Sofie von Otter C AHN-nuh-ZO-fee-uh fawn AWT-tur
Otterloo C Willem van Otterloo C WILL-lumm funn AWT-tur-lohoh C (known also as Jan
[YAHN] Willem van Otterloo)
Ottesen C Kari Ottesen C KAH-ree OOT-tuh-sawn
Ottevaere C Daniel Ottevaere C dah-neeell awt-tuh-vehr
Ottley C Jerold Ottley C JEH-rulld AHT-lee
Otto C Julius Otto C YOO-lihôôss AWT-toh C (known also as Ernst [EHRNST] Julius Otto)
Otto C Lisa Otto C LEE-zah AWT-toh
Otto C Luigi Otto C looEE-jee AWT-toh
Ottokar C AWT-toh-kar C (character in the operetta Der Zigeunerbaron [dayr tsee-GOYnur-pah-rohn] — The Gypsy Baron; music by Johann Strauss II [YO-hahn SHTRAHÔÔSS II];
libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer [IGG-nahtss SHNITT-tsur] after Mor Jókai [MOHR YOHOHkahih])
Otvos C Gabor Ötvos C GAH-bohr ÖT-vohsh
Ou va la jeune hindoue C Où va la jeune Hindoue C ôô vah lah zhön eh6-dôô C (Where goes
the young Hindu girl) C (aria featuring Lakmé [lahk-may] in the opera Lakmé; music by Léo
Delibes [lay-o duh-leeb]; libretto by Edmond Gondinet [edd-maw6 gaw6-dee-neh] and Philippe
Gille [fee-leep zheel])
Ou va la jeune indoue C Ah! Où va la jeune Indoue C ah! ôô vah lah zhön eh6-dôô C (Ah!
Where goes the young Hindu girl) C (aria featuring Lakmé [lahk-may] in the opera Lakmé;
music by Léo Delibes [lay-o duh-leeb]; libretto by Edmond Gondinet [edd-maw6 gaw6-dee-neh]
and Philippe Gille [fee-leep zheel])
Oud C OOD C (a plucked string instrument — lute)
Oudin C Eugène Oudin C {ehôô-JEEN OO-d’n} ö-zhenn ôô-deh6 C (known also as Eugène
Espérance Oudin [ö-zhenn ess-pay-rah6ss ôô-deh6])
Oudrid C Cristóbal Oudrid C kreess-TOH-vahl ooo-DREED C (known also as Cristóbal
Oudrid y Segura [kreess-TOH-vahl ooo-DREED ee say-GOO-rah])
Oui pour ce soir je suis titania C Oui! pour ce soir — Je suis Titania C ôôee! pôôr suh swar —
zhuh süee tee-tah-neeah C (aria from the opera Mignon [mee-n’yaw6]; music by Ambroise
Thomas [ah6-br’wahz taw-mah]; libretto by Jules Barbier [zhül bar-beeay] and Michel Carré
[mee-shell kar-ray] after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [YO-hahn VAWLF-gahng fawn GÖtuh])
Oulibicheff C Alexander Dmitrievich Oulibicheff C uh-lyick-SAHN-d’r d’MEE-tree-eh-vihch
ôô-lyih-BEE-chuff C (the last name is also transliterated as Oulibishev [ôô-lyih-BEE-shuff])
Ound onoren gorda C Ound' onorèn gorda? C ôô6-daw-naw-rah6 gawr-dah? C (Where Shall
We Go to Graze?) C (excerpt from Chants d'Auvergne [shah6 doh-vehrny’] — Songs of the
Auvergne [o-vehrny’], French folk songs collected by Joseph Canteloube [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb])
Oundjian C Peter Oundjian C PEE-tur OON-zh’n
Oundonoren gorda C Ound'onoren gorda? C ôô6-daw-naw-rah6 gawr-dah? C (Where Shall
We Go to Graze?) C (excerpt from Chants d'Auvergne [shah6 doh-vehrny’] — Songs of the
Auvergne [o-vehrny’], French folk songs collected by Joseph Canteloube [zho-zeff kah6-t’lôôb])
Oury C Anna Caroline Oury C {ANN-nah KA-ruh-lunn ÔÔ-ree} AHN-nah kah-ro-LEEnuh ÔÔ-ree
Oury C Antonio James Oury C ANN-toh-neeo JAYMZ ÔÔ-ree
Ouseley C Sir Frederick Gore Ouseley C (Sir) FREH-duh-rick GAWR OOZ-lih C (known
also as Sir Frederick Arthur [AR-thur] Gore Ouseley)
Ousset C Cécile Ousset C say-seel ôôss-seh
Ouverture C ôô-v’r-tür C (overture) C (excerpt from Music for the Royal Fireworks by
George Frideric Handel [JAW-urj FRIH-duh-rick HANN-d’l]) C (composition from Partita
No. 4 by Johann Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn
BAHK) C (overture in the orchestral suite from the opera-ballet [BAL-lay] Les Indes galantes
[leh-zeh6d gah-lah6t] — The Amorous Indies, with music by Jean-Philippe Rameau [zhah6-feeleep rah-mo] and libretto by Louis Fuzelier [lôôee fü-z’leeay])
Ouverture nach franzosischer art C Ouvertüre nach französischer Art C ôô-vehr-TÜ-ruh nahk
frahn-TSÖ-zih-shur ART C (Overture in the French Style) C (composition by Johann
Sebastian Bach [YO-hahn {suh-BASS-tihunn BAHK} zay-BAH-stihahn BAHK])
Ouvre tes yeux bleus C ôô-vr’ tuh yö blö C (Open Your Blue Eyes) C (poem by Paul
Robiquet [pohl raw-bee-keh] set to music by Jules Massenet [zhül {mahss-s’nay} mahsss’neh])
Ovalle C Jayme Ovalle C ZH¦-mee o-VAHL-lee
Ovchinnikov C Viacheslav Ovchinnikov C vih-cheh-SLAHF ahf-CHEEN-nyih-kuff
Ove angelotti C Ov’e Angelotti? C O-vay ahn-jay-LOHT-tee? C (excerpt from the opera
Tosca [TOH-skah]; music by Giacomo Puccini [JAH-ko-mo poo-CHEE-nee]; libretto by Luigi
Illica [looEE-jee eel-LEE-kah] and Giuseppe Giacosa [joo-ZAYP-pay jah-KO-zah] after Henri
Murger [ah6-ree mür-zhay])
Overbeck C Christian Adolf Overbeck C KRIH-stihahn AHAH-dawlf O-fur-peck
Overkamp C Anton Overkamp C AHN-tohohn O-fur-kahmp
Overstraeten C Hildegarde van Overstraeten C HILL-duh-gar-duh vunn O-vur-strah-tunn
Owen C Morfydd Llywn Owen C MOHR-vith sl’WINN O-wunn
Oxford camerata C Oxford Camerata C AHKSS-furd kah-muh-RAH-tah C (vocal
performing group)
Oyens C Tera de Marez Oyens C TEH-rah duh mah-RESS o-YENNSS
Oysher C Moishe Oysher C moih-SHEH OY-shur
Oz C Ram Da-Oz C RAHM DAH-AWTSS
Ozawa C Seiji Ozawa C {SAY-jee o-ZAW-wuh} sehee-jee aw-zah-wah
Ozean du ungeheuer C Ozean, du Ungeheuer C O-tsay-ahn, doo ÔÔN-guh-hoy-ur C (aria
from Act II of the opera Oberon [O-buh-rawn]; music by Carl Maria von Weber [KARL mahREE-ah fawn VAY-bur]; libretto by James Robinson Planché [JAYMZ RAH-b’n-s’n plah6shay] after William Sotheby [WILL-lihumm SUH-thuh-bee] and Wieland [VEE-lahnt])
Ozim C Igor Ozim C EE-gawr AW-zimm