News: October 2025
The Smaller Ensemble version of Verdi’s Traviata is online, making Traviata the very first complete opera with all three versions: Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Ensemble, and Smaller Ensemble. In the meantime, Mozart’s Don Giovanni is also ready to be published in the Chamber Ensemble version, after final checks and PDF processing. What next? As for the updates, Gianni Schicchi by Puccini will be processed from the Open12 to the new ChOsEn for Chamber Ensemble and a new opera will start its own path in Musical Beam: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly!
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Opera Editions for Chamber Orchestra and Smaller Ensembles
After a long experience in orchestration for small ensembles, we are pleased to announce a new publishing line-up. Thanks to feedback and suggestions from conductors and musicians, now we offer more choices, with 3 versions for each score. Revised and corrected scores and orchestra parts, ready for you to print or cut out and perform. Professional cues to help players with multi-bar rests.
ChOsEn stands for Chamber Orchestra & smaller Ensembles. All the operas and other major music masterpieces will be arranged for three different groups:
- Opera for Chamber Orchestra (Large) – 17-25 players. Strings (min 3.3.2.1.1), fl/pic, ob, cl, bsn, hn, tr, 1-2 percussionists. Optional or extra parts for instruments such as harp, organ, chromatic percussion instruments.
- Opera for Small Ensemble (Small) – 7 players and piano. A string quartet (1.1.1.1.-), flute, oboe, clarinet, 1-hand piano part for the conductor (not a vocal score, mostly covers percussions, basses and brasses).
- Opera for Chamber Ensemble (Medium) – 11 to 18 players, depending on the combination of parts. Mostly a string quintet and the other parts from the Chamber Orchestra version.
The full Chamber Orchestra (CO) version allows for more flexibility. A few additional instruments cover on- or off-stage orchestras, bands or solos. With 10 to 16 strings and 7-8 other players, the balance between the orchestra sections is ideal. Most of the string parts are the original ones.
The Small Ensemble (SE) is the smallest orchestration, with still three different and independent sections: strings, woodwinds and a piano. The piano part covers timpani and brasses in the ‘tutti’ or ‘forte’ sections. It can be played with one hand, leaving the conductor with a full free arm for conducting.
The Chamber Ensemble (CE) is a flexible solution. It combines the strings from one version and the other parts from the other. It normally features flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, one percussionist and a string quintet. For more information about ChOsEn orchestration, see this page.
Scores and Orchestra Parts
All you need to order PDF scores and PDF parts is the Order Form. You can find it in each page dedicated to a composition. Just click on the List of Composition and then choose the opera you need. In every page, you’ll find a form with the option to order the score or parts for the available editions. Open7 and Open 12 are transitioning to ChOsEn, an advanced editorial line with professional cues and refined options.
Visit our online shop on Payhip
The best way to download score & parts is via a download link that we’ll provide. Just contact us using the contact form you can find in each blog page (one for each opera), choose your favourite payment method and we’ll prepare the folder and the link for you to download. Do you prefer a direct digital download? You can browse our online shop on Payhip, where you can find all our PDF files. Select the composer, or use the search tool. Payhip provides several payment methods, and the download will start as soon as the transaction is completed. No fuss, no questions asked.
New List of Compositions & Order System
All the works are listed in a single page. We include all available scores and parts and future titles, with and a new order form. All at hand and safely processed directly from the website. All the compositions are listed alphabetically by author’s surname, e.g. Verdi – Rigoletto. Some titles are shortened in the menu for the sake of better readability.
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