Are there any cd's or just tracks of opera arias WITHOUT the singing and just the instrumental?

i have to produce an opera for my humanities class..=(( and it would be really helpful to find an actual opera aria than to have to use symphonies and other stuff...

Are there any cd's or just tracks of opera arias WITHOUT the singing and just the instrumental??www.microsoft.com

Yes there are.

Many orchestras use the following arias and use the upper instruments to play the melody.

Carmen's Habanera (La'mour est un oiseau rebelle) has been covered many times by orchestra only. A violin usually covers the melody. Any of Carmen's noted arias are usually covered. Habanera is just the most famous one.

Dom'Epais (from Lakme) is often on commercials with only orchestra.

Mild und Liese (Wagner's Tristan Und Isolde) has an EXTREMELY long intro before Isolde utters a sound. Consider that one. It doesn't even need vocals because it is so full.

Si mi chiamano Mimi or any aria from La Boheme (Puccini) for that matter is often played by orchestra only on many movie soundtracks without voice.

Una furtiva lagrima from L'Elisir D'Amore is covered also. BUT it isn't the same without the TENOR. LOL! (especially if it is Placido Domingo)

You could go in any music store, look through the classical section, and find plenty of orchestral arrangements of arias without voice. You can also find them on I-Tunes as another answerer said. Your best bet is to type in some of the songs I suggested, and look for the ones with insturmentals alone. It may also quote the instrumental artist who plays the melody. YoYoMa does this with some of his recordings, replacing the melody with his instrument.

Also, don't rule out the orchestral pieces in operas that DON'T involve singing. Every opera has one, and some of them are recognizable. That would take less work on your part too. LOL! All about working smart, not hard. That's my new motto.

Are there any cd's or just tracks of opera arias WITHOUT the singing and just the instrumental??microsoft windows xp internet explorer

I don't know of any but I know a program called 'vocal remover' it costs like 30 bux but it removes the vocals from a track you have on your comp. Just google it!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42xpJCscD...
First place I'd search is itunes. Also, Karaoke-version.com is a good site but I don't know how much they'll have in the opera genre.

Do not under any circumstance use a vocal removing program. All it does is drop the frequency at which the voice is singing at any particular point and the music ends up sounding very choppy and distorted.