Selected opera arias. Mezzo-soprano : 10 essential arias with plot notes, International Phonetic Alphabet, recorded diction lessons and recorded accompaniments / extracted from the G. Schirmer Opera Anthology, edited by Robert L. Larsen ; translations, Martha Gerhart ; International Phonetic Alphabet, Martha Gerhart, Italian and French, Kathryn LaBouff, English ; diction recordings, Corradina Caporello, Italian, Pierre Vallet, French, Kathryn LaBouff, English ; accompaniment recordings, Matthew Piatt, piano.
G. Schirmer opera anthology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99002420
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A collection of 10 arias for mezzo-soprano from operas by Rossini, Bizet, Mozart, Purcell, Gounod, Gluck, and Barber ; accompaniment originally for orchestra, arranged for piano. This package includes vocal scores for the arias and access to an online resource containing recorded diction lessons, recorded piano accompaniments, and instructions for using the International Phonetic Alphabet transliterations, for download or streaming, using the unique code found on the title page. "Each aria text has two recordings: a recitation, and then a slowly spoken diction lesson." Includes notes on the dramatic context for each aria in English. Notes and translations -- International Phonetic Alphabet transliterations by aria -- Il barbiere di Siviglia. Una voce poco fa / Rossini -- Carmen. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) ; Près des remparts de Séville (Seguidilla) / Bizet -- Così fan tutte. Smanie implacabili / Mozart -- Dido and Aeneas. When I am laid in earth / Purcell -- Faust. Faites-lui mes aveux / Gounod -- Le nozze di Figaro. Non so più cosa son ; Voi, che sapete / Mozart -- Orfeo edition Euridice. Che farò senza Euridice? / Gluck -- Vanessa. Must the winter come so soon? / Barber.
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