Text of each aria from Arias for baritone (HL50481100) is presented in an International Phonetic Alphabet version, in the original language, and, for non-English texts, with a word-for-word English translation. IPA introductions and versions by Martha Gerhart (Italian and French); Kathryn LaBouff (English); and Irene Spiegelman (German). Accompanied by CDs. 2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. H. Leonard Corp.: CD#63011106--CD#63011107. Includes diction recordings by coaches from the Metropolitan Opera and Juilliard School (Corradina Caporello, Italian; Kathryn LaBouff, English; Irene Spiegelman, German; Pierre Vallet, French). The text of each song is given in 2 versions, as an actor would speak the text (recitation) and in a slow version allowing time for the student to repeat each line (diction lesson)..
Contents:
Zazà, piccola zingara / Warm as the autumn light / Ruggero Leoncavallo. Il barbiere di Siviglia. Largo al factotum / Gioachino Rossini -- Carmen. Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre / Georges Bizet -- Così fan tutte. Donne mie, la fate a tanti / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Don Giovanni. Fin ch'han dal vino ; Deh, vieni alla finestra / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Don Pasquale. Bella siccome un angelo / Gaetano Donizetti -- Edgar. Questo amor, vergogna mia / Giacomo Puccini -- L'elisir d'amore. Come Paride vezzoso / Gaetano Donizetti -- La fanciulla del West. Minnie, dalla mia casa son partito / Giacomo Puccini -- Faust. Avant de quitter ces lieux / Charles Gounod -- La Gioconda. Ah! pescator / Amilcare Ponchielli -- Hamlet. Ô vin, dissipe la tristesse / Ambroise Thomas -- Hänsel und Gretel. Ach, wir armen Leute / Engelbert Humperdinck -- Hérodiade. Vision fugitive / Jules Massenet -- Le nozze di Figaro. Hai già vinta la causa!-- Vedrò mentr'io sospiro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- I pagliacci. Si può? Si può? / Ruggero Leoncavallo -- I puritani. Ah! per sempre io ti perdei / Vincenzo Bellini -- Rigoletto. Pari siamo! / Giuseppe Verdi -- Roméo et Juliette. Mab, la reine des mensonges / Charles Gounod -- Tannhäuser. O! du mein holder Abendstern / Richard Wagner -- Thaïs. Voilà donc la terrible cité / Jules Massenet -- La traviata. Di Provenza il mar, il suol / Giuseppe Verdi -- Vanessa. You rascal, you! I never knew you had a soul / Samuel Barber -- Die Zauberflöte. Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja ; Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Zazà. Zazà, piccola zingara / Ruggero Leoncavallo.
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