Text of each aria from Arias for mezzo-soprano (HL50481098) 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#63011101--CD#63011102. 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). Publisher's no.: edition 4404 (G. Schirmer) ; HL50486257 (H. Leonard Corp.).
Contents:
Va! laisse couler mes larmes / Acerba voluttà / Jules Massenet. The ballad of Baby Doe. Augusta! How can you turn away? / Douglas Moore -- Il barbiere di Siviglia. Una voce poco fa / Gioachino Rossini -- Carmen. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle : habanera ; Près des remparts de Séville : seguidilla ; En vain, pour éviter / Georges Bizet -- Cavalleria rusticana. Voi lo sapete / Pietro Mascagni -- La Cenerentola. Non più mesta / Gioachino Rossini -- The consul. Lullaby / Gian Carlo Menotti -- Così fan tutte. Smanie implacabili / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Dido and Aeneas. When I am laid in earth / Henry Purcell -- Faust. Faites-lui mes aveux / Charles Gounod -- La favorita. O mio Fernando! / Gaetano Donizetti -- Die Fledermaus. Chacun à son goût / Johann Strauss, Jr. -- La Gioconda. Voce di donna / Amilcare Ponchielli -- Les Huguenots. Nobles seigneurs, salut! / Giacomo Meyerbeer -- L'italiana in Algeri. Cruda sorte! Già so per pratica / Gioachino Rossini -- Lucrezia Borgia. Il segreto per esser felici / Gaetano Donizetti -- The mother of us all. We cannot retrace our steps / Virgil Thomson -- Le nozze di Figaro. Non so più cosa son ; Voi, che sapete / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Orfeo ed Euridice. Che farò senza Euridice? / Christoph Willibald von Gluck -- Roméo et Juliette. Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle / Charles Gounod -- The saint of Bleecker Street. Ah, Michele, don't you know / Gian Carlo Menotti -- Samson et Dalila. Printemps qui commence ; Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! ; Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix / Camille Saint-Saëns -- Il trovatore. Stride la vampa! / Giuseppe Verdi -- Vanessa. Must the winter come so soon? / Samuel Barber -- Werther. Va! laisse couler mes larmes / Jules Massenet.
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