Selected opera arias. Bass : 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, Irene Spiegleman, German ; diction recordings, Corradina Caporello, Italian, Pierre Vallet, French, Irene Spiegelman, German ; accompaniment recordings, William Billingham, piano.
G. Schirmer opera anthology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99002420
Notes:
A collection of 10 arias for bass from operas by Puccini, Mozart, Massenet, Verdi, and Bellini ; 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."
Contents:
Notes and translations -- About the Italian IPA transliterations ; About the French IPA transliterations / by Martha Gerhart -- About the German IPA transliterations / by Irene Spiegelman -- International Phonetic Alphabet transliterations by aria -- La Bohè̀me. Vecchia zimarra, senti / Giacomo Puccini -- Don Giovanni. Madamina! Il catalogo è questo / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Die Entführung aus dem Serail. O, wie will ich triumphiren / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Manon. Épouse quelque brave fille / Jules Massenet -- Le nozze di Figaro. Non più andrai ; La vendetta / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Simon Boccanegra. Il lacerato spirito / Giuseppe Verdi -- La sonnambula. Vi ravviso / Vincenzo Bellini -- Die Zauberflöte. O Isis und Osiris ; In diesen heil'gen Hallen / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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