Chief editor: Robert Caldwell. Music editor: Richard Boldrey. Discusses voice categories and the light lyric soprano voice category. Presents eighteen arias in vocal score, together with the opera story, a historical perspective, a musical perspective, and a dramatic perspective for each. Word-by-word translations and phonetic readings are given where appropriate. Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-356).
Contents:
Once I thought / Care selve / Copland. Orfeo ed Euridice. Che fiero momento / Gluck -- Gianni Schicchi. O mio babbino caro / Puccini -- Les contes d'Hoffman. Elle a fui / Offenbach -- Carmen. Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante / Bizet -- Manon. Je marche sur tous les chemins -- Obéissons / Massenet -- Werther. Du gai soleil / Massenet -- Die Zauberflöte. Ach, ich fühl's / Mozart -- Zaïde. Ruhe sanft / Mozart -- Fidelio. O wär ich schon mit dir vereint / Beethoven -- Der Freischütz. Kommt ein schlanker Bursch / Weber -- Hänsel und Gretel. Wo bin ich? / Humperdinck -- Arabella. Sie wollen alle Geld / Strauss, R. -- Hercules. My father! / Handel -- Porgy and Bess. Summertime / Gershwin -- Street Scene. What good would the moon be? / Weill -- The old maid and the thief. Steal me, sweet thief / Menotti -- The tender land. Once I thought / Copland.
Summary:
Discusses voice categories and the light lyric soprano voice category. Presents eighteen arias, together with the opera story, a historical perspective, a musical perspective, and a dramatic perspective for each. Word-by-word translations and phonetic readings are given where appropriate.
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