Boosey & Hawkes Opera Anthology – Soprano

This landmark publication collects arias and role excerpts from operas by John Adams, Benjamin Britten, Carlisle Floyd, Richard Strauss, and many other composers published by Boosey & Hawkes. Includes extensive plot notes and translations. The soprano volume also includes ten arias for coloratura. CONTENTS FOR SOPRANO: John Adams: DOCTOR ATOMIC: Am I in your light? · NIXON IN CHINA: I don’t daydream · Dominick Argento: THE BOOR: The Widow’s Aria · CASANOVA’S HOMECOMING: Though absent from these ears and eyes · THE VOYAGE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE: Virginia’s Aria · Leonard Bernstein: A QUIET PLACE: Dede’s Aria · Benjamin Britten: ALBERT HERRING: I’m full of happiness · Miss Wordsworth’s Aria · GLORIANA: The Dressing-Table Song · The Queen’s Dilemma · A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: Injurious Hermia · PETER GRIMES: Let her among you without fault · Embroidery Aria · THE TURN OF THE SCREW: How beautiful it is · Lost in my labyrinth · Aaron Copland: THE TENDER LAND: Laurie’s Song · Carlisle Floyd: COLD SASSY TREE: Rented rooms · OF MICE AND MEN: Curly’s Wife’s Aria · SUSANNAH: Ain’t it a pretty night · The trees on the mountains · WUTHERING HEIGHTS: I’ve dreamt in my life · John Gay, realized by Benjamin Britten: THE BEGGAR’S OPERA: I’m like a skiff on the ocean tossed · When young at the bar…Ungrateful Macheath! · Henry Purcell, realized and edited by Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst: DIDO AND AENEAS: Oft she visits this lov’d mountain · Thanks to these lonesome vales · Sergei Rachmaninoff: FRANCESCA DA RIMINI: Francesca’s Aria · Ned Rorem: OUR TOWN: Emily’s Aria · Richard Strauss: ARABELLA: Das war sehr gut, Mandryka · ARIADNE AUF NAXOS: Es gibt ein Reich · CAPRICCIO: Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht (Letzte Szene/Final Scene) · DER ROSENKAVALIER: Da geht er hin (Monolog der Marschallin/Marschallin’s Monologue) · Igor Stravinsky: THE RAKE’S PROGRESS: No word from Tom…I go to him CONTENTS FOR COLORATURA SOPRANO: John Adams: NIXON IN CHINA: I am the wife of Mao Tsetung · Dominick Argento: MISS HAVISHAM’S FIRE: I see in you a looking glass · POSTCARD FROM MOROCCO: Lady with a Hand Mirror Aria · Jack Beeson: CAPTAIN JINKS OF THE HORSE MARINES: Aurelia’s Aria · Leonard Bernstein: CANDIDE: Glitter and Be Gay · Benjamin Britten: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: Come, now a roundel · Be kind and courteous · Richard Strauss: ARABELLA: Die Wiener Herrn verstehn sich · ARIADNE AUF NAXOS: Grossmätige Prinzessin · Igor Stravinsky: LE ROSSIGNOL: Chanson du Rossignol

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SKU: 48023840
UPC: 888680631055
ISBN-10: 1540030059
ISBN-13: 9781540030054
Series: Boosey & Hawkes Voice
Format: Soprano
Page Count: 306