By Richard Walters.
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 labryrinth • 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
