Features 12 arias with Recitation and Melody with Piano steps on two CDs. Diction steps are performed by native speakers and piano accompaniments are played by Dietrich Erbelding. All arias are recorded in their original keys.

Contents:

Verdi, Aïda: Aïda, “Ritorna vincitor”
Verdi, Aïda: Aïda, “O Patria mia”
Verdi, Don Carlo: Elisabetta, “Tu che le vanità”
Beethoven, Fidelio: Leonora, “Abscheulicher, wo eilst du hin”
Wagner, Der fliegender Holländer: Senta, Senta’s Ballade
Verdi, La forza del destino: Leonora, “Madre pietosa”
Verdi, La forza del destino: Leonora, “Pace, pace”
Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Manon Lescaut, “In quelle trine morbide”
Wagner, Tannhäuser: Elisabeth, “Dich, teure Halle”
Wagner, Tannhäuser: Elisabeth, “Allmächt’ge Jungfrau”
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Isolde, “Mild und leise”
Wagner, Die Walküre: Sieglinde, “Der Männer Sippe”

Dramatic Soprano Opera Arias 2-CD set: $22.95