Soprano Opera Aria Anthology
Features Recitation, Repetition and Melody with Piano steps along with a Word-for-Word Translation when six-CD set is purchased. Follows Schirmer’s Operatic Aria Anthology for Soprano; on six CDs for a total of forty-three arias. CDs 1–6 can also be ordered separately. Diction steps are performed by native speakers, and piano accompaniments are played by Dietrich Erbelding. All arias are recorded in the original keys.
Contents:
CD 1:
Verdi, Aïda: Aïda, “Ritorna vincitor!”
Verdi, Aïda: Aïda, “Oh patria mia”
Gluck, Alceste: Alceste, “Divinités du
Styx”
Smetana, Die verkaufte Braut: Marinka, “Endlich
allein”
Puccini, La Bohème: Mimì, “Mi chiamano
Mimì”
Bizet, Carmen: Carmen, “Je dis que rein ne
m’épouvanté”
CD 2:
Massenet, Le Cid: Chimene, “Pleurez, pleurez mes
yeux!”
Offenbach, Les contes D’Hoffmann: Antonia,
“Elle a fui, la tourterelle”
Mozart, Così fan tutte: Fiordiligi, Come scoglio
Verdi, Don Carlo: Elisabetta, “Tu che le
vanità”
Mozart, Don Giovanni: Donna Anna, “Non mi
dir”
Verdi, Ernani: Elvira, “Ernani, involami”
Gounod, Faust: Marguerite, The Jewel Song
Beethoven, Fidelio: Leonore, “Abscheulicher! Wo
eilst du hin?”
CD 3:
Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onégin: Tatiana, Tatiana’s
Letter Scene
Strauß, Die Fledermaus: Rosalinde, “Klänge
der Heimat”
Strauß, Die Fledermaus: Adele, “Mein Herr
Marquis”
Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Senta, “Traft
ihr das Schiff?”
Verdi, La Forza del Destino: Leonora, “Madre,
pietosa Vergine”
CD 4:
Verdi, La Forza del Destino: Leonora, “Pace,
mio Dio”
Weber, Der Freischütz: Agathe, “Und ob die
Wolke”
Weber, Der Freischütz: Agathe, “Wie nahte mir
der Schlummer”
Massenet, Hérodiade: “Il est doux, il est bon”
Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots: Valentine, “Parmi les
pleurs”
Wagner, Lohengrin: Elsa, “Einsam in trüben
Tagen”
Wagner, Lohengrin: Elsa, “Euch Lüften”
Massenet, Manon: Manon, “Obéissons quand leur
voix appelle”
CD 5:
Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Manon Lescaut, “In
quelle trine morbide”
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Susanna, “Deh
vieni, non tardar”
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Contessa, “Porgi,
amor, qualche ristoro”
Weber, Oberon: Rezia, “Ozean! Du
Ungeheuer!”
Verdi, Otello: Desdemona, “Salce, salce”
Verdi, Otello: Desdemona, “Ave Maria”
Leoncavallo; I Pagliacci: Nedda, “Stridono
lassù”
Monsigny, Le roi et le fermier: “Il regardait
mon bouquet”
CD 6:
Verdi, Simon Boccanegra: Amelia, “Come in
quest’ora bruna”
Wagner, Tannhäuser: Elisabeth, “Dich, teure
Halle”
Wagner, Tannhäuser: Elisabeth,
“Allmächt’ge Jungfrau”
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Isolde, “Mild und
leise”
Verdi, Il Trovatore: Leonora, “Tacea la notte
placida”
Verdi, Il Trovatore: Leonora, “D’amor
sull’ali rosee”
Wagner, Die Walküre: Sieglinde, “Der Männer
Sippe”
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Pamina, “Ach, ich
fühl’s”
Soprano Opera Aria Anthology Set, 6 CDs and translation in binder, original keys: $89.95
Soprano Opera Aria Anthology single CD, original keys: $22.95