Breitkopf & Hartel

Editors: Peter Anton Ling, Marina Sandel
Format: Book with CD
Language: German/English
Voicing: Soprano Voice and Piano

"Our goal is to give the user a modern-day, systematically structured vocal coach who satisfies the demands of present-day theatre practice. At long last a consistent repertoire and a well-ordered conflation of respective audition arias for all vocal genres." - Peter Anton Ling and Marina Sandel, editors

OperAria -- repertoire anthology of opera arias according to vocal criteria (range, tessitura, specifics, type of aria) with due regard to practical aspects of musical and theatrical nature (style, era, role type, national provenance)

with comments on the arias

• information on the composer, the librettist, the work, the range and of versions or casting
• a short synopsis of the contents illuminating the basic dramatic constellation in the context of the opera's plot
• an evaluation from the singer's point of view

with "phonetic assistant" and "text assistant"

• aria texts in the original language spoken by native speakers as an audio file (mp3)
• aria texts in German and English translations as a text file (pdf)
• available on CD with volume 1 and 2, for download under more information to volume 3 and 4

Contents:

• 1. Georg Friedrich Handel - Tornami a vagheggiar - (Morgana - Alcina)
• 2. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Stizzoso, mio stizzoso - (Serpina - La serva padrona)
• 3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Durch Zartlichkeit und Schmeicheln - (Blonde - Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail)
• 4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Welche Wonne, welche Lust - (Blonde - Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail)
• 5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ma se colpa io non ho! / Batti, batti, o bel Masetto - (Zerlina - Don Giovanni)
• 6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Via via, non e gran mal / Vedrai, carino - (Zerlina - Don Giovanni)
• 7. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - In uomini! in soldati - (Despina - Cosi fan tutte)
• 8. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Una donna a quindici anni - (Despina - Cosi fan tutte)
• 9. Carl Maria von Weber - Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen - (Annchen - Der Freischutz)
• 10. Gaetano Donizetti - Prendi, per me sei libero - (Adina - L'elisir d'amore)
• 11. Gaetano Donizetti - Ah! tardai troppo / O luce di quest'anima - (Linda - Linda di Chamounix)
• 12. Gaetano Donizetti - Quel guardo il cavaliere - (Norina - Don Pasquale)
• 13. Vincenzo Bellini - O rendetemi la speme / Qui la voce sua soave - (Elvira - I puritani)
• 14. Otto Nicolai - Wohl denn, gefasst ist der Entschluss - (Anna Reich - Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor)
• 15. Ambroise Thomas - Je suis Titania - (Philine - Mignon)
• 16. Giuseppe Verdi - Gualtier Malde / Caro nome - (Gilda - Rigoletto)
• 17. Giuseppe Verdi - Saper vorreste - (Oscar - Un ballo in maschera)
• 18. Giuseppe Verdi - Sul fil d'un soffio etesio - (Nannetta - Falstaff)
• 19. Charles Gounod - Je veux vivre - (Juliette - Romeo et Juliette)
• 20. Jacques Offenbach - Les oiseaux dans la charmille - (Olympia - Les Contes d'Hoffmann)
• 21. Johann Strauss Jr. - Mein Herr Marquis - (Adele - Die Fledermaus)
• 22. Lo Delibes - Ou va la jeune Indoue - (Lakme - Lakme)
• 23. Jules Massenet - Obeissons quand leur voix appelle - (Manon - Manon)
• 24. Jules Massenet - Frere ! Voyez ! - (Sophie - Werther)
• 25. Giacomo Puccini - Quando me n' vo - (Musetta - La boheme)
• 26. Richard Strauss - Grossmachtige Prinzessin - (Zerbinetta - Ariadne auf Naxos)
• 27. Leonard Bernstein - Glitter and be gay - (Cunegonde - Candide)