Baerenreiter Verlag Airs d'Opera / Operatic Arias.basse-taille - Rameau - Vocal Score, Anthology, Urtext Edition Airs d'Opera / Operatic Arias.basse-taille - Rameau - Vocal Score, Anthology, Urtext Edition

Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau
Arranger: Francois Saint-Yves
Editor: Sylvie Bouissou / Benoit Dratwicki / Julien Dubruque
Format: Vocal Score, Anthology, Urtext edition
Language: French

This edition contains the great monologues, arias and ariettas that Rameau wrote for basse-taille (the 18th-century equivalent of today's baritone). The volume, which contains a historical Introduction in German and English, is based on the critical edition of the works "Opera omnia" Rameau (OOR). A short description of the dramatic situation and an English translation of the vocal text precede each number.
The volume contains the baritone arias for the main characters from the following operas:
Anacreon (Anacreon)
Castor et Pollux (Pollux)
Dardanus (Antenor)
Les Fetes de Polymnie (Zimes)
Hippolyte et Aricie (Thesee)
Les Indes galantes (Bellone, Huascar, Adario)
Nais (Tiresie)
La Naissance d'Osiris (le grand Pretre)
Nelee et Myrthis (Nelee)
Les Paladins (Orcan, Anselme)
La Princesse de Navarre (un Francais)
Les Surprises de l'amour (Anacreon, Astole)
Le Temple de la Gloire (l'Envie)
Zoroastre (Abramane)