ISBN 9781540030078. 9x12 inches.
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 and Hawkes. Includes extensive plot notes and translations.
CONTENTS:
John Adams: A FLOWERING TREE: Her arms have the beauty ? NIXON IN CHINA: Platonic men ? Dominick Argento: CASANOVA'S HOMECOMING: Gondolier's Song ? THE DREAM OF VALENTINO: Now I know ? Valentino's Aria ? POSTCARD FROM MOROCCO: Once when I was a young man ? Leonard Bernstein: CANDIDE: Bon Voyage ? Benjamin Britten: ALBERT HERRING: The Mayor's Aria ? Albert the Good! ? O go, Go! Go away! ? BILLY BUDD: I accept their verdict ? Gloriana: First Lute Song ? Second Lute Song ? A Midsummer Night's Dream: Asleep my Love? ? Peter Grimes: They listen to money ? Now the Great Bear and Pleiades ? In dreams I've built myself ? THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA: Rome is now ruled ? Tarquinius does not dare ? THE TURN OF THE SCREW: It is a curious story ? Miles! ? Aaron Copland: THE TENDER LAND: Martin's Song ? Carlisle Floyd: COLD SASSY TREE: So there you were ? Sometimes th' pain of missin' him ? OF MICE AND MEN: Lennie's Aria (Oh, I feel cold inside) ? WUTHERING HEIGHTS: Then marry me, Cathy ? John Gay, realized by Benjamin Britten: The Beggar's Opera: O cruel, cruel case! ? Sergei Prokofiev: L'Amour des Trois Oranges: Il est drôle, le Prince! ? Sergei Rachmaninoff: Aleko: Young Gypsy's Romance ? Ned Rorem: Our Town: The Stage Manager's Aria (We're all coming up here) ? Richard Strauss: Arabella: Ich hab's geschworen ? ARIADNE AUX NAXOS: Im Gegenteil ? CAPRICCIO: Das Sonett (Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht) ? DER ROSENKAVALIER: Di rigori armato il seno ? Igor Stravinsky: MAVRA: Hussar's Aria ? THE RAKE'S PROGRESS: Here I stand ? Love, too frequently betrayed ? Vary the song ? Sellem's Auction Scene ? I have waited ? Mark-Anthony Turnage: ANNA NICOLE: Valium, prozac. |
