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Arias for Baritone: G. Schirmer Opera Anthology

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This a valuable anthology and has much to recommend it. The cleaness of the lay-out the use of original language only with a literal and literate translation by Martha Gerhart at the beginning of the of the score and the choice of arias for the young singer are commendable. The inclusion of cadenze and oppure, not found in other collections, is valuable. However, all of the anthologies edited by Larsen have the same problem. Page turns. Larsen is a fine pianist and should know better. I have had many pianists complain about or refuse to play from Larsen scores. Whenever a difficult passage to play occurs it is invaribly on a page turn. The collection is a great study tool, but less than ideal in performance.

Some of the most important ARIAS for a trained Baritone. Don't buy this if you haven't already been training classically for a few years. This isn't where you want to start, but when you're ready for arias and your voice can handle it, then this IS THE BOOK.

I love this item... There are lots of songs and it shpped right on time... No complaints....would deff recommend this

What can I say other then it's a must when your just starting out as a singer. It has a pretty good assortment and variety of Baritone arias that are excerpted from their operas with great piano accompaniments.

First of all, I am in many ways a real novice at singing opratic arias. I am not a music major or minor, nor have I had any classes in music. I've been in a number of musicals at the college, community, and semi-professional level, am retired from teaching, and am taking voice lessions from a university voice teacher. So what do I think of this collection of arias? Challenging but not impossible. I could do with a translation of the arias; the best way would be to provide an English translation of the words directly below text as written in the score. But then this selection was not written with me in mind. All in all, I"m coping and am delighted with the quality of the selection.

This is a collection that actually exceeded my expectations since most of the "good guy' parts in opera are for tenors.

Most popular selections would include "Largo al Factotum" (the intro. to Barber of Seville), and "Votre Toast" ("Toreador Song" from Carmen").

The English translations provided are quite literal and non-poetic, which seems strange, because some of the selections, including those above, and others such as Mozart's "Magic Flute", do have English lyrics and have been performed in English.

Also serves as a good source of instrumental solo material for trombone, baritone or cello players.