Arias for Mezzo-Soprano: G. Schirmer Opera Anthology [Paperback]

Hal Leonard Corp. (Creator), Robert L. Larsen (Editor)

Book Description

Series: G. Schirmer Opera Anthology | Publication Date: May 1, 1991

Contents: Purcell: When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas) - Gluck: Che faro senza Euridice? (Orfeo ed Euridice) - Mozart: Non so piu (Le Nozze di Figaro) * Voi, che sapete (Le Nozze di Figaro) * Smanie implacabili (Cosi fan tutte) - Rossini: Cruda sorte!...Gia so per pratica (L'Italiana in Algeri) * Una voce poco fa (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) * Non piu mesta (La Cenerentola) - Donizetti: Il segreto per esser felici (Orsini's Drinking Song) (Lucrezia Borgia) * O mio Fernando (La Favorita) - Meyerbeer: Nobles seigneurs, salut! (Les Huguenots) - Verdi: Stride la vampa! (Il Trovatore) - Gounod: Faites-lui mes aveux (Faust) * Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle (Romeo et Juliette) - J. Strauss: Chacun a son got (Die Fledermaus) - Bizet: Habanera (Carmen) * Seguidilla (Carmen) * En vain, pour eviter les reponses ameres (Carmen) - Ponchielli: Voce di donne (La Gioconda) - Saint-Saens: Printemps qui commence (Samson et Dalila) * Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! (Samson et Dalila) * Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila) - Mascagni: Voi lo sapete (Cavalleria Rusticana) - Massenet: Va! laisse couler mes larmes (Werther) - Cilea: Acerba volutta (Adriana Lecouvreur) - Thomson: We cannot retrace our steps (The Mother of Us All) - Menotti: Lullaby (The Consul) * Au, Michele, don't you know (The Saint of Bleecker Street) - Moore: Augusta! How can you turn away? (The Ballad of Baby Doe) - Barber: Must the Winter Come so Soon? (Vanessa).

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Product Details

• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc. (May 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793504015
• ISBN-13: 978-0793504015
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for mezzos, November 19, 2004

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Stacie Lopeman (Des Moines, IA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arias for Mezzo-Soprano: G. Schirmer Opera Anthology (Paperback)

This book is a must-own for any mezzo-soprano (as are the corresponding volumes for any other voice type.) I daresay this is the anthology standard for aspiring opera stars. I purchased mine when starting college and learned my first aria from it--"Non so piu, cosa son". Ten years later I am still finding pieces that fit my voice as it grows into works by Bizet, Massenet, Donizetti. And I know that I will continue to use it in years to come as I grow into the luscious arias of Dalilah or perhaps Mascagni's Lola.

Having had the opportunity to work with Dr. Robert Larsen, I can say that he is one of the most knowledgeable people in the business about opera and how to get young people started. The translations provided are not poetic--they are accurate, true translations! The plot summaries are brief but helpful, enough to get you started, but short enough to encourage you to do your own work. Larsen notates alternate endings, appogioturi, and other traditional performance notes. I guarantee, if you buy this book, you'll use it until it falls apart. I'm on my second one now.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential, May 8, 2000

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Jennifer Trammel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arias for Mezzo-Soprano: G. Schirmer Opera Anthology (Paperback)

If you are calling yourself a mezzo soprano but you don't have this book, you are not doing yourself any favors. This book contains a wide variety of the most popular and most widely performed mezzo arias in the repertoire. It even includes arias from some contemporary operas. Like I said, if you are a mezzo, you need this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book but no piano accompaniments, March 21, 2010

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A Reviewer (Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arias for Mezzo-Soprano: G. Schirmer Opera Anthology (Paperback)

This book has great selections and editing. It also has a section in the beginning where it gives background information, text, and translations for each aria. I would strongly recommend it to any student mezzo for these things. Additionally, you can buy a companion "diction coach" volume that goes over the pronunciation for each piece in detail, which I would imagine would be very helpful for students.

However, this book has a major disadvantage, which is that there is no companion CD with piano accompaniments for the pieces. I would have given it five stars, but the unavailability of accompaniments makes it very hard to actually practice the pieces without paying an accompanist.