The CDs feature two versions of each aria: one with a 130-piece orchestra providing accompaniments to allow the professional, student or opera fan to practice, and another sung by an established artist for reference. Each volume contains the lyrics of the arias, plus a short plot summary and background information on the orchestra and the performers. Contents: Amor ti vieta (Fedora) • Come un bel dì di maggio (Andrea Chénier) • Vesti la giubba (I pagliacci) • Apri la tua finestra (Iris) • Mamma, quell vino è generoso (Cavalleria rusticana) • Nessun dorma (Turandot) • Non piangere, Liù (Turandot) • La vita è inferno all'infelice...Oh, tu che in seno agli angeli (La forza del destino) • Forse la soglia attinse...Ma se m'è forza perderti (Un ballo in maschera).

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A fascinating collection of 24 vocal chamber compositions of the early 19th century. Ammore! (Donizetti) - Domando a queste fronde (Mercadante) - Gi? la notte s'avvicina (Colbran) - Guarda che bianca luna (Bellini) - Il rimprovero (Bellini) - Il zeffiro (Bellini) - L'ora del ritrovo (Donizetti) - La partenza (Rossini) - La visita della morte (Malibran) - Le chant de l'abeille/La canzone dell'ape (Donizetti) - Malvina (Donizetti) - Mi lagner? tacendo (per mezzosoprano) (Rossini) - Mi lagner? tacendo (per soprano) (Rossini) - No chi? lo guarracino (Malibran) - Non m'ami pi? (L'ingratitudine) (Donizetti) - Occhio nero incendiator (Donizetti) - Or che di fiori adorno (La passeggiata) (Rossini) - Quel cor che mi prometti/Si ton coeur n'est sous ma loi (Colbran) - Rataplan, tamour habile (Malibran) - Se il fato barbaro (Meyerbeer) - Se vuol la molinara (Rossini) - T'aspetto ancor! (Donizetti) - Un bacio di speranza/ Un baiser pour espoir (Donizetti) - Venne sull'ali ai zeffiri (Donizetti)

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This series of Arias from Nineteenth Century Italian Operas was born from the desire to make known gems for soloists,all possessing the essential qualities to be sung and listened to with enjoyment. The tenor arias collected here display all the characteristics of Bellini's style,above all its expressive deployment of the voice,its melodically expansive ideas,and its dramatic exploitation of the poetic text. Contains selections from Bianca e Fernando,Il pirata,I Capuleti e i Montecchi,Norma,and I puritani.

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a vucchella - ay-ay-ay! - che gelida manina! from la bohème - ideale (f tosti) - je crois entendre from le pecheurs de perles (bizet) - la donna e mobile from rigoletto - santa lucia - vaghissima sembianza (donaudy)

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This edition presents 12 signature arias,with Siepi's distinctive interpretations notated in the score and discussed in essays and explanatory notes. A biography of the singer is included.
Deh, vieni alla finestra from DON GIOVANNI (Mozart) - Ecco il mondo from MEFISTOFELE (Boito) - Ella giammai m'amò from DON CARLO (Verdi) - Fin ch'han dal vino from DON GIOVANNI (Mozart) - Infelice! e tu credevi from ERNANI (Verdi) - La calunnia è un venticello from IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Rossini) - Le veau d'or from FAUST (Gounod) - O tu, Palermo, terra adorata from I VESPRI SICILIANI (Verdi) - Son lo spirito che nega from MEFISTOFELE (Boito) - Vecchia zimarra, senti from LA BOHÈME (Puccini) - Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni from LA SONNAMBULA (Bellini) - Vieni, o Levita!... Tu sul labbro de' veggenti from NABUCCO (Verdi)

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From the popular opera The Ghosts of Versailles. The plot revolves around the playwright Beaumarchais,who attempts to seduce Marie Antoinette's ghost,with the help of characters from his plays Barber of Seville and Marriage of Figaro. Hysterical chaos ensues as the story unfolds.

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A newly released volume of beloved arias from Ernani,Rigoletto,Il troratore,La Traviata,I vespri Siciliani,Un ballo in maschea,Don Carlos,Aïda,Otello and Falstaff with original text.
Contents: Addio, del passato bei sogni ridenti from La Traviata - Ah fors' lui che l'anima - Canzone del salice e Ave Maria di Desdemona - Caro nome che il mio cor - D'amor sull'ali rosee - Ecco l'orrido campo from Un ballo in maschera - Ernani!, Ernani, involami from Ernani - Gualtier Mald! - Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa from Un ballo in maschera - Merc, dilette amiche from - Morr, ma prima in grazia - O cieli azzurri - Qui Radams verr!... - Ritorna vincitor - Saper vorreste di che si veste - Sul fil d'un soffio etesio - Surta la notte - Tacea la notte placida - Timor di me from - Tu che le vanit - Tutte le feste al tempio - Volta la terrea fronte alle stelle - strano! strano!.. - tardi!... from La Traviata

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This landmark series,the first multi-volume aria anthology devoted entirely to the topic,collects compelling,useful,singer-friendly excerpts from the best of a distinctly American musical tradition. Plot notes and basic information about each opera are included. Opera composers such as Samuel Barber,William Bolcom,Douglas Moore,Virgil Thomson and Kurt Weill are represented.
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This landmark series,the first multi-volume aria anthology devoted entirely to the topic,collects compelling,useful,singer-friendly excerpts from the best of a distinctly American musical tradition. Plot notes and basic information about each opera are included. Opera composers such as Samuel Barber,William Bolcom,Douglas Moore,Virgil Thomson and Kurt Weill are represented. The operas of Gian Carlo Menotti are particularly present,with 26 arias from nine operas in the series.
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This landmark series collects compelling,useful,singer-friendly arias from a distinctly American opera tradition. Each volume includes information about every opera and an aria plot note. A majority of the music in the four volumes has never before been available outside of the opera vocal scores,and some arias in the series have never been in print at all before now. Most arias are appropriate for college-level singers.
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This landmark series,the first multi-volume aria anthology devoted entirely to the topic,collects compelling,useful,singer-friendly excerpts from the best of a distinctly American musical tradition. Plot notes and basic information about each opera are included. Opera composers such as Samuel Barber,William Bolcom,Douglas Moore,Virgil Thomson and Kurt Weill are represented.
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This graduated collection of opera arias offers beginning-level students the chance to explore the technical and expressive aspects of great opera music very early on. Multi-language text including English. Includes pieces from L'italiana in Londra,Il barbiere di Siviglia,Il filosofo di campagna,Le Villi,Edgar,and Il cappello di paglia di Firenze.

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This graduated collection of opera arias offers beginning-level students the chance to explore the technical and expressive aspects of great opera music very early on. Multi-language text including English.
Ah! se tu dormi svegliati from Giulietta e Romeo (Vaccai) - Bel Nume che adoro from Pigmalione (Cimadoro) - Immagine gradita from Adelson e Salvini (Bellini) - La Rachelina from La molinara (Paisiello) - Nella fatal di Rimini from Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) - Resta in pace, idolo mio from Gli Orazi e i Curiazi (Cimarosa) - Silenzio, tacete from L'ajo nell'imbarazzo (Donizetti) - Un bocconcin d'amante from La grotta di Trofinio (Salieri)

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This graduated collection of opera arias offers beginning-level students the chance to explore the technical and expressive aspects of great opera music very early on. Multi-language text including English.
Anch'io son giovine from La cambiale di matrimonio(Rossini) - Canto di una Guècha from Iris (Mascagni) - Convien partir from La figlia del reggimento (Donizetti) - Donne vaghe... from La serva padrona (Pergolesi) - L'ho perduta, me meschina from Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) - Marito vorrei from La finta semplice (Mozart) - Quando si trovano, le basse femmine... from Il mondo della luna (Galuppi) - Una volta che Bastiano from Bastien und Bastienne (Mozart)

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These two collections feature celebrated arias as interpreted by Maria Callas,arguably the most influential singer of the recorded era. In addition to a brief biography of Callas,each selection,in standard voice and piano format,is followed by notes which indicate the variants,breaths,fermatas,and all of the nuances that Callas employed to turn these arias into masterpieces of interpretation. A wonderful reference tool for vocal coaches,professional singers and voice students,these two books are also indispensible items for the libraries of all opera enthusiasts. Volume 1 contains: LA GIOCONDA: Suicidio. LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR: Ardon gl'incensi. MACBETH: La luce langue. NORMA: Casta diva. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non credea mirarti. TOSCA: Vissi d'arte. LA TRAVIATA: Ah,forse è lui che l'anima ... Sempre libera. I VESPRI SICILIANI: Mercè,dilette amiche.

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Eleanor Steber was one of the greatest interpreters of Mozart ever to grace the opera stage. In this unique aria collection she has given intricate editings that convey her ideas about vocal style in Mozart. All of Miss Steber's editings are printed in gray,giving them clarity against the black of the music. A plot synopsis,character analysis,translation and musical coaching precedes each aria. Ample prefatory material discusses Mozartean performance practices. This volume is a must for any soprano. Contents: Batti,Batti · Non mi dir · Porgi amor · Dove sono · Deh vieni,non tardar · Non so più · Voi che sapete · Ach,ich fühl's.

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Contents: Verdi: Re dell' abisso affretati (Invocation Aria) (Un Ballo in Maschera) · O don fatale (Don Carlo) · Stride la vampa (Il Trovatore) · Condotta ell'era in ceppi (Il Trovatore) - Rossini: Una voce poco fa (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) · Non piu mesta (La Cenerentola) · In si barbara (Semiramide) - Mussorgsky: Marina's Aria (Boris Godunov) · Khivria's Song and Hopak (The Fair of Sorochinsk) - more...

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Contents: Verdi: Eri tu che macchiavi (Un ballo in maschera) · Per me giunto (Don Carlo) · Lo vedremo,veglio audace (Ernani) · L'onore! Ladri! (Falstaff) · E sogno? realta (Falstaff) · Urna fatale (La Forza del Destino) · Pieta,rispetto,onore (Macbeth) · Credo in un Dio (Otello) · Cortigiani,vil razza (Rigoletto) · Pari siamo (Rigoletto) · Di Provenza il mar (La Traviata) · Il balen del suo sorriso (Il Trovatore) - Rossini: Largo al factotum della citta (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) - Bizet: Votre toast,je peux vous le rendre (Toreador Song) (Carmen) - more...

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Contents: Rossini: La calunnia (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) · A un dottor della mia sorte (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) - Cornelius: Mein Sohn (Der Barbier von Bagdad) - Smetana: Kezal's Aria (The Bartered Bride) - Puccini: Vecchia zimarra (La Boheme) - Mussorgsky: I have attained to power (Boris Godunov) · Varlaam's Song (Boris Godunov) · Pimen's Tale (Boris Godunov) - Verdi: Dormiro sol nel manto mio regal (Don Carlo) · Infelice! e tuo credevi (Ernani) · Infin che un brando vindice (Ernani) · Come dal ciel precipita (Macbeth) · Il lacerato spirito (Simon Boccanegra) · Di due figli vivea,padre beato (Il Trovatore) - more...

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The definitive greatest hits recorded by Luciano Pavarotti. An outstanding collection of 18 popular opera arias, sacred songs, and Neapolitan favorites. Includes: Funiculì funiculà • Nessun dorma • O sole mio • Santa Lucia • and more!

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