Boosey and Hawkes Opera Anthology Soprano (Softcover Book)

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 & Hawkes. Includes extensive plot notes and translations. The soprano volume also includes ten arias for coloratura.

CONTENTS FOR SOPRANO:

John Adams: DOCTOR ATOMIC: Am I in your light? • NIXON IN CHINA: I don't daydream • Dominick Argento: THE BOOR: The Widow's Aria • CASANOVA'S HOMECOMING: Though absent from these ears and eyes • THE VOYAGE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE: Virginia's Aria • Leonard Bernstein: A QUIET PLACE: Dede's Aria • Benjamin Britten: ALBERT HERRING: I'm full of happiness • Miss Wordsworth's Aria • GLORIANA: The Dressing-Table Song • The Queen's Dilemma • A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM: Injurious Hermia • PETER GRIMES: Let her among you without fault • Embroidery Aria • THE TURN OF THE SCREW: How beautiful it is • Lost in my labryrinth • Aaron Copland: THE TENDER LAND: Laurie's Song • Carlisle Floyd: COLD SASSY TREE: Rented rooms • OF MICE AND MEN: Curly's Wife's Aria • SUSANNAH: Ain't it a pretty night • The trees on the mountains • WUTHERING HEIGHTS: I've dreamt in my life • John Gay, realized by Benjamin Britten: THE BEGGAR'S OPERA: I'm like a skiff on the ocean tossed • When young at the bar...Ungrateful Macheath! • Henry Purcell, realized and edited by Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst: DIDO AND AENEAS: Oft she visits this lov'd mountain • Thanks to these lonesome vales • Sergei Rachmaninoff: FRANCESCA DA RIMINI: Francesca's Aria • Ned Rorem: OUR TOWN: Emily's Aria • Richard Strauss: ARABELLA: Das war sehr gut, Mandryka • ARIADNE AUF NAXOS: Es gibt ein Reich • CAPRICCIO: Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht (Letzte Szene/Final Scene) • DER ROSENKAVALIER: Da geht er hin (Monolog der Marschallin/Marschallin's Monologue) • Igor Stravinsky: THE RAKE'S PROGRESS: No word from Tom...I go to him

CONTENTS FOR COLORATURA SOPRANO:

John Adams: NIXON IN CHINA: I am the wife of Mao Tsetung • Dominick Argento: MISS HAVISHAM'S FIRE: I see in you a looking glass • POSTCARD FROM MOROCCO: Lady with a Hand Mirror Aria • Jack Beeson: CAPTAIN JINKS OF THE HORSE MARINES: Aurelia's Aria • Leonard Bernstein: CANDIDE: Glitter and Be Gay • Benjamin Britten: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM: Come, now a roundel • Be kind and courteous • Richard Strauss: ARABELLA: Die Wiener Herrn verstehn sich • ARIADNE AUF NAXOS: Grossmätige Prinzessin • Igor Stravinsky: LE ROSSIGNOL: Chanson du Rossignol