This major new series celebrates the greatest treasures in American opera, with arias, both favourites and lesser-known gems, from Stravinsky’s Rakes Progress, John Adam’s Nixon in China, Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti and other great operas by Dominic Argento, Ned Rorem and Carlisle Floyd. Comes with accompaniment CD. Suitable for professional and college-level singers, ideal for recitals and auditions, and an essential resource for the study of American opera repertoire.
Contents
Aaron Copland: Ma's Song from The Tender Land
Dominick Argento: A Foreign Singer in a Waiting Station from Postcard from Morocco
Dominick Argento: Bellino's Aria from Casanova's Homecoming
Dominick Argento: Estella's Aria from Miss Havisham's Fire
Dominick Argento: Nazimova's Aria from The Dream of Valentino
Dominick Argento: Rose's Air from The Shoemakers' Holiday
Dominick Argento: Tina's Aria from The Aspern Papers
Igor Stravinsky: Baba's Aria and Monologue from The Rake's Progress
Jack Beeson: Mother Rainey's Aria from The Sweet Bye and Bye
John Adams: Consuelo's Dream from I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky
John Adams: La anunciación from El Niño
John Adams: Leila's Song: Alone (Again or at Last) from I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky
John Adams: Mrs. Klinghoffer's Aria from The Death of Klinghoffer
Leonard Bernstein: A Simple Song from Mass
Leonard Bernstein: There is a garden from Trouble in Tahiti
Leonard Bernstein: What a movie! from Trouble in Tahiti