An Interpretive Guide to Operatic Arias a Handbook for Singers, Coaches, Teachers and Students
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
- Publish date: 12/01/1983
Description:
A premier singer and master teacher here tells other singers how to get the most from 151 famous arias selected for their popularity or their greatness from 66 operas, ranging in time and style from Christopher Gluck to Carlisle Floyd, form Mozart to Menotti. "The most memorable thrills in an opera singer's life, " according to the author's Introduction, "may easily derive from the great arias in his or her repertoire." For each aria, the author gives the dramatic and musical context, advice about interpretation, and the lyric--with the original language (if it is not English) and an idiomatic American English translation, in parallel columns. The major operatic traditions--French, German, Italian, Russian, and American--are represented, as are the major voice types--soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass-baritone, and bass. The"
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