Boosey & Hawkes Opera Anthology Mezzo-soprano

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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. CONTENTS: John Adams: THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER: I must have been hysterical · DOCTOR ATOMIC: Am I in your light? · Past fierce and tossing skies · EL NIÑO: La anunciación · Dominick Argento: THE ASPERN PAPERS: On the stroke of midnight! · CASANOVA'S HOMECOMING: Bellino's Aria · Madame d'Urfé's Aria · THE DREAM OF VALENTINO: Nazimova's Aria · Was it truly destiny · MISS HAVISHAM'S FIRE: Estella's Aria · A POSTCARD FROM MOROCCO: A Foreign Singer's Aria · Leonard Bernstein: MASS: Thank You · TROUBLE IN TAHITI: There is a garden · What a movie! · Benjamin Britten: ALBERT HERRING: Doctor Jessop's midwife · What would Missus Herring say? · A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM: Lysander, Help me Lysander · THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA: Give him this orchid · Is it all? · She sleeps as a rose upon the night · Aaron Copland: THE TENDER LAND: Ma's Song · Carlisle Floyd: WUTHERING HEIGHTS: Take off that frown · John Gay, realized by Benjamin Britten: THE BEGGAR'S OPERA: Thus when a good housewife sees a rat...How cruel are the traytors · Henry Purcell, realized by Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst: DIDO AND AENEAS: Ah, Belinda, I am prest with torment · When I am laid in earth · Ned Rorem: MISS JULIE: Wind around me like Satan's snake · Richard Strauss: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS: Sein wir wieder gut · DER ROSENKAVALIER: Wie Du warst! · Igor Stravinsky: MAVRA: The Mother's Aria · OEDIPUS REX: Nonn' erusbeskite, reges · THE RAKE'S PROGRESS: As I was saying...Scorned! Abused! · Sold! Annoyed!

Table of Contents:

• Thank You
• When I Am Laid In Earth
• What A Movie!
• There Is A Garden
• Am I In Your Light?
• Past Fierce And Tossing Skies
• I Must Have Been Hysterical
• La Anunciacion
• On The Stroke Of Midnight!
• Bellino's Aria
• Madame D'Urfe's Aria
• Nazimova's Aria
• Was It Truly Destiny
• Estella's Aria
• A Foreign Singer's Aria
• Doctor Jessop's Midwife
• What Would Missus Herring Say?
• Lysander, Help Me Lysander
• Give Him This Orchid
• Is It All?
• She Sleeps As A Rose Upon The Night
• Ma's Song
• Take Off That Frown
• Thus When A Good Housewife Sees A Rat...How Cruel Are The Traytors
• Wind Around Me Like Satan's Snake
• Sein Wir Wieder Gut
• Wie Du Warst!
• The Mother's Aria
• Nonn' Erubeskite, Reges
• As I Was Saying...Scorned! Abused!
• Sold! Annoyed!

Catalog:	HL48023841
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
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