Boosey & Hawkes American Arias for Mezzo Soprano (Book and CD)
The Boosey & Hawkes catalog is one of the greatest treasures of contemporary American vocal literature. This major new series celebrates greatness in American opera, with arias from Carlisle Floyd's Susannah, Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, John Adams' Nixon in China, Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti, Dominick Argento's Postcard from Morocco, and other operas by Argento and Floyd, Jack Beeson, Ned Rorem and other American composers.
American Arias is suitable for professional and college-level singers, ideal for recitals and auditions, and an essential resource for the study of the American opera repertoire. The series presents many arias that have never been published outside of the original complete vocal scores. There are approximately 20 arias per volume. Each collection includes commentary on the operas and arias, and a CD of recorded piano accompaniments.
Table of contents - A Foreign Singer in a Waiting Station (POSTCARD FROM MOROCCO)-Dominick Argento
- A Simple Song (MASS)-Leonard Bernstein
- Baba's Aria and Monologue (THE RAKE'S PROGRESS)-Igor Stravinsky
- Bellino's Aria (CASANOVA'S HOMECOMING)-Dominick Argento
- Consuelo's Dream (I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING...)-John Adams
- Estella's Aria (MISS HAVISHAM'S FIRE)-Dominick Argento
- La anunciacion (EL NINO) - John Adams
- Leila's Song: Alone (Again or at Last) (I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING...) - John Adams
- Ma's Song (THE TENDER LAND)-Aaron Copland
- Mother Rainey's Aria (THE SWEET BYE AND BYE)-Jack Beeson
- Mrs. Klinghoffer's Aria (THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER)-John Adams
- Nazimova's Aria (THE DREAM OF VALENTINO)-Dominick Argento
- Rose's Air (THE SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY)-Dominick Argento
- Shaun, do not go (THE PICNIC)-Richard Cumming
- The Norway Aria (BERTHA)-Ned Rorem
- There is a garden (TROUBLE IN TAHITI)-Leonard Bernstein
- Tina's Aria (THE ASPERN PAPERS)-Dominick Argento
- What a movie! (TROUBLE IN TAHITI)-Leonard Bernstein
