French Operatic Arias - Soprano and Mezzo-soprano (Voice & Piano)

Gluck, Christoph Willibald

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Gluck French Operatic Arias - Soprano and Mezzo-soprano (Voice & Piano)

The edition contains French arias for soprano or mezzo-soprano from operas composed by opera reformer Christoph Willibald Gluck for the Paris Opera.
 
Each edition includes an informative text section containing a Foreword (Fr/Eng), a brief account of the dramatic situation as well as a literal English translation of every aria.
 
- Based on the Christoph Willibald Gluck Complete Edition
 
- Suitable for professional opera singers and voice students
 
- Practical and idiomatic piano part
 
About the series:
Christoph Willibald Gluck. French Operatic Arias
 
In collaboration with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles (CMBV), all arias from Christoph Willibald Gluck’s French operas will be published for the first time in a collection of four volumes, ordered by voice type:
 
Airs d’opéra français / French Operatic Arias
 
Volume 1 BA 8167 Dessus et grand dessus / Soprano and Mezzo-soprano
Volume 2 BA 8169 Basse-taille / Baritone
Volume 3 BA 8166 Dessus / Soprano
Volume 4 BA 8168 Haute-contre / Tenor
 
With their wide variety of arias and informative texts, these volumes constitute a valuable resource of works by one of the preeminent opera composers of the 18th century.  They are suitable for opera singers and voice students and can be used in lessons, auditions and recitals.
Dratwicki, Benoît
BA8167
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Baerenreiter Germany

Contents

  1. Clytemnestre: "Armez-vous d'un noble courage", Mezzo-soprano solo, Piano from Iphigénie en Aulide (1774) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  2. Iphigénie: "Hélas ! mon cœur sensible et tendre", Soprano solo, Piano from Iphigénie en Aulide (1774) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  3. Iphigénie: "Par la crainte et par l'espérance", Soprano solo, Piano from Iphigénie en Aulide (1774) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  4. Clytemnestre: "Par un père cruel à la mort condamnée", Mezzo-soprano solo, Piano from Iphigénie en Aulide (1774) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  5. Iphigénie: "Adieu : conservez dans votre âme", Soprano solo, Piano from Iphigénie en Aulide (1774) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  6. Clytemnestre: "Jupiter, lance la foudre !", Mezzo-soprano solo, Piano from Iphigénie en Aulide (1774) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  7. Eurydice: "Fortune ennemie", Soprano solo, Piano from Orphée et Euridice (1774) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  8. Alceste: "Rien n'égale mon désespoir", Soprano solo, Piano from Alceste (1776) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  9. Alceste: "Non, ce n'est point un sacrifice", Soprano solo, Piano from Alceste (1776) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  10. Alceste: "Divinités du Styx, ministres de la mort", Soprano solo, Piano from Alceste (1776) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  11. Alceste: "Ô dieux ! soutenez mon courage !", Soprano solo, Piano from Alceste (1776) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  12. Alceste: "Je n'ai jamais chéri la vie", Soprano solo, Piano from Alceste (1776) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  13. Alceste: "Ah ! malgré moi, mon faible cœur partage", Soprano solo, Piano from Alceste (1776) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  14. Alceste: "Ah ! divinités implacables !", Soprano solo, Piano from Alceste (1776) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  15. Armide: "Enfin, il est en ma puissance", Soprano solo, Piano from Armide (1777) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  16. Armide: "Ah ! si la liberté me doit être ravie", Soprano solo, Piano from Armide (1777) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  17. Armide: "Venez, venez, Haine implacable!", Soprano solo, Piano from Armide (1777) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  18. Armide: "Le perfide Renaud me fuit!", Soprano solo, Piano from Armide (1777) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  19. Iphigénie: "Ô toi, qui prolongeas mes jours", Soprano solo, Piano from Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  20. Iphigénie: "Ô malheureuse Iphigénie!", Soprano solo, Piano from Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  21. Iphigénie: "D'une image, hélas ! trop chérie", Soprano solo, Piano from Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
  22. Iphigénie: "Je t'implore et je tremble, ô déesse implacable!", Soprano solo, Piano from Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]

Additional Information

Classical
Mezzo Soprano, Soprano Voice