French Operatic Arias - Tenor (Voice & Piano)

Gluck French Operatic Arias - Tenor (Voice & Piano)

This volume for tenor is published in collaboration with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles (CMBV) as part of the collection presenting all arias from French-language operas by opera reformer Christoph Willibald Gluck that were composed for the Académie royale de musique in Paris.

The informative text sections include a bilingual Foreword (Fr/Eng), a brief account of the dramatic context as well as a literal English translation of  each aria.  This is a comprehensive collection of works by an important  18th-century opera composer for opera singers and voice students, ideal for study, auditions and recitals. 

The edition contains arias from: Iphigénie en Aulide (1774) / Orphée et Eurydice (1774)  L’Arbre enchanté (1775) / Cythère assiégée (1775) /  Alceste (1776) / Armide (1777) /  Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) / Écho et Narcisse (1779)

-  Suitable for professional opera singers and voice students

- Ideal for concerts and auditions

- Practical, well-arranged piano part

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.