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French Operatic Arias - Tenor (Voice & Piano)
Gluck, Christoph Willibald
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
- Format 29,7 x 21,0 cm
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.
Contents
- Achille: "Cruelle, non, jamais votre insensible cœur" from Iphigénie en Aulide [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Achille: "Calchas, d’un trait mortel percé" from Iphigénie en Aulide [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Achille: "J’obtiens l’objet que j’aime" from Iphigénie en Aulide [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Orphée: "Objet de mon amour" from Orphée et Euridice (1774) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Orphée: "L’espoir renaît dans mon âme" from Orphée et Euridice (1774) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Orphée: "J’ai perdu mon Eurydice" from Orphée et Euridice (1774) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Lubin: "Du jeune objet que j’adore" from L’Arbre enchanté (1775) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Blaise: "Toujours par fillette franche" from L’Arbre enchanté (1775) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Olgar: "Brontès, ce chef intrépide" from Cythère assiégée (1775) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Olgar: "Quelle était mon erreur !" from Cythère assiégée (1775) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Admète: "Bannis la crainte et les alarmes" from Alceste (1776) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Admète: "Barbare ! non, sans toi je ne puis vivre" from Alceste (1776) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Admète: "Alceste ! au nom des Dieux !" from Alceste (1776) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Renaud: "Plus j’observe ces lieux, et plus je les admire" from Armide (1777) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Pylade: "Unis dès la plus tendre enfance" from Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Pylade: "Divinité des grandes âmes" from Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Cinyre: "Si votre amant du charme qui l’engage" from Écho et Narcisse (1779) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Narcisse: "Je ne puis m’ouvrir ta froide demeure" from Écho et Narcisse (1779) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Cinyre: "Sa voix plaintive et gémissante" from Écho et Narcisse (1779) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Narcisse: "Ô combats ! ô désordre extrême !" from Écho et Narcisse (1779) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Cinyre: "Dissipe ce mortel effroi" from Écho et Narcisse (1779) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
- Narcisse: "Beaux lieux, témoins de mon ardeur" from Écho et Narcisse (1779) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]


