Introduction
G. Schirmer Opera Anthology Series: Vocal Collection Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc. Editors: Robert L. Larson, Martha Gerhart An excellent volume of coloratura arias has been added to the G. Schirmer Opera Anthology series. With 30 arias in English, Italian, German, French and Russian, this is the largest collection of coloratura operatic excerpts ever published. Because of the nature of the material, tradition-based performance suggestions are liberally found throughout the volume. For instance, you will find standard vocal variations for the “Doll Song” from The Tales of Hoffmann included in the edition, along with the original vocal line. Like the other volumes in the ground-breaking series, there are historical and plot notes about each aria, new engravings, and new translations for study. Song List: A vos jeux, mes amix (HAMLET) Ah! non credea...Ah! non giunge (LA SONAMBULA) Ah! Où va la jeune indoue (LAKME) C'est l'historie amoureuse (MANON LESCAUT) Care Compagne (La Sonnambula) Chacun le sait (LA FILLE DU REGIMENT) Da schlägt di Abschiedsstunde (DER SCHAUSPIELDIREKTOR) Den Teuren zu versóhnen (MARTHA) Der Hölle Rache (Die Zauberflöte) Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln from DIE FLEDERMAUS Grossmáchtige Prinzessin (ARIADNE AUF NAXOS) Hello! Oh, Margaret, it's you (THE TELEPHONE) Hymn to the Sun (N KORSAKOFF) Hymn to the Sun (ZOLOTOJ PETUSHOK) Il dolce suono...Spargi d'amoro piato (LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR) Les oiseaux dans la charmille (LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN) Mein Heir Marquis (DIE FLEDERMAUS) O Luce di quest'anima (DONIZETTI) O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce (I PURITANI) O zittre nicht (Die Zauberflöte) Ombre légère (DINORAH) Plus de dèpit, plus de tristesse (LES DEUX AVARES) Poor Wand'ring One (THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE) Quel guardo il cavaliere from DON PASQUALE (Donizetti) Regnava nel silenzio from LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Donizetti) Spiel' ich die Unschuld vom Lande (DIE FLEDERMAUS) Tornami a Vagheggiar (Handel) Una voce poco fa from IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Rossini) Vocalise (THE TEMPEST) Volta la terrea fronte alle stelle from Un ballo in maschera (Verdi)