Boosey & Hawkes Opera Anthology – Tenor

Description

This landmark publication collects arias and role excerpts from operas by John Adams, Benjamin Britten, Carlisle Floyd, Richard Strauss, and many other composers published by Boosey & Hawkes. Includes extensive plot notes and translations.

Pieces

• Her arms have the beauty from J. Adams: A Flowering Tree
• Platonic men from J. Adams: Nixon in China
• Gondolier's Song from Argento: Casanova's Homecoming
• Now I know from Argento: The Dream of Valentino
• Valentino's Aria from Argento: The Dream of Valentino
• Once when I was a young man from Argento: Postcard from Morocco
• Bon Voyage from Bernstein: Candide (1989)
• The Mayor's Aria from Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39
• Albert the Good! from Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39
• O go, Go! Go away! from Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39
• I accept their verdict from Britten: Bill Budd, Op. 50
• Gloriana: First Lute Song from Britten: Bill Budd, Op. 50
• Second Lute Song from Britten: Bill Budd, Op. 50
• A Midsummer Night's Dream: Asleep my Love? from Britten: Bill Budd, Op. 50
• Peter Grimes: They listen to money from Britten: Bill Budd, Op. 50
• Now the Great Bear and Pleiades from Britten: Bill Budd, Op. 50
• In dreams I've built myself from Britten: Bill Budd, Op. 50
• Rome is now ruled from Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37
• Tarquinius does not dare from Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37
• It is a curious story from Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54
• Miles! from Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54
• Martin's Song from Copland: The Tender Land (1954)
• So there you were from Floyd: Cold Sassy Tree
• Sometimes th' pain of missin' him from Floyd: Cold Sassy Tree
• Lennie's Aria (Oh, I feel cold inside) from Floyd: Of Mice and Men
• Then marry me, Cathy from Floyd: Wuthering Heights
• O cruel, cruel case! from Britten: Beggar's Opera, Op. 43
• Il est drôle, le Prince! from Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33
• Young Gypsy's Romance from Rachmaninoff: Aleko (Алеко) (1892)
• The Stage Manager's Aria (We're all coming up here from Rorem: Our Town (2005)
• Ich hab's geschworen from Strauss: Arabella, TrV 263, Op. 79
• Im Gegenteil from Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, TrV 228, Op. 60
• Das Sonett (Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht from Strauss: Capriccio, TrV 279, Op. 85
• Di rigori armato il seno from Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, TrV 227, Op. 59
• Hussar's Aria from Stravinsky: Mavra (1922)
• Here I stand from Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (1951)
• Love, too frequently betrayed from Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (1951)
• Vary the song from Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (1951)
• Sellem's Auction Scene from Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (1951)
• I have waited from Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (1951)
• Turnage: Valium, prozac from Anna Nicole