Boosey & Hawkes Opera Anthology – Baritone/Bass
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- Composers: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Carlisle Floyd (1926-2021), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), John Adams (1947-), Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), Dominick Argento (1927-2019), Ned Rorem (1923-2022)
- Instrumentation (this edition): Piano Reduction, Baritone / Bass
- Originally for: Voice, Orchestra, Opera
- Work Language: English
- ISBN:
- Size: 9 x 12.0 inches
- Pages: 258
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. The baritone/bass volume also includes nine arias for bass or bass-baritone.
CONTENTS FOR BARITONE:
- John Adams: DOCTOR ATOMIC: Batter my heart
- A FLOWERING TREE: Storyteller's Aria
- NIXON IN CHINA: News has a kind of mystery
- Mister Premier
- Dominick Argento: THE ASPERN PAPERS: What a yielding nature she has
- CASANOVA'S HOMECOMING: You have already heard one sermon tonight
- MISS HAVISHAM'S FIRE: If in the years to come
- A WATER BIRD TALK: The Lecturer (Theme)
- Leonard Bernstein: MASS: A Simple Song
- Benjamin Britten: ALBERT HERRING: The Vicar's Aria (Virtue, says Holy Writ)
- Tickling a trout
- Churchyard's agog with a crowd of folk
- BILLY BUDD: Billy Budd, king of the birds!
- Billy's Farewell (Look! Through the port comes the moonshine astray!)
- GLORIANA: Cecil's Report Cecil's Song of Government
- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM O Helen, goddess
- THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA: Lucretia! I'm sick of that name! Tarquinius's Aria (Within this frail crucible of light)
- Carlisle Floyd: OF MICE AND MEN: George's Aria (You bet it's gonna be diff'rent)
- WILLIE STARK: We all come out of the earth
- John Gay, realized by Benjamin Britten: THE BEGGAR'S OPERA: Thus Gamesters united in friendship
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: ALEKO: Aleko's Cavatina
- FRANCESCA DA RIMINI: Lanceotto's Aria
- Ned Rorem: OUR TOWN: When I got married
- Richard Strauss: ARABELLA: Nimmst einen Fiaker
- Sie gibt mir keinen Blick
- ARIADNE AUF NAXOS: Lieben, Hassen, Hoffen, Zagen
- Igor Stravinsky: THE RAKE'S PROGRESS: Come, master
- I burn! I freeze!
CONTENTS FOR BASS-BARITONE AND BASS:
- John Adams: DOCTOR ATOMIC: Teller's Aria
- Dominick Argento: THE SHOEMAKERS' HOLIDAY: Simon's Aria
- Leonard Bernstein: TROUBLE IN TAHITI: There's a Law
- Benjamin Britten: BILLY BUDD: Claggart's Aria
- GLORIANA: Raleigh's Song
- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM: Bottom's Dream
- Carlisle Floyd: COLD SASSY TREE: I've known I loved you
- SUSANNAH: Hear me, O Lord
- I'm a lonely man, Susannah
Works:
- Batter my heart from J. Adams: Doctor Atomic
- Storyteller's Aria from J. Adams: A Flowering Tree
- News has a kind of mystery from J. Adams: Nixon in China
- Mister Premier from J. Adams: Nixon in China
- What a yielding nature she has from Argento: The Aspern Papers
- You have already heard one sermon tonight from Argento: Casanova's Homecoming
- If in the years to come from Argento: Miss Havisham's Fire
- Argento: The Lecturer (Theme) from A Waterbird Talk
- A Simple Song from Bernstein: MASS (A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers)
- Billy Budd, king of the birds! from Britten: Bill Budd, Op. 50
- Billy's Farewell (Look! Through the port comes the from Britten: Bill Budd, Op. 50
- The Vicar's Aria (Virtue, says Holy Writ) from Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39
- Tickling a trout from Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39
- Churchyard's agog with a crowd of folk from Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39
- Cecil's Report Cecil's Song of Government from Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53
- O Helen, goddess from Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64
- Lucretia! I'm sick of that name! Tarquinius's Aria from Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37
- George's Aria (You bet it's gonna be diff'rent) from Floyd: Of Mice and Men
- Floyd: We all come out of the earth from Willie Stark
- Thus Gamesters united in friendship from Britten: Beggar's Opera, Op. 43
- Aleko's Cavatina from Rachmaninoff: Aleko (Алеко) (1892)
- Lanceotto's Aria from Rachmaninoff: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 25
- When I got married from Rorem: Our Town (2005)
- Nimmst einen Fiaker from Strauss: Arabella, TrV 263, Op. 79
- Sie gibt mir keinen Blick from Strauss: Arabella, TrV 263, Op. 79
- Lieben, Hassen, Hoffen, Zagen from Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, TrV 228, Op. 60
- Come, master from Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (1951)
- I burn! I freeze! from Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (1951)