Russian Operatic Arias for Mezzo-Soprano

Description

This landmark series opens up exciting vistasof challenging and rewarding repertoire for the discerning and adventurous singer. As with the Peters companion volumes of French Operatic Arias, this Russian series presents many of the justly celebrated arias, but alsojuxtaposes them with other less familiar gems, which undoutedly deserve wider recognition. Much of the selected repertoire is eminently suitable for audition purposes, so that each volume is a treasure trove for professional singers and students.

Pieces

• Dream divine, enchanting sight! from Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila (Руслан и Людмила)
• Ah, she brings joy from Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila (Руслан и Людмила)
• Dargomyzhsky: Days of love and fond affections from Rusalka
• Night is falling now from Borodin: Prince Igor
• Go, Ruzya from Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Борис Годунов), Op. 9
• Forces of prophecy from Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (Хованщина)
• Through the marshes she made her way from Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (Хованщина)
• Ah, Tanya, Tanya from Tchaikovsky: Yevgeny Onegin (Eugene Onegin), ČW 5, Op. 24
• Farewell, dear land, familiar fields and meadows from Tchaikovsky: The Maid of Orleans, ČW 6
• My friends, take heed of me from Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame), ČW 10, Op. 68
• That's enough now! from Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame), ČW 10, Op. 68
• Says the rain-cloud to the thunder one day from Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden
• All through this night from Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko (Садко)
• The potion is prepared from Rimsky-Korsakov: Kashchey the Deathless
• Arensky: Sleep, my darling dear from Dream on the Volga
• Shchedrin: Through the leafy forest from Not Love Alone