An appetiser for our high-quality Urtext opera vocal scores give it a try and enjoy!This collection of opera arias for Soprano (or Mezzo-Soprano) and Piano offers a cross-section of Bärenreiter?s extensive catalogue of stage works.An affordable anthology with such well-known and favourite arias as Handel?s famous ?Ombra mai fu? and Mozart?s ?Ach ich fühl?s es ist verschwunden!? is not only suited for voice students and aspiring singers preparing for examinations and auditions but also provides seasoned professionals with inspiration and material for programming their recitals.The collection spans a representative arch from the earlybaroque to the romantic era gathering together repertoire masterpieces by Monteverdi Handel Gluck Haydn Mozart Beethoven Berlioz Smetana and Chabrier. The pieces are in Italian French Czech and German and include for the most part a singable translation in German. The spectrum ranges from the declamatory style to easy coloratura. The Piano arrangements have been prepared by experienced conductors and répétiteurs.A Bärenreiter anthology for opera singersContains important arias from the opera repertoire for (Mezzo-)Soprano

This series was designed to supplement traditional vocal instruction and works perfectly as preparatory literature for The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos Part II.Each piece is in Englishand has a limited vocal range as well as a piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist. The pieces include art songs folksongs humorous songs and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contestsolos. The accompanying CD includes professionally-recorded accompaniments. Soprano Contents: Alice Blue Gown · April Showers · Butterflies (Schulz) · Cradle Song (Brahms) · Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel(Humperdinck) · The False Prophet (Scott) · Florian's Song (Godard) · Golden Slumbers (English folksong) · It Was a Lover and His Lass (Austin) · Ladybird (Schumann) · The Lilac Tree (Gartlin) · The Little Sandman (arr. Brahms) ·My Little Heart (Weckerlin) · The Nightingale (Alabieff) · Oh! Dear What Can the Matter Be? (16th Century) · Oh Pretty Birds (Rigel) · The Rosebush (Himmel) · The Sweetest Flower that Blows (Hawley) · Two Marionettes (Cooke) ·The Willow Song (16th Century) · The Willow Tree (arr. Reimann) · The Winter It Is Past (arr. Hopekirk).