Soprano voice solo and piano reduction
SKU: BA.BA09193
Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Edited by Benoît Dratwicki, Julien Dubruque, and Sylvie Bouissou. Arranged by François Saint-Yves. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Airs d'opera/ Operatic arias. Vocal score, collection. 145 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA09193_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA09193).
ISBN 9790006561421. 29.8 x 21.2 cm inches. Preface: Bouissou, Sylvie / Dratwicki, Benoît / Dubruque, Julien.
Volume 3 for soprano contains the first half of the large-scale arias and ariettas that Rameau composed for lyric soprano (the 18th-century equivalent of today’s lyric coloratura soprano) in his prologues and divertissements. Each number is accompanied by a keyboard reduction and is introduced by a brief account of the dramatic situation as well as an English translation of the vocal text.
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