An Interpretive Guide to Operatic Arias: A Handbook for Singers, Coaches, Teachers, and Students
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An Interpretive Guide to Operatic Arias: A Handbook for Singers, Coaches, Teachers, and Students
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Overview
A premier singer and master teacher here tells other singers how to get the most from 151 famous arias selected for their popularity or their greatness from 66 operas, ranging in time and style from Christopher Gluck to Carlisle Floyd, from Mozart to Menotti. “The most memorable thrills in an opera singer's life,” according to the author's Introduction, “may easily derive from the great arias in his or her repertoire.”
This book continues the work Martial Singher has done, in performances, in concerts, and in master classes and lessons, by drawing attention “not only to precise features of text, notes, and markings but also to psychological motivations and emotional impulses, to laughter and tears, to technical skills, to strokes of genius, and even here and there to variations from the original works that have proved to be fortunate.”
For each aria, the author gives the dramatic and musical context, advice about interpretation, and the lyric—with the original language (if it is not English) and an idiomatic American English translation, in parallel columns. The major operatic traditions—French, German, Italian, Russian, and American—are represented, as are the major voice types—soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass-baritone, and bass.
The dramatic context is not a mere summary of the plot but is a penetrating and often witty personality sketch of an operatic character in the midst of a situation. The musical context is presented with the dramatic situation in a cleverly integrated way. Suggestions about interpretation, often illustrated with musical notation and phonetic symbols, are interspersed among the author's explication of the music and the action. An overview of Martial Singher’s approach—based on fifty years of experience on stage in a hundred roles and in class at four leading conservatories—is presented in his Introduction. As the reader approaches each opera discussed in this book, he or she experiences the feeling of participation in a rehearsal on stage under an urbane though demanding coach and director.
The Interpretive Guide will be of value to professional singers as a source of reference or renewed inspiration and a memory refresher, to coaches for checking and broadening personal impressions, to young singers and students for learning, to teachers who have enjoyed less than a half century of experience, and to opera broadcast listeners and telecast viewers who want to understand what goes into the sounds and sights that delight them.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780271065175 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Penn State University Press |
| Publication date: | 09/22/2015 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 368 |
| File size: | 9 MB |
About the Author
Martial Singher was director of the voice and opera department at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and served on the faculties of the Curtis Institute of Music, Chicago Musical College, Mannes College, and the Aspen and Marlboro Festivals. He performed with the Paris, Metropolitan, Chicago, and San Francisco Opera Companies and the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | xiii | |
| Recommendations | xv | |
| Beethoven | ||
| Fidelio | ||
| Abscheulicher, wo eilst du hin? (soprano) | 1 | |
| Bellini | ||
| Norma | ||
| Casta Diva (soprano) | 2 | |
| Bizet | ||
| Carmen | ||
| Habanera (mezzo-soprano) | 6 | |
| Seguedille (mezzo-soprano) | 7 | |
| Couplets of Escamillo (baritone) | 8 | |
| La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (tenor) | 10 | |
| Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante (soprano) | 12 | |
| Air des cartes (mezzo-soprano) | 13 | |
| Les Pecheurs de Perles | ||
| O Nadir, tendre ami (baritone) | 15 | |
| Charpentier | ||
| Louise | ||
| Depuis le jour (soprano) | 17 | |
| Debussy | ||
| L'Enfant Prodigue | ||
| Air de Lia (soprano) | 20 | |
| Delibes | ||
| Lakme | ||
| Ou va la jeune Indoue (soprano) | 23 | |
| Donizetti | ||
| Don Pasquale | ||
| Bella siccome un angelo (baritone) | 26 | |
| Quel guardo il cavaliere (soprano) | 28 | |
| L'Elisir d'amore | ||
| Una furtiva lagrima (tenor) | 31 | |
| Floyd | ||
| Susannah | ||
| Ain't it a pretty night (soprano) | 34 | |
| Giordano | ||
| Andrea Chenier | ||
| Nemico della patria (baritone) | 37 | |
| La mamma morta (soprano) | 39 | |
| Come un bel di di maggio (tenor) | 42 | |
| Gluck | ||
| Alceste | ||
| Divinites du Styx (soprano) | 44 | |
| Iphigenie en Tauride | ||
| O toi, qui prolongeas mes jours (soprano) | 46 | |
| Unis des la plus tendre enfance (tenor) | 49 | |
| Orfeo ed Euridice | ||
| Che faro senza Euridice (mezzo-soprano/baritone) | 51 | |
| Gounod | ||
| Faust | ||
| Avant de quitter ces lieux (baritone) | 53 | |
| Le Veau d'Or (bass) | 55 | |
| Salut, demeure chaste et pure (tenor) | 57 | |
| Le Roi de Thule / Air des bijoux (soprano) | 59 | |
| Mephisto's Serenade (bass) | 64 | |
| Romeo et Juliette | ||
| Ballade de la Reine Mab (baritone) | 66 | |
| Je veux vivre (Juliette's Waltz) (soprano) | 68 | |
| Ah! Leve-toi, soleil (Cavatine) (tenor) | 70 | |
| Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle (mezzo-soprano) | 73 | |
| Leoncavallo | ||
| I Pagliacci | ||
| Il Prologo (baritone) | 75 | |
| Ballatella (soprano) | 78 | |
| Recitar (tenor) | 81 | |
| Mascagni | ||
| Cavalleria Rusticana | ||
| Voi lo sapete, o mamma (soprano) | 82 | |
| Massenet | ||
| Le Cid | ||
| Pleurez, mes yeux (soprano) | 84 | |
| Herodiade | ||
| Il est doux, il est bon (soprano) | 87 | |
| Vision fugitive (baritone) | 89 | |
| Manon | ||
| Adieu, notre petite table (soprano) | 91 | |
| En fermant les yeux (tenor) | 93 | |
| Cours-la-reine / Gavotte (soprano) | 95 | |
| Ah fuyez, douce image (tenor) | 99 | |
| Thais | ||
| O mon miroir fidele (soprano) | 101 | |
| Werther | ||
| Air des lettres (soprano/mezzo-soprano) | 104 | |
| Va, laisse couler mes larmes (mezzo-soprano) | 107 | |
| Pourquoi me reveiller (tenor) | 108 | |
| Menotti | ||
| The Consul | ||
| Papers, papers (soprano) | 111 | |
| The Medium | ||
| Monica's Waltz (soprano) | 114 | |
| The Old Maid and the Thief | ||
| Steal me, sweet thief (soprano) | 117 | |
| Meyerbeer | ||
| L'Africaine | ||
| O paradis (tenor) | 120 | |
| Mozart | ||
| Cosi fan Tutte | ||
| Smanie implacabili (mezzo-soprano) | 120 | |
| In uomini, in soldati (soprano) | 124 | |
| Come scoglio (soprano) | 125 | |
| Donne mie, la fate a tanti (baritone) | 128 | |
| Don Giovanni | ||
| Madamina (bass-baritone) | 130 | |
| Or sai chi l'onore (soprano) | 133 | |
| Batti, batti (soprano) | 137 | |
| Deh vieni alla finestra (baritone) | 138 | |
| Il mio tesoro (tenor) | 140 | |
| Mi tradi (soprano) | 142 | |
| Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail | ||
| Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden (bass) | 145 | |
| O wie angstlich (tenor) | 146 | |
| Durch Zartlichkeit und Schmeicheln (soprano) | 148 | |
| Le Nozze di Figaro | ||
| Se vuol ballare (baritone/bass-baritone) | 150 | |
| Non so piu cosa son (soprano/mezzo-soprano) | 152 | |
| Voi, che sapete (soprano/mezzo-soprano) | 154 | |
| Vedro mentr'io sospiro (Count's Aria) (baritone) | 155 | |
| Dove sono i bei momenti (soprano) | 157 | |
| Aprite un po'quegl'occhi (baritone/bass-baritone) | 160 | |
| Deh vieni, non tardar (soprano) | 163 | |
| Die Zauberflote | ||
| Dies Bildnis (tenor) | 165 | |
| O zittre nicht (soprano) | 167 | |
| Ach, ich fuhl's (soprano) | 169 | |
| Musorgski | ||
| Boris Godunov | ||
| I have attained the power (baritone/bass-baritone) | 171 | |
| Nicolai | ||
| Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor | ||
| Nun eilt herbei (soprano) | 174 | |
| Offenbach | ||
| Les Contes D'Hoffmann | ||
| Les oiseaux dans la charmille (soprano) | 177 | |
| Scintille, diamant (baritone) | 179 | |
| O Dieu, de quelle ivresse (tenor) | 181 | |
| Elle a fui, la tourterelle (soprano) | 183 | |
| Ponchielli | ||
| La Gioconda | ||
| Voce di donna (mezzo-soprano) | 185 | |
| Cielo e mar (tenor) | 187 | |
| Puccini | ||
| La Boheme | ||
| Che gelida manina (tenor) | 189 | |
| Mi chiamano Mimi (soprano) | 191 | |
| Quando m'en vo (soprano) | 193 | |
| Donde lieta usci (soprano) | 194 | |
| Vecchia zimarra, senti (bass) | 196 | |
| Gianni Schicchi | ||
| Oh! mio babbino caro (soprano) | 198 | |
| Madama Butterfly | ||
| Un bel di vedremo (soprano) | 199 | |
| Manon Lescaut | ||
| Donna non vidi mai (tenor) | 202 | |
| In quelle trine morbide (soprano) | 203 | |
| Sola, perduta, abbandonata (soprano) | 205 | |
| Suor Angelica | ||
| Senza mamma (soprano) | 207 | |
| Tosca | ||
| Recondita armonia (tenor) | 208 | |
| Vissi d'arte (soprano) | 210 | |
| E lucevan le stelle (tenor) | 211 | |
| Turandot | ||
| Signore, ascolta (soprano) | 213 | |
| Nessun dorma (tenor) | 214 | |
| Tu, che di gel sei cinta (soprano) | 216 | |
| Rossini | ||
| Il Barbiere di Siviglia | ||
| Largo al factotum (baritone) | 217 | |
| Una voce poco fa (soprano) | 221 | |
| La calunnia (bass-baritone) | 224 | |
| Saint-Saens | ||
| Samson et Dalila | ||
| Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse (mezzo-soprano) | 226 | |
| Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (mezzo-soprano) | 229 | |
| Strauss | ||
| Die Fledermaus | ||
| Czardas (soprano) | 231 | |
| Mein Herr Marquis (soprano) | 234 | |
| Thomas | ||
| Hamlet | ||
| O vin, dissipe la tristesse (baritone) | 236 | |
| A vos jeux, mes amis (soprano) | 238 | |
| Mignon | ||
| Connais-tu le pays (mezzo-soprano) | 242 | |
| Verdi | ||
| Aida | ||
| Celeste Aida (tenor) | 244 | |
| Ritorna vincitor (soprano) | 246 | |
| O Patria mia (soprano) | 249 | |
| Un Ballo in Maschera | ||
| Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa (soprano) | 251 | |
| Morro, ma prima in grazia (soprano) | 254 | |
| Eri tu che macchiavi (baritone) | 256 | |
| Don Carlo | ||
| Ella giammai m'amo (bass-baritone) | 259 | |
| O don fatale (mezzo-soprano) | 261 | |
| Ernani | ||
| Ernani, involami (soprano) | 263 | |
| Falstaff | ||
| E sogno? o realta (baritone) | 266 | |
| La Forza del Destino | ||
| Pace, pace (soprano) | 269 | |
| Luisa Miller | ||
| Quando le sere (tenor) | 272 | |
| Macbeth | ||
| Pieta, rispetto, amore (baritone) | 274 | |
| Otello | ||
| Credo in un Dio crudel (baritone) | 277 | |
| Salce (soprano) | 279 | |
| Ave Maria (soprano) | 282 | |
| Rigoletto | ||
| Pari siamo (baritone) | 284 | |
| Caro nome (soprano) | 286 | |
| Parmi veder le lagrime (tenor) | 288 | |
| Cortigiani (baritone) | 291 | |
| La donna e mobile (tenor) | 294 | |
| Simone Boccanegra | ||
| Il lacerato spirito (bass) | 295 | |
| La Traviata | ||
| Ah, fors'e lui (soprano) | 297 | |
| De'miei bollenti spiriti (tenor) | 301 | |
| Di Provenza (baritone) | 303 | |
| Il Trovatore | ||
| Tacea la notte placida / Di tale amor (soprano) | 306 | |
| Stride la vampa (mezzo-soprano/contralto) | 308 | |
| Condotta ell'era in ceppi (mezzo-soprano/contralto) | 310 | |
| Il balen del suo sorriso (baritone) | 312 | |
| D'amor sull'ali rosee (soprano) | 315 | |
| Wagner | ||
| Der Fliegende Hollander | ||
| Die Frist ist um (baritone) | 317 | |
| Jo ho hoe (Senta's Ballad) (soprano) | 321 | |
| Lohengrin | ||
| Einsam in truben Tagen (soprano) | 324 | |
| In fernem Land (tenor) | 327 | |
| Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg | ||
| Preislied (tenor) | 329 | |
| Tannhauser | ||
| Dich, teure Halle (soprano) | 332 | |
| Blick'ich umher (baritone) | 334 | |
| O du mein holder Abendstern (baritone) | 336 | |
| Weber | ||
| Der Freischutz | ||
| Durch die Walder, durch die Aven (tenor) | 338 | |
| Schweig, schweig (bass) | 341 | |
| Leise, leise, fromme Weise (soprano) | 343 | |
| Und ob die Wolke (soprano) | 346 | |
| Index of First Lines | 349 |