OperAria Soprano

Repertoire Collection edited by Peter Anton Ling and Marina Sandel [S,pno]

“Wonderful that these soprano volumes from the OperAria project are now available to provide just the right sort of assistance we need.” (Juliane Banse, Patron Soprano)

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“Our goal is to give the user a modern-day, systematically structured vocal coach who satisfies the demands of present-day theater practice. At long last a consistent repertoire and a well-ordered conflation of respective audition arias for all vocal genres.” (Peter Anton Ling and Marina Sandel, editors)

OperAria – repertoire anthology of opera arias according to vocal criteria (range, tessitura, specifics, type of aria) with due regard to practical aspects of musical and theatrical nature (style, era, role type, national provenance)

with comments on the arias

information on the composer, the librettist, the work, the range and of versions or casting
a short synopsis of the contents illuminating the basic dramatic constellation in the context of the opera’s plot
an evaluation from the singer’s point of view

with “phonetic assistant” and “text assistant”

aria texts in the original language spoken by native speakers as an audio file (mp3)
aria texts in German and English translations as a text file (pdf)
available on CD with volume 1 and 2, for download under more information to volume 3 and 4.

1. Georg Friedrich Händel	Tornami a vagheggiar	(Morgana – Alcina)
2. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi	Stizzoso, mio stizzoso	(Serpina – La serva padrona)
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln	(Blonde – Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Welche Wonne, welche Lust	(Blonde – Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Ma se colpa io non ho! / Batti, batti, o bel Masetto	(Zerlina – Don Giovanni)
6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Via via, non è gran mal / Vedrai, carino	(Zerlina – Don Giovanni)
7. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	In uomini! in soldati	(Despina – Così fan tutte)
8. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Una donna a quindici anni	(Despina – Così fan tutte)
9. Carl Maria von Weber	Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen	(Ännchen – Der Freischütz)
10. Gaetano Donizetti	Prendi, per me sei libero	(Adina – L’elisir d’amore)
11. Gaetano Donizetti	Ah! tardai troppo / O luce di quest’anima	(Linda – Linda di Chamounix)
12. Gaetano Donizetti	Quel guardo il cavaliere	(Norina – Don Pasquale)
13. Vincenzo Bellini	O rendetemi la speme / Qui la voce sua soave	(Elvira – I puritani)
14. Otto Nicolai	Wohl denn, gefasst ist der Entschluss	(Anna Reich – Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor)
15. Ambroise Thomas	Je suis Titania	(Philine – Mignon)
16. Giuseppe Verdi	Gualtier Maldè / Caro nome	(Gilda – Rigoletto)
17. Giuseppe Verdi	Saper vorreste	(Oscar – Un ballo in maschera)
18. Giuseppe Verdi	Sul fil d’un soffio etesio	(Nannetta – Falstaff)
19. Charles Gounod	Je veux vivre	(Juliette – Roméo et Juliette)
20. Jacques Offenbach	Les oiseaux dans la charmille	(Olympia – Les Contes d‘Hoffmann)
21. Johann Strauss Jr.	Mein Herr Marquis	(Adele – Die Fledermaus)
22. Léo Delibes	Où va la jeune Indoue	(Lakmé – Lakmé)
23. Jules Massenet	Obéissons quand leur voix appelle	(Manon – Manon)
24. Jules Massenet	Frère ! Voyez !	(Sophie – Werther)
25. Giacomo Puccini	Quando me n’ vo	(Musetta – La bohème)
26. Richard Strauss	Großmächtige Prinzessin	(Zerbinetta – Ariadne auf Naxos)
27. Leonard Bernstein	Glitter and be gay	(Cunegonde – Candide)