Baritone; Piano
Accompaniment
(Baritone/Bass)
SKU:
HL.48024666
Selected Arias for
Baritone/Bass, Volume 1
Vocal Score. Composed
by Jacques Offenbach.
Edited by Jean-Christophe
Keck. Boosey & Hawkes
Voice. Classical.
Softcover. 60 pages. Bote
& Bock #M202535233.
Published by Bote & Bock
(HL.48024666).
ISBN
9781540058010. UPC:
888680951542.
Jacqu
es Offenbach's more than
100 stage works are an
endless treasure trove of
vocal highlights with
highly different musical
moods and lyrical themes.
To mark the 200th
birthday of the great
composer in 2019, which
is at the same time the
year of the 20th
anniversary of the
Offenbach Edition Keck
OEK, the editor and
Offenbach expert
Jean-Christophe Keck has
assembled a selection of
arias. The four-part
collection arranged
according to voice
category shows a rather
unknown, romantic side of
Offenbach. Apart from
rediscovered works and
first editions, however,
the collection is not
complete without some of
his unrivalled hits. The
volume for baritone/bass
proves that Offenbach
also wrote varied
rewarding repertoire
pieces for deep male
voice: drinking song,
prayer and arioso show
the facets of the
mercenary soldier Conrad
from the grand opera Les
Fees du Rhin, whereas the
Prince from Fantasio, the
pedlar from Le 66 or the
Great Mogul from Barkouf
are perfectly fun-loving
characters. Apotheker und
Peruckenmacher, too, was
one of Offenbach's great
comedy successes. Of a
more lyrical character is
the husband of Madame
Favart, an opera comique
from the late years of
the composer's life.
Romantic Offenbach is
aimed at fully trained
and budding professionals
as well as at Offenbach
fans of every shade and
colour, providing
repertoire pieces for
recitals, studies or
private music-making.
