Vocal Score
Mezzo-Soprano; Piano
Accompaniment
(Mezzo-Soprano)
SKU:
HL.48024664
Selected Arias for
Mezzo-Soprano, Volume 1
Vocal Score. Composed
by Jacques Offenbach.
Edited by Jean-Christophe
Keck. Boosey & Hawkes
Voice. Classical.
Softcover. 64 pages. Bote
& Bock #M202535219.
Published by Bote & Bock
(HL.48024664).
ISBN
9783793142188. UPC:
888680951528.
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.
Apart from trouvailles
from Les Bavards, Maitre
Peronilla and Robinson
Crusoe, the volume for
mezzo-soprano also
contains some of those
crowd-pullers the
composer wrote for his
most famous star, the
singer Hortense
Schneider. But Perichole,
the Beautiful Helen or
the Grand Duchess of
Gerolstein show
definitely not only their
burlesque side, but also
their thoughtful one
here. And in Fantasio's
bitter-sweet Ballad to
the Moon, Offenbach
paints his own portrait
as a melancholic in a
jester's costume.
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.
