This landmark series collects compelling useful singer-friendly arias from a distinctly American opera tradition. Each volume includes information about every opera and an aria plot note. A majority of the music in the fourvolumes has never before been available outside of the opera vocal scores and some arias in the series have never been in print at all before now. Most arias are appropriate for college-level singers. Composers such as SamuelBarber William Bolcom Douglas Moore Virgil Thomson and Gian Carlo Menotti are well represented. Additionally arias are included from important works such as Regina A Streetcar Named Desire The Ghosts of Versailles TheGreat Gatsby Little Women and many others. Stephen Sondheim graciously agreed to adapt new aria editions of two pieces from Sweeney Todd for the series: ?The Contest? in the Tenor volume and?Epiphany? in the Baritone/Bass edition.A diverse selection of Arias from Operas by American composers for Soprano and Piano. Includes works by Gian Carlo Menotti Samuel Barber Kirke Mecham and Thomas Pastieri.

The world's most trusted source for great theatre literature for singing actors. Features included online audio of Piano accompaniments. The book contains authentic editions of each song in the original keys. The songs have been carefully chosen for each voice type and are culled from a wide selection of classic and contemporary shows.

Piano Vocal Score and CD with instrumental and vocal versions. Par PUCCINI GIACOMO. / Recueil / Chant et Piano

Orchestra Accompaniment Series. Recorded in Prague with the Czech Symphony Orchestra. The CDs in these packs contain two versions of each selection: one with a singer and one with orchestra accompaniment only. All books in the series contain historical and plot notes about each opera operetta or show and piano/vocal reductions of the music. The singers heard on these recordings are top professionals from Covent Garden English National Opera and other main stages.

A great vocal collection of ten musical theatre classics in their original keys. Includes matching CD with full performances of each song by professional artists and piano accompaniments for practice.

150th Anniversary Edition 1858 - 2008-With standard vocal/piano aria editions plot notes and English translations and with two CDs of full performances and orchestral accompaniments.Arias from: Le Villi - Manon Lescaut - La Bohème - Tosca - Madama Butterfly - La fanciulla del West - La rondine - Suor Angelica - Gianni Schicchi - Turandot .