Operatic Arias - Vol. 1-Operatic Arias Based on the Opera Omnia Rameau (OOR)This volume contains the first half of the great monologues arias and ariettas for lyrical soprano from the following operas by Rameau:Acanthe et Céphise (Céphise)Anacréon (Chloé)Castor et Pollux (Téla re)Dardanus (Iphise Vénus)Les Fêtes de l Hymen et de l Amour (Memphis Orie)Les Fêtes de Polymnie (Hébé Argélie)Les Fêtes d Hébé (Iphise)La Guirlande (Zélide)Hippolyte et Aricie (Aricie)The second half of the numbers for lyrical soprano has been published in volume 2 (BA 9192).With a detailed historicalintroduction (Fr/Eng)Idiomatic piano reduction based on the Opera Omnia RameauEach number is introduced by a brief account of the dramatic situation and an English translation of the vocal textCo-edited by the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles and the Société Jean-Philippe Rameau
SKU: BA.BA09193
ISBN 9790006561421. 29.8 x 21.2 cm inches. Preface: Bouissou, Sylvie / Dratwicki, Benoît / Dubruque, Julien.
Volume 3 for soprano contains the first half of the large-scale arias and ariettas that Rameau composed for lyric soprano (the 18th-century equivalent of today’s lyric coloratura soprano) in his prologues and divertissements. Each number is accompanied by a keyboard reduction and is introduced by a brief account of the dramatic situation as well as an English translation of the vocal text.
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