Operatic Arias - Vol. 2-J-P. Rameau's Dessus/Operatic Arias: Soprano Volume 2 BA 9192. This volume contains the lyric Soprano parts for the main characters from the operas Les Indes galantes (Émile Zinna) / Io (Io) / Naïs (Naïs) / La Naissance d’Osiris (Pamille) / Les Paladins (Argie) / Les Surprises de l’amour (Adonis Parthénope) / Zaïs (Zélidie) / Zéphyre (Zéphyre) / Zoroastre (Ámélite). Detailed historical introduction (Fr/Eng) Idiomatic Piano reduction arrangements based on the OperaOmnia Rameau Each piece is introduced by a précis of the dramatic situation and an English translation of the Vocal text Co-edited by the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles and the Société Jean-Philippe Rameau Distributed exclusively by Bärenreiter
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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