This major new series celebrates the greatest treasures in American opera, with arias, both favourites and lesser-known gems, from Stravinsky’s Rakes Progress, John Adam’s Nixon in China, Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti and other great operas by Dominic Argento, Ned Rorem and Carlisle Floyd. Comes with accompaniment CD.
Suitable for professional and college-level singers, ideal for recitals and auditions, and an essential resource for the study of American opera repertoire.
Carlisle Floyd: George's Aria from Of Mice and Men - Carlisle Floyd: Hear me, O Lord from Susannah - Carlisle Floyd: I've known I've loved you from Cold Sassy Tree - Carlisle Floyd: Rucker's Sermon from Cold Sassy Tree - Carlisle Floyd: Single bed blanket from Willie Stark - Carlisle Floyd: Sleep, conscience, sleep from The Passion of Jonathan Wade - Carlisle Floyd: We all come out of the earth from Willie Stark - Dominick Argento: Casanova's Final Air from Casanova's Homecoming - Dominick Argento: Metatron's Sermon from The Masque of Angels - Dominick Argento: Ralph's Letter-Ballad from The Shoemakers' Holiday - Dominick Argento: Simon's Aria from The Shoemakers' Holiday - Dominick Argento: The Boor's Aria from The Boor - Dominick Argento: The Lecturer from A Water Bird Talk - Douglas Moore: I've got a ram, Goliath from The Devil and Daniel Webster - Igor Stravinsky: Nick Shadow's Aria from The Rake's Progress - Jack Beeson: Prescription for Living from Dr. Heidegger's Fountain of Youth - Jack Beeson: The Gambler's Song from Hello Out There - John Adams: Chou En-lai's Epilogue from Nixon in China - John Adams: Dawn Air from El Niño - John Adams: Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise from I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky - John Adams: News Aria from Nixon in China - John Adams: Shake the heavens from El Niño - Leonard Bernstein: A Simple Song from Mass - Leonard Bernstein: There's a law from Trouble in Tahiti - Ned Rorem: I cannot still the echo from The Robbers
