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.
Aaron Copland: Martin's Song from The Tender Land - Dominick Argento: Gondolier's Song from Casanova's Homecoming - Dominick Argento: Have mercy on my life from The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe - Dominick Argento: Lute Song from The Shoemakers' Holiday - Dominick Argento: Man with a Paint Box Aria from Postcard from Morocco - Dominick Argento: Midnight - bells striking midnight from The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe - Dominick Argento: Valentino's Aria from The Dream of Valentino - Dominick Argento: Will ye but listen? from Christopher Sly - Douglas Moore: Scratch's Aria from The Devil and Daniel Webster - Igor Stravinsky: Here I stand from The Rake's Progress - Jacob Druckman: O moon whose bees are stars from Medea - Marvin David Levy: The damned do not cry from Mourning Becomes Electra - Ned Rorem: Samuel's Aria from Three Sisters who are not Sisters - Steven Mackey: Ballad of Ravenshead from Ravenshead
