OperAria Mezzo-Soprano Volume 2: Dramatic

“Una voce poco profonda”: Curtain up for Trouser Roles and Heroines

Whether the voice is lyric light or heavy, whether it can master coloratura, perhaps even has dramatic potential – in the OperAria mezzo-soprano and alto volumes, singers with a deeper voice and a special talent for the trouser role through to the heroine find everything they need for their performance. Throbbing of the heart? Yes, that’s simply part of the game! Feeling nervous? No, because actually nothing can go wrong with OperAria. The best vocal coach for auditions and current theatre practice. Only the voice needs to do its bit. Toi, toi, toi!

“Our goal is to give the user a modern-day, systematically structured vocal coach who satisfies the demands of present-day theater practice. At long last a consistent repertoire and a well-ordered conflation of respective audition arias for all vocal genres.” (Peter Anton Ling and Marina Sandel, editors)

OperAria – repertoire anthology of opera arias according to vocal criteria (range, tessitura, specifics, type of aria) with due regard to practical aspects of musical and theatrical nature (style, era, role type, national provenance)

with comments on the arias

• information on the composer, the librettist, the work, the range and of versions or casting
• a short synopsis of the contents illuminating the basic dramatic constellation in the context of the opera’s plot
• an evaluation from the singer’s point of view

with “phonetic assistant” and “text assistant”

• aria texts in the original language spoken by native speakers as an audio file (mp3)
• aria texts in German and English translations as a text file (pdf)

 

1. Gaetano Donizetti Fia dunque vero / O mio Fernando (Leonora – La favorita) 2. Richard Wagner Entweihte Götter! (Ortrud – Lohengrin) 3. Richard Wagner Einsam wachend in der Nacht (Brangäne – Tristan und Isolde) 4. Richard Wagner Wo in Bergen du dich birgst (Fricka – Die Walküre) 5. Giuseppe Verdi Stride la vampa (Azucena – Il trovatore) 6. Giuseppe Verdi Condotta ell’era in ceppi (Azucena – Il trovatore) 7. Giuseppe Verdi Nei giardin del bello (Eboli – Don Carlo) 8. Giuseppe Verdi O don fatale (Eboli – Don Carlo) 9. Giuseppe Verdi Al suon del tamburo (Preziosilla – La forza del destino) 10. Giuseppe Verdi Rataplan (Preziosilla – La forza del destino) 11. Charles Gounod Me violà seule enfin / Plus grand, dans son obscurité (Balkis – La Reine de Saba) 12. Amilcare Ponchielli Ho il cor gonfio di lagrime / Stella del marinar! (Laura – La Gioconda) 13. Georges Bizet Quand je vous aimerai ? / L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen – Carmen) 14. Georges Bizet Près des remparts de Séville (Carmen – Carmen) 15. Georges Bizet Voyons, que j’essaie / En vain pour éviter (Carmen – Carmen) 16. Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky Oui, Dieu le veut! / Adieu, forêts (Jeanne d’Arc – Jeanne d’Arc) 17. Antonín Dvořák Aj, aj, už jsi se navrátila? (Ježibaba – Rusalka) 18. Jules Massenet Venge-moi / Hérode! Ne me refuse pas (Hérodiade – Hérodiade) 19. Jules Massenet Repose, ô belle amoureuse (Kaled – Le roi de Lahore) 20. Pietro Mascagni Voi lo sapete, o mamma (Santuzza – Cavalleria rusticana) 21. Francesco Cilea Acerba voluttà (Bouillon – Adriana Lecouvreur) 22. Richard Strauss Ich habe keine guten Nächte (Klytämnestra – Elektra) 23. Richard Strauss Hab Erbarmen! (Amme – Frau ohne Schatten) 24. Benjamin Britten Give him this orchid (Lucretia – The Rape of Lucretia)