Gluck, Christoph Willibald: French Operatic Arias (Baritone Voice)
Produktnr. | BA8169 |
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Komponist | Gluck, Christoph Willibald |
Genre | Klassisk |
Sider | 106 |
Udgivelsesår | 2021 |
Instrumentation | Baritone Voice, Piano |
Forlag | Bärenreiter |
This volume contains French operatic arias for baritone from works that opera reformer Christoph Willibald Gluck was commissioned to compose for the Paris Opéra.
The informative text sections contain a Foreword (Fr/Eng), a brief account of the dramatic context and a literal English translation of each aria.
About the series:
Christoph Willibald Gluck: French Operatic Arias
For the first time all the arias from Christoph Willibald Gluck’s French operas are being published in arrangements for voice and piano. This series, a coproduction with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles (CMBV), presents this collection according to voice register in four volumes.
With their wealth of arias and informative texts, these volumes offer a rich treasure-trove from works by this major 18th-century opera composer for use in voice lessons, auditions and recitals.
- French operatic arias for baritone
- Suitable for professional opera singers and voice students
- Practical, managable piano part
Content:
“Iphigénie en Aulide” (1774):
- Agamemnon: "Brillant auteur de la lumière"
- Agamemnon: "Peuvent-ils ordonner qu'un père"
- Agamemnon: "Ô toi, l'objet le plus aimable"
“Cythère assiégée” (1775):
- Brontès: "À moi, fiers soldats"
- Brontès: "Pour ma gloire, quel affront cruel!"
“Alceste” (1776):
- Hercule: "C'est en vain que l'enfer compte sur sa victime"
- Un Dieu infernal: "Charon t'appelle, entends sa voix!"
“Armide” (1777):
- Hidraot: "Je vois de près la mort qui me menace"
- Hidraot: "Pour vous, quand il vous plaît, tout l'enfer est armé"
“Iphigénie en Tauride” (1779):
- Thoas: "De noirs pressentiments mon âme intimidée"
- Oreste: "Dieux! qui me poursuivez, Dieux! auteurs de mes crimes"
- Oreste: "Le calme rentre dans mon cœur..."