This Urtext edition contains French operatic arias for soprano and piano from the works that opera reformer Christoph Willibald Gluck composed on commission for the Paris Opera. These operas include
The 1608 opera "Arianna" is best known for the title character's lament sung by Isabella Andreini. The interest in this operatic scene now known as the Lamento d’Arianna led to many
An excerpt from the Western opera "Riders of the Purple Sage" based on the novel by Zane Grey, this triumphant aria about the hope of love is scored for tenor and piano.
Part of a series of operatic aria anthologies subdivided by vocal register, this collection is drawn from Antonio Vivaldi's surviving musical works for the theater. Its sources include 24 musical dramas,