Arias for Mezzo-Soprano - G. Schirmer Opera Anthology | Classical Vocal Sheet Music for Singers | Includes Pieces from Carmen, Il Trovatore, and More

by Robert L. Larsen (Editor)

(Vocal Collection). Contents: Purcell: When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas) Gluck: Che faro senza Euridice? (Orfeo ed Euridice) Mozart: Non so piu (Le Nozze di Figaro) * Voi, che sapete (Le Nozze di Figaro) * Smanie implacabili (Cosi fan tutte) Rossini: Cruda sorte!...Gia so per pratica (L'Italiana in Algeri) * Una voce poco fa (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) * Non piu mesta (La Cenerentola) Donizetti: Il segreto per esser felici (Orsini's Drinking Song) (Lucrezia Borgia) * O mio Fernando (La Favorita) Meyerbeer: Nobles seigneurs, salut! (Les Huguenots) Verdi: Stride la vampa! (Il Trovatore) Gounod: Faites-lui mes aveux (Faust) * Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle (Romeo et Juliette) J. Strauss: Chacun a son got (Die Fledermaus) Bizet: Habanera (Carmen) * Seguidilla (Carmen) * En vain, pour eviter les reponses ameres (Carmen) Ponchielli: Voce di donne (La Gioconda) Saint-Saens: Printemps qui commence (Samson et Dalila) * Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! (Samson et Dalila) * Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila) Mascagni: Voi lo sapete (Cavalleria Rusticana) Massenet: Va! laisse couler mes larmes (Werther) Cilea: Acerba volutta (Adriana Lecouvreur) Thomson: We cannot retrace our steps (The Mother of Us All) Menotti: Lullaby (The Consul) * Au, Michele, don't you know (The Saint of Bleecker Street) Moore: Augusta! How can you turn away? (The Ballad of Baby Doe) Barber: Must the Winter Come so Soon? (Vanessa).

Genres: Music

224 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1991

About the author

Robert Leroy Larsen (November 28, 1934 - March 21, 2021) was a celebrated conductor and stage director.

Educated at the University of Michigan and Indiana University, he founded Des Moines Metro Opera in 1973. He would serve as Conductor and Stage Director for nearly 120 productions over the Company's first 38 seasons.

Additionally, Larsen served as Chair of the Department of Music at Simpson for 33 years, teaching there for a total of 60 years, from 1957 to 2017. He received the Iowa Arts Award in 1990.