Aria Album for Tenor from Handel's Operas Based on the Bärenreiter vocal scores these volumes contain some of Handel’s best-known arias for mezzo-soprano/contralto tenor and bass together with some less well-known numbers of equally high musical quality. The arias in these volumes contain works from Handel’s thirty-year period as an opera composer in London and give an impression of the variety of this extensive repertoire. The arias display various distinctive technical features and are mostly presented with the preceding recitative or in a few cases in the context of an entire scene. The arias appear in the chronological order of the operas. Theforewords by Donald Burrows contain detailed notes on Handel’s singers and on the context of the arias of the operas. Based on the Urtext vocal scores of the Halle Handel Edition Detailed forewords (Eng/Ger) by leading Handel expert Donald Burrows Text translations of the Italian arias (Eng/Ger) Recitatives and arias (for tenor) from: Alcina Ariodante Ezio Lotario Rodelinda Rodrigo Tamerlano

Cantolopera is a publishing project that offers a completely new way of approaching the great vocal repertoire. Each volume includes the vocal score and one or more CDs containing, for each number, a complete version and the respective orchestral accompaniment, over which students, enthusiasts and professionals can practise. Each volume also contains the texts to be sung, in both Italian and English (plus the original language if the case), accompanied by a note on their context, as well as information on the performers and the Compagnia d'Opera Italiana, with its orchestra of over 130 instrumentalists. / Tenor Et Piano