Antologia Critico-Tecnica per gli studenti di canto-The Art of the Vocalise Part II (Mezzo-Soprano - Baritone) is a major teaching work edited by Elio Battaglia and written for those young singers who have assimilated the basic concepts of vocal technique and feel that they are ready toundertake a conscientious study of the vocalise.This method provides a rich anthology of pieces of increasing diffi culty written by composers singers and teachers from the 17th Century to the modern day.The last section of the anthology contains a selection of classic pieces from twentieth-century by G. F. Malipiero H. Defosse A. Honegger H. Opienski.

Arias for Mezzo-Soprano-Diction lessons on each aria in the series recorded by top language coaches from the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School plus International Phonetic Alphabet and word for word translationsWith thesebook/audio packages that match the standard aria collections edited by Robert L. Larsen any singer anywhere has access to the best diction coaching available at a very affordable price. Each aria is recorded twice. In the firstversion the coach recites the text as an actor would speak it showing flow of the language and the mood. The second version is a slow deliberate lesson allowing time for the student to repeat each line. These experiencedlanguage coaches adapt the ?R? in German and French in the slow versions for singers. They also are very sensitive to liaisons between word sounds in the musical settings. The book includes International PhoneticAlphabet for each aria and word for word translations.The native speaking professional diction coaches from the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School are: Corradina Caporello for Italian Pierre Vallet forFrench Irene Spiegelman for German Kathryn LaBouff for English Yveta Synek Graff for Czech and Gina Levinson for Russian. The audio is accessible online for download or streaming. Companion to 50481098 Arias forMezzo-Soprano.

Songs by British and American Composers-The selection of songs has been carefully considered to represent a variety of composers from primarily the twentieth century. Songs were chosen that are appropriate challenges to the advancing teenage singer or for the university student.