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.

An Introduction to Repertoire. This series of five book/online audio access packs is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen opera arias, an oratorio aria, and an operetta aria by Gilbert and Sullivan. Each book includes a unique code for access to professionally-recorded pronunciation lessons and piano accompaniments. Contents: ARNE: When daisies pied · DOWLAND: Come again, sweet love · Flow my tears · Weep you no more, sad fountains · PURCELL: If music be the food of love · Nymphs and Shepherds · QUILTER: Fair House of Joy · It was a lover and his lass · Love's Philosophy · VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Silent Noon · BIZET: Ouvre ton coeur · FAURE: Clair de lune · Mandoline · MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour · BRAHMS: Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer · MOZART: Als Luise die Briefe ihres · Ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte · SCHUBERT: An die Nachtigall · SCHUMANN: Du Ring an meinem Finger · RICHARD STRAUSS: Zueignung · BELLINI: Dolente immagine di Fille mia · DONAUDY: O del mio amato ben · SCARLATTI: Cara e dolce · STRADELLA: Se nel ben sempre incostante · DE FALLA: El pano moruno · GRANADOS: La maja dolorosa (2) · MOZART: Voi che sapete · GLUCK: Che faro senza Euridice · SULLIVAN: When Frederic Was a Little Lad · VIVALDI: Qui sedes ad dextram Patris