By Various. Arranged by Joan Frey Boytim. Vocal Collection. Size 9x12 inches. 144 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.

This edition: urtext. Stapled. Vocal score, anthology. 62 pages. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag

Soloists, Piano (Sg-S-solo,piano)

SKU: BA.BA08166

Composed by Christoph Willibald Von Gluck. Edited by Benoît Dratwicki. Arranged by Hans Schellevis, Heinz Moehn, Jurgen Sommer, Konrad Rötscher, and Michael Töpel. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Christoph Willibald Gluck. Airs d'opera francais / French Operatic Arias | BARENREITER URTEXT. Soprano. Vocal Score, anthology. 148 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA08166. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA08166).

ISBN 9790006563340. 29.7 x 21 cm inches. Text Language: French.

This edition contains French arias for soprano from operas composed by the opera reformer Christoph Willibald Gluck for the Paris Opera:

Iphignie en Aulide (1774)
Orphe et Euridice (1774)
L’arbre enchant (1775)
Cythère assige (1775)
Armide (1777)
Écho et Narcisse (1779)

The edition includes an informative text section containing a Foreword (Fr/Eng), a brief account of the dramatic situation as well as a literal English translation of every aria.


About the series:
Christoph Willibald Gluck. Airs d’opra français / French Operatic Arias

In collaboration with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles (CMBV), all arias from Christoph Willibald Gluck’s French operas will be published for the first time in a collection of four volumes, ordered by voice type.

With their wide variety of arias and informative texts, these volumes constitute a valuable resource of works by one of the preeminent opera composers of the 18th century. They are suitable for opera singers and voice students and can be used in lessons, auditions and recitals.

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