Par CAVALLI FRANCESCO. In 1662, Cavalli’s career was at its zenith. The two dozen operas he had written for Venice had helped establish Venice as the world’s first operatic superpower. “Scipione Affricano” (Venice 1664), Cavalli’s first opera after returning from France, was one of his most successful compositions. In a period that valued new works over familiar ones, “Scipione” was one of a handful of operas to live on after its premiere season: it was revived eight times and chosen to inaugurate Rome’s Teatro Tordinona in 1671. Cavalli’s librettist, Nicolò Minato, was inspired by historical accounts of the life of the Roman general Scipio, whose defeat of Carthage in 202 BCE earned him the honorary agnomen “Africanus.” In setting Minato’s libretto, Cavalli drew upon the lyrical gifts that have made operas like “La Calisto” and “Giasone” so popular today. But at the same time “Scipione Affricano” also shows the composer embracing aspects of his two years in France, and responding to musical changes that, in the 1660s, were rapidly altering the face of Italian opera: the growing dominance of arias, a clearer sense of aria organization, and increased interplay between voice and instruments. The first goal of this edition is a practical one: to develop a version of the opera suited to the needs of both professional and student performers. A second goal is to reconstruct the opera’s complete performance history. An amply documented appendix reconstructs earlier versions of 21 arias. Other appendices print the surviving additional music from revivals in Rome and Venice. The edition is framed by a substantial Introduction, covering the drama, the musical style, the composition, premiere, and revivals, and a guide for performance today, plus a detailed “decoding” of the sources. - series Francesco Cavalli – Opere / Date parution : 2022-11-08/ Répertoire / Opéra

Cantolopera is a publishing project devoted to students, professionals and enthusiasts who wish to approch the great vocal repertoire for practicing, performing or simply singing opera arias, sacred pieces, songs, standards. The editions include a vocal score and one or more CD containing orchestral accompaniment performed by Compagnia d'Opera Italiana, with its orchestra of over 130 instrumentalists. Each volume also contains the texts to be sung, in both Italian and English, accompanied by a note on their context. / Tenor Et Piano

Cantolopera is a publishing project devoted to students, professionals and enthusiasts who wish to approch the great vocal repertoire for practicing, performing or simply singing opera arias, sacred pieces, songs, standards. The editions include a vocal score and one or more CD containing orchestral accompaniment performed by Compagnia d'Opera Italiana, with its orchestra of over 130 instrumentalists. Each volume also contains the texts to be sung, in both Italian and English, accompanied by a note on their context. / Baryton Et Piano

An appetiser for our high-quality Urtext opera vocal scores - give it a try and enjoy! This collection of opera arias for soprano (or mezzo-soprano) and piano offers a cross-section of Bärenreiter's extensive catalogue of stage works. An affordable anthology with such well-known and favourite arias as Handel's famous 'Ombra mai fu? and Mozart's 'Ach ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden!? is not only suited for voice students and aspiring singers preparing for examinations and auditions, but also provides seasoned professionals with inspiration and material for programming their recitals. The collection spans a representative arch from the early baroque to the romantic era, gathering together repertoire masterpieces by Monteverdi, Handel, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Smetana and Chabrier. The pieces are in Italian, French, Czech and German and include, for the most part, a singable translation in German. The spectrum ranges from the declamatory style to easy coloratura. The piano arrangements have been prepared by experienced conductors and répétiteurs. / Soprano Et Piano

Italian opera was at the centre of Handel's output for over 35 years with solo arias constituting one of the most important elements in Baroque opera. Dramatic roles, with their various moods and reactions, are characterised through arias. A large number of Handel's operas also contain at least one entire scene for two to three voices. These numbers make use not only of similar lyrical or expressive forms of expression such as the arias, but also employ contrapuntal elements as found in Handel's chamber music.Based on the Bärenreiter vocal scores, three volumes were published which contain some of Handel's best-known arias, duets and trios, together with less well-known numbers of equally high musical quality. The arias are arranged chronologically, reflecting the order in which the operas were composed.The three volumes:Female roles for high voice (BA 4295)Male roles for high voice (BA 4296)Duets, Trios and Ensemble Scenes (BA 4297)- Unbeatable collections of Handel's most beautiful arias and ensembles- Musical text based on the Urtext vocal scores of the 'Halle Handel Edition?- Detailed foreword (Eng/Ger) by Donald Burrows on Handel's singers and on the arias in the context of the operas- Translations of the Italian aria texts (Eng/Ger) / Voix Hautes Et Piano / Partition

Four comprehensive anthologies of Mozarts opera arias. Includes Mozart's complete vocal repertoire from the first opera to the final masterpieces plus historical notes and plot information. The song texts are in their original languages, as well as Italian, French and German. / Baryton Et Piano

Four comprehensive anthologies of Mozarts opera arias. Includes Mozart's complete vocal repertoire from the first opera to the final masterpieces plus historical notes and plot information. The song texts are in their original languages, as well as Italian, French and German. / Mezzo-Soprano Et Piano

Chaque studio d'art vocal et chanteuse grave auront besoin de ces nouveaux volumes, qui sont un complément heureux à l'G. Schirmer Opera Anthology. Cette impressionnante série prend un air sérieux à l'opéra en italien, ce qui entraîne dans les plus grandes anthologies d'airs jamais publiés consacré au sujet. Arias comprennent plus célèbres extraits ainsi que des beautés rares les. Chaque aria a été soigneusement étudié et nouvellement gravé. Notes de tracé et les traductions sont incluses pour toutes les sélections. Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi et Puccini sont abondamment représentés avec essentiels ainsi que des airs intéressants. Sont également inclus les merveilleux airs baroques de Monteverdi, Cavalli, Handel, Vivaldi et Pergolesi. Au-delà de Mozart, classique ère italien airs de Gluck, Cimarosa et Paisiello peut être trouvée dans les compilations. D'autres compositeurs des 19e et 20e siècle sont représentés Boito, Catalani, Cilea, Giordano, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Montemezzi, Ponchielli, Respighi et Wolf-Ferrari. La plupart des arias ont jamais apparu dans les collections. Il ya 36-41 airs par volume. / Tenor

Couverture Rigide. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. Handel's 'Il pastor fido”, HWV 8a, is the most modest of his Italian operas: With over half of its numbers drawing from musical material of earlier Italian cantatas, the work deliberately reflects the pastoral style of the Italian serenata. In order to capture the simplicity of this approach to form, Handel made use of several different techniques, such as a consistent use of high vocal registers, an abundance of monothematic da capo arias, and an overall prevalence of held-back arias. 'Il pastor fido” did not lend itself particularly well for an opera adaptation: Reducing the original text to the scale of an opera libretto posed an immense challenge. With drastic cuts, Handel's librettist Rossi condensed five acts with eighteen characters into three acts with only six roles. The libretto – a paltry sketch of the complex original drama – was not well received. But Rossi had actually done his best to add a sense of coherence to the story while preserving at least some of Guarini's poetic language. This 'Halle Handel Edition' volume compares several sources that were not available for earlier editions. Amongst other things it presents the first modern edition of the complete overture, the complete stage instructions from the libretto, and an alternative ending for the duet of Mirtillo and Amarilli in the third act./ Répertoire / Conducteur

Instrumental Play-Along. Par PUCCINI GIACOMO. Who needs a singer? With Play Puccini, clarinetists can bathe themselves in luxurious Italian melody! These ten opera arias are among the composer's most famous and distinctive achievements, here transcribed forintermediate level solo instrument and piano. The book includes a biography of Puccini, notes about the plot of each opera, and the dramatic context of the selected aria. The companion CD features excellent performances, as wellas piano accompaniments for practice. Includes arias from: La Bohème, La Fanciulla Del West, Gianni Schicchi, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Suor Angelica, Tosca and Turandot . / Classique / Répertoire / Clarinette et Piano

Instrumental Play-Along. Par PUCCINI GIACOMO. Who needs a singer? With Play Puccini, instrumentalists can bathe themselves in luxurious Italian melody! These ten opera arias are among the composer's most famous and distinctive achievements, here transcribed forintermediate level solo instrument and piano. The book includes a biography of Puccini, notes about the plot of each opera, and the dramatic context of the selected aria. The companion CD features excellent performances, as wellas piano accompaniments for practice. Includes arias from: La Bohème, La Fanciulla Del West, Gianni Schicchi, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Suor Angelica, Tosca and Turandot . / Classique / Répertoire / Violoncelle et Piano