Coloratura Arias for Soprano: Diction Coach

The Diction Coach set includes lessons on each aria in the collection Coloratura Arias for Soprano, recorded by top language coaches from the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School, plus International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and word-for-word translations. Included are the book of translations and three lesson CDs. (The sheet music for the arias is not included - see Related Items for the aria book.)

With these book/CD packages that match the standard G. Schirmer aria collections edited by Martha Gerhart and 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 first version, the coach recites the text as an actor would speak it, showing the flow of language and mood. The second version is a slow, deliberate lesson, allowing time for the student to repeat each line. These experienced language coaches adapt the “R” in German and French in the slow versions for singers. They also are very sensitive to elisions between word sounds in the musical settings.

The native-speaking professional diction coaches from the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School are: Corradina Caporello for Italian, Pierre Vallet for French, Irene Spiegelman for German, Kathryn LaBouff for English, Yveta Synek Graff for Czech, and Gina Levinson for Russian.

Also available: the aria book, accompaniment CD's, and all-in-one package - see Related Items below.

Table of Contents:

• Una voce poco fa from IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Rossini)
• Volta la terrea fronte alle stelle from Un ballo in maschera (Verdi)
• Regnava nel silenzio from LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Donizetti)
• CASTA DIVA, CHE INARGENTI
• Quel guardo il cavaliere from DON PASQUALE (Donizetti)
• O Luce di quest'anima (DONIZETTI)
• Tornami a Vagheggiar (Handel)
• Durch Zartlichkeit und Schmeicheln from DIE FLEDERMAUS
• O zittre nicht (Die Zauberflote)
• Der Holle Rache (Die Zauberflote)
• Poor Wand'ring One (THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE)
• Grossmachtige Prinzessin (ARIADNE AUF NAXOS)
• Les oiseaux dans la charmille (LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN)
• Plus de depit, plus de tristesse (LES DEUX AVARES)
• Ombre legere (DINORAH)
• Chacun le sait (LA FILLE DU REGIMENT)
• Mein Heir Marquis (DIE FLEDERMAUS)
• Spiel' ich die Unschuld vom Lande (DIE FLEDERMAUS)
• A vos jeux, mes amix (HAMLET)
• Ah! Ou va la jeune indoue (LAKME)
• Il dolce suono...Spargi d'amoro piato (LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR)
• C'est l'historie amoureuse (MANON LESCAUT)
• Den Teuren zu versohnen (MARTHA)
• O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce (I PURITANI)
• Da schlagt di Abschiedsstunde (DER SCHAUSPIELDIREKTOR)
• Care Compagne (La Sonnambula)
• Ah! non credea...Ah! non giunge (LA SONAMBULA)
• Hello! Oh, Margaret, it's you (THE TELEPHONE)
• Vocalise (THE TEMPEST)
• Hymn to the Sun (ZOLOTOJ PETUSHOK)

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Composer/Author:	Various
Arranger/Editor:	Gerhart & Larsen
Catalog Number:	HL50486261
Pages:	80