On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 Connie1195@a... wrote:
> Dear List: > Can anyone help with either a list of Arias in English for lighter than lyric > voices ..more lyric coloratura. > I have come up with about 5. she is not a Baby Doe type.. nor is she old > enough for Vanessa. > ARe there lists of operas with lyric with agility arias. in English. Have > suggested the arias from Ghosts of Versailles - don't know if it is in print; > Britten - Helena's aria from Midsummer Night's Dream; tried to think of any > other Carlisle Floyd pieces but i think they are more lyric. There is an > opera by Argento which I cannot remember - the aria is the Woman with the > Hat. help/
Instead of Helena's aria from A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, have you considered Tytania's aria, "Be Kind and Courteous"? Tytania is a lyric coloratura, whereas Helena is simply a lyric.
There's a delightful aria for lyric coloratura in Kirke Mechem's TARTUFFE. It's called 'Fair Robin I love'. My friend did it at our joint recital in June, and it was my favourite of her selections.
Rowena's aria, "O moon, art thou clad in silver mail" from Arthur Sullivan's opera IVANHOE might also work for you.
Also look at "Where the bee sucks" - Ariel's aria from Thomas Arne's THE TEMPEST. There are also numerous arias for Artaxerxes from Thomas Arne's opera of that name - most notably "The soldier tir'd of war's alarms" (Artaxerxes was originally a male soprano role, now a pants role), and also arias for Mandane and Semira from the same opera - all of these should work for you. Other Arne arias that might work are "Lover's Recantation" from his THE WINTER'S AMUSEMENT, "Rise Glory, Rise" from his ROSEMOND, "Brightest Lady, thrice upon thy finger's tip" and "By the rushy-fringed bank", "Fame's an echo", and "Not on beds of fading flow'rs" from COMUS, "O come, o come my dearest" from THE FALL OF PHAETON.
Another composer from that period, John Frederick Lampe, wrote some operas with arias that might work for you: "Pretty Warblers" from his DIONE, and "Welcome Mars" from his BRITANNIA, for example.
"Oft she visits this lov'd mountain" from Purcell's DIDO AND AENEAS would be ideal for you, as would Belinda's aria "Pursue thy conquest, love". From his THE FAIRY QUEEN, try "Hark! the echoing air". And Purcell's opera THE INDIAN QUEEN has a great aria for light lyric coloratura, "I attempt from Love's sickness to fly". And, of course, "Music for a while" from his OEDIPUS.
Other 18th Century English opera composers to consider are Charles Dibdin, William Shield, and Michael Arne. You will find appropriate arias/songs in any of their operas. And don't overlook Pepusch/Gay THE BEGGAR'S OPERA.
Another composer to look into is Henry Bishop - notably, his "Lo, hear the gentle lark" from his A COMEDY OF ERRORS or "Home, Sweet Home" (with all the embellishments) from his CLARI.
"O Sleep, why dost thou leave me?" from Handel's SEMELE is another good choice.
"Oh what full delight" and "I dreamt I dwelt in Marble Halls" from Balfe's THE BOHEMIAN GIRL would also be good candidates.
Ariel's various arias from Hoiby's THE TEMPEST could also work for you.
Very challenging musically, but just what you need vocally is Andromache's aria from Michael Tippett's KING PRIAM, "Yes, Prince Hector will want his bath...Do I deceive myself?"
It's also not uncommon for sopranos to sing Adele's arias from J. Strauss's DIE FLEDERMAUS in English. "Mein Herr Marquis" would be great fun for your soprano, I'm sure. Similarly, Gretel's aria from HANSEL AND GRETEL, another opera that is often performed in English.
Etain's arias from Rutland Boughton's THE IMMORTAL HOUR might also work for you ("Fair is the moonlight", "I will go back to the country of the young", "I have heard, I have dream'd...I am a bird").
Victor Herbert's opera NATOMA has a coloratura standard, "I list the trill of golden throat".
And she must ,of course, play with "Glitter and be gay" from CANDIDE.
> And further is there a way to create a database of arias possible by voice > type?? does anyone know of a list like this. ?? Thanks so much.
Not really a database, but I've done a collection of repertoire suggestions, organised by _fach_ and musical genre. If you go to my main home page, there's a link to VOCAL REPERTOIRE SUGGESTIONS under the "Operas, Musicals, and Their Sources" heading. My URL is:
http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
There is also Robbie Glaubitz's Aria Database, which is searchable, but which doesn't differentiate very often beyond indicating "lyric" or "dramatic". Still, it's a fantastic resource, and can be found at:
http://www.aria-database.com/
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