Airs d'opéra / Operatic arias. Soprano, Volume 4
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SKU: BA.BA09194
Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Edited by Benoît Dratwicki, Julien Dubruque, and Sylvie Bouissou. Arranged by François Saint-Yves. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Airs d'opera / Operatic arias. Vocal Score, anthology. 119 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA09194. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA09194).ISBN 9790006561438. 29.8 x 21.2 cm inches. Text Language: French. Preface: Sylvie Bouissou / Benoit Dratwicki / Julien Dubruque.
Volume 4 for soprano contains the second half of the large-scale arias and ariettas that Rameau composed for lyric soprano (the 18th-century equivalent of today’s lyric coloratura soprano) in his prologues and divertissements. Each number is accompanied by a keyboard reduction and is introduced by a brief account of the dramatic situation as well as an English translation of the vocal text.
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