“Our goal is to give the user a modern-day, systematically structured vocal coach who satisfies the demands of present-day theater practice. At long last a consistent repertoire and a well-ordered conflation of respective audition arias for all vocal genres.” (Peter Anton Ling and Marina Sandel, editors)

OperAria – repertoire anthology of opera arias according to vocal criteria (range, tessitura, specifics, type of aria) with due regard to practical aspects of musical and theatrical nature (style, era, role type, national provenance)

with comments on the arias

• information on the composer, the librettist, the work, the range and of versions or casting
• a short synopsis of the contents illuminating the basic dramatic constellation in the context of the opera’s plot
• an evaluation from the singer’s point of view

with “phonetic assistant” and “text assistant”

• aria texts in the original language spoken by native speakers as an audio file (mp3)
• aria texts in German and English translations as a text file (pdf)
• available on CD with volume 1 and 2, for download under more information to volume 3 and 4.
  

Pieces

• Gluck: Qual vita / Che fiero momento from Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian Version), Wq. 30
• Mozart: Ruhe sanft from Zaide, K. 344
• Mozart: Giunse alfin il momento / Deh vieni non tardar from Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492
• Mozart: Ach, ich fühl’s from Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
• Mozart: S’altro che lacrime from La clemenza di Tito, K. 621
• Beethoven: O wär’ ich schon mit dir vereint from Fidelio, Op. 72
• Lortzing: Auf des Lebens raschen Wogen from Der Wildschütz
• Bellini: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Oh! quante volte from I Capuleti e i Montecchi
• Flotow: Letzte Rose from Martha (Der Markt Zu Richmond) (1847)
• Mozart: Porgi amor from Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492
• Mozart: E Susanna non vien! / Dove sono i bei momenti from Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492
• Rossini: Sombre forêt from Guillaume Tell (William Tell)
• Verdi: Come in quest’ora bruna from Simon Boccanegra
• Gounod: Que vois-je là? / Ah! je ris de me voir from Faust
• Offenbach: Elle a fui, la tourterelle! from Les Contes d'Hoffmann
• Smetana: Och, jaký žal! / Ten lásky sen from The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta), JB 1:100, B. 131, T. 93
• Bizet: Je dis, que rien ne m’épouvante from Carmen
• Tchaikovsky: Scena pis’ma from Yevgeny Onegin (Eugene Onegin), ČW 5, Op. 24
• Leoncavallo: Qual fiamma / Stridono lassù from I Pagliacci
• Puccini: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì from La Bohème
• Puccini: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta from La rondine (1916)
• G. Charpentier: Depuis le jour from Louise
• Mascagni: Son pochi fiori from L'amico Fritz
• Britten: Embroidery in childhood from Peter Grimes, Op. 33