Airs d'opéra, dessus, vol. 3, Soprano and Piano

Volume 3 for soprano contains the first half of the large-scale arias and ariettas that Rameau composed for lyric soprano (the 18th-century equivalent of todays lyric coloratura soprano) in his prologues and divertissements. Each number isaccompanied 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.