Great Opera Arias And Themes For Solo Piano: 50 Arrangements

These original transcriptions of fifty popular opera melodies for solo Piano constitute about half of the current performance repertoire. From Aïda to Turandot and more, the collection includes contributions from nearly all of the major composers. Individual introductions offer a brief synopsis of the source opera, and archival images place each piece within its larger context. Suitable for intermediate-level pianists, selections include pieces from Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Barber of Seville, The Bartered Bride, Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana, Die Fledermaus, Der Rosenkavalier, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Don Giovanni, Eugene Onegin, Faust, Hansel and Gretel, I Pagliacci, I Puritani, Il Trovatore, La Bohème, L'Africaine, Lakmé, La Traviata, Lohengrin, Lucia di Lammermoor, Madama Butterfly, The Magic Flute, Martha, Prince Igor, Rinaldo, Samson et Dalila, Tales of Hoffmann, Tannhäuser, Thaïs, Tosca, Tristan und Isolde and more.

CONTENIDO:

What Joy, What Delight (The Abduction From The Seraglio) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Guard The Nile (Aïda)[Verdi, Giuseppe]
Heavenly Aïda (Aïda)[Verdi, Giuseppe]
Glory To Egypt (Aïda)[Verdi, Giuseppe]
Don't Cry, Mother Dear (Amahl And The Night Visitors) [Menotti, Gian-Carlo]
Una Voce Poco Fa (The Barber Of Seville) [Rossini, Gioachino]
Villager's Chorus (The Bartered Bride) [Smetana, Bedrich]
Toreador Song (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges]
Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana) [Mascagni, Pietro]
Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana) [Mascagni, Pietro]
Waltz (Der Rosenkavalier) [Strauss, Richard]
Csárdás (Die Fledermaus) [Strauss, Johann Jr.]
March Of The Mastersingers (Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg) [Wagner, Richard]
Give Me Your Hand (Don Giovanni) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Una Furtiva Lagrima (The Elixir Of Love) [Donizetti, Gaetano]
Tatiana Writes A Love Letter (Eugene Onegin) [Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich]
Angel Hosts (Faust) [Gounod, Charles F.]
O, Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi) [Puccini, Giacomo]
Evening Prayer (Hansel and Gretel) [Humperdinck, Engelbert]
E vo-I (I Pagliacci) [Leoncavallo, Ruggiero]
Sound The Trumpet (I Puritani) [Bellini, Vincenzo]
Home To Our Mountains (Il Trovatore) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
Musetta's Waltz (La Boheme) [Puccini, Giacomo]
O Paradiso (L'Africaine) [Meyerbeer, Giacomo]
Ah, Viens Dans La Foret Profonde (Lakme) [Delibes, Leo]
Lasciatemi Morire (L'Arianna) [Monteverdi, Claudio]
Drinking Song (La Traviata) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
Amami, Alfredo (La Traviata) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
Coronation March (Le Prophete) [Meyerbeer, Giacomo]
Faithful And True (Lohengrin) [Wagner, Richard]
Esci, Fuggi, Il Furor (Lucia Di Lammermoor) [Donizetti, Gaetano]
Prelude For Harp (Lucia Di Lammermoor) [Donizetti, Gaetano]
Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly) [Puccini, Giacomo]
O Isis Und Osiris (The Magic Flute) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Papageno's Silver Bells (The Magic Flute) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Let Be No Sorrowing And Sighing (Manon) [Massenet, Jules]
Silently Bending, Night's Shadows Fall (The Marriage Of Figaro) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
How So Fair (Martha) [Flotow, Friedrich Von]
Va Pensiero (Nabucco) [Verdi, Guiseppe]
Polovetsian Dance (Prince Igor) [Borodin, Alexander]
Dearest Name (Rigoletto) [Verdi, Guiseppe]
Lascia Ch'io Pianga (Rinaldo) [Handel, George Frideric]
My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice (Samson Et Dalila) [Saint-Saëns, Camille]
Barcarolle: Belle Nuit, Nuit D'Amor (Tales Of Hoffmann) [Offenbach, Jacques]
Pilgrim's Choice (Tannhauser) [Wagner, Richard]
Meditation (Thais) [Massenet, Jules]
I Lived For Art (Tosca) [Puccini, Giacomo]
Isolde's Love-Death (Tristan Und Isolde) [Wagner, Richard]
Nessun Dorma (Turandot) [Puccini, Giacomo]