(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). This landmark publication collects arias and role excerpts from operas by John Adams, Benjamin Britten, Carlisle Floyd, Richard Strauss, and many other composers published by Boosey & Hawkes. Includes extensive plot notes and translations. CONTENTS: John Adams: A FLOWERING TREE: Her arms have the beauty * NIXON IN CHINA: Platonic men * Dominick Argento: CASANOVA’S HOMECOMING: Gondolier’s Song * THE DREAM OF VALENTINO: Now I know * Valentino’s Aria * POSTCARD FROM MOROCCO: Once when I was a young man * Leonard Bernstein: CANDIDE: Bon Voyage * Benjamin Britten: ALBERT HERRING: The Mayor’s Aria * Albert the Good! * O go, Go! Go away! * BILLY BUDD: I accept their verdict * Gloriana: First Lute Song * Second Lute Song * A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Asleep my Love? * Peter Grimes: They listen to money * Now the Great Bear and Pleiades * In dreams I’ve built myself * THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA: Rome is now ruled * Tarquinius does not dare * THE TURN OF THE SCREW: It is a curious story * Miles! * Aaron Copland: THE TENDER LAND: Martin’s Song * Carlisle Floyd: COLD SASSY TREE: So there you were * Sometimes th’ pain of missin’ him * OF MICE AND MEN: Lennie’s Aria (Oh, I feel cold inside) * WUTHERING HEIGHTS: Then marry me, Cathy * John Gay, realized by Benjamin Britten: The Beggar’s Opera: O cruel, cruel case! * Sergei Prokofiev: L'Amour des Trois Oranges: Il est drole, le Prince! * Sergei Rachmaninoff: Aleko: Young Gypsy’s Romance * Ned Rorem: Our Town: The Stage Manager’s Aria (We’re all coming up here) * Richard Strauss: Arabella: Ich hab’s geschworen * ARIADNE AUX NAXOS: Im Gegenteil * CAPRICCIO: Das Sonett (Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht) * DER ROSENKAVALIER: Di rigori armato il seno * Igor Stravinsky: MAVRA: Hussar’s Aria * THE RAKE’S PROGRESS: Here I stand * Love, too frequently betrayed * Vary the song * Sellem’s Auction Scene * I have waited * Mark-Anthony Turnage: ANNA NICOLE: Valium, prozac
