Editor: Richard Walters

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 drle, 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