Opera Songs - The Choicest Selection
This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.
Book Title: Opera Songs
Subtitle: The Choicest Selection from all the Standard Operas New and Old
Volumes: 4 (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano/Alto, Tenor, Bass)
Publisher: The John Church Company
Copyright: 1901
Volume 1 (Soprano) Contents:
(Google Books has a complete copy of Volume 1 for Soprano available for download)
- Ah! non credea mirarti (Sonnambula) Bellini
- Ah! non giunge (Sonnambula) Bellini
- Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante (Carmen) Bizet
- L’altra notte in fondo al mare (Mefistofele) Boito
- Charmant Oiseau (La Perle du Brésil) David
- Où va la Jeune Indoue (Lakmé) Delibes
- Mad Scene (Lucia di Lammermoor) Donizetti
- Je veux vivre dans ce reve (Romeo and Juliet) Gounod
- Jewel Song (Faust) Gounod
- Plus grand, dans son obscurité (Queen of Sheba) Gounod
- Domani, o me felice (Osteria) Lillo
- Romanza (Cavalleria Rusticana) Mascagni
- Scene and Gavotte (Manon) Massenet
- Pleurez, pleurez, mes yeux! (Le Cid) Massenet
- Air of Solome (Hérodiade) Massenet
- Roberto, o tu che adoro (Roberto il Diavolo) Meyerbeer
- Ombra leggiera (Dinorah) Meyerbeer
- Stella del Marinar (Gioconda) Ponchielli
- Se come voi piccina io fossi (Le Villi) Puccini
- Bel raggio lusinghier (Semiramide) Rossini
- Connais-tu le pays (Mignon) Thomas
- Recit. and Polonaise (Mignon) Thomas
- Caro nome (Rigoletto) Verdi
- Ah! fors’e lui (La Traviata) Verdi
- Ernani, Ernani involami (Ernani) Verdi
- Ave Maria (Otello) Verdi
- Recit. and Romance (Aïda) Verdi
- Elsa’s Traum (Lohengrin) Wagner
- Gebet der Elizabeth (Tannhäuser) Wagner
- Ballad (Der fliegende Holländer) Wagner
- Piano, piano, canto pio (Der Freischütz) Weber
- Ocean, thou Mighty Monster (Oberon) Weber
Volume 2 (Mezzo-Soprano/Alto) Contents:
- TBD
Volume 3 (Tenor) Contents:
- TBD
Volume 4 (Bass) Contents:
(Internet Archive has a complete copy of Volume 4 for Bass available for download)
- Quand la flamme de l’amour (Bizet)
- Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Bizet)
- Son lo Spirito che nega (Boito)
- Senza tetto, senza cuna (Gomez)
- Sous les pieds d’une femme (Gounod)
- Au bruit des lourds marteaux (Gounod)
- Avant de quitter ces lieux (Gounod)
- Vous que faites l’endormie (Gounod)
- Le veau d’or (Gounod)
- Mab, la reine des Mensonges (Gounod)
- Vision fugitive (Massenet)
- A quoi bon l’economie (Massenet)
- Canzone del Rabbino (Mascagni)
- Adamastor, roi des vagues profondes (Meyerbeer)
- Sei vendicata assai (Meyerbeer)
- Madamina, il catologo e questo (Mozart)
- Qui sdegno non s’accende (Mozart)
- Es hat nicht sollen sein (Nessler)
- No! possibil non è (Puccini)
- Pescator, affonda l’esca (Ponchielli)
- Largo al factotum (Rossini)
- Je t’implore o mon frere (Thomas)
- What would I do for my Queen (Thomas)
- Eri tu che macchiavi (Verdi)
- Di Provenza il mar (Verdi)
- Il balen del suo sorriso (Verdi)
- Infelice! e tu credevi (Verdi)
- Tu sul labbro de’ veggenti (Verdi)
- Vanne; la tua meta già vedo (Verdi)
- Ella giammai m’amo (Verdi)
- O du mein holder Abendstern (Wagner)
- Pogner’s Anrede (Wagner)
- Durch dich musst’ ich verlieren (Wagner)
Notes:
Despite the rather awkward title, this appears to be a relatively decent edition of arias, with some current standards as well as a number of selections that would not be likely to be found in modern collections. A few arias are not set in the original language. “In diesen heilgen Hallen,” for example, is inexplicably presented in Italian and English only.
Each of the arias in this volume will be uploaded as song posts are created for them. If you would like me to give priority to a song that is not yet posted, please let me know via the contact page.
