This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.
Book Title: Operatic Anthology
Subtitle: Celebrated Arias Selected from Operas by Old and Modern Composers
Volumes: 5 (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass)
Editor: Max Spicker (1858-1912)
Publisher: G. Schirmer
Copyright: 1903
Volume 1 (Soprano) contents:
(The entire soprano volume can be downloaded at the Internet Archive)
- Chassons de nos plaisirs (Rameau)
- As when the dove (Händel)
- Ah! malgré moi (Gluck)
- Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante (Bizet)
- Pleurez, mes yeux (Massenet)
- Plus de tourments (Massenet)
- Non più di fiori (Mozart)
- Plus de dépit, plus de tristesse (Grétry)
- Pâles étoiles (Joncières)
- O don fatale (Verdi)
- O beaux rêves évanouis (Saint-Saëns)
- En dormant c’est à moi (Halévy)
- O nuit qui me couvre (Barthe)
- Abscheulicher! wo eilst du hin? (Beethoven)
- Traft ihr das Schiff (Wagner)
- Madre, pietosa Vergine (Verdi)
- Pace, pace (Verdi)
- Und ob die Wolke sie verhülle (Weber)
- C’era una volta un principe (Gomes)
- Il est doux, il est bon (Massenet)
- Nobles seigneurs (Meyerbeer)
- Adieu, forêts! (Tchaikovsky)
- Il va venir (Halévy)
- Einsam in trüben Tagen (Wagner)
- Je suis Titania (Thomas)
- Mon coeur ne peut se changer (Gounod)
- Deh vieni, non tardar (Mozart)
- Voi che sapete (Mozart)
- Ocean! Du Ungeheuer (Weber)
- Del mio core (Haydn)
- Domani, o me felice (Lillo)
- Ave Maria (Verdi)
- Me voilà seule dans la nuit (Bizet)
- O Dieu Brahma (Bizet)
- Ah! si je redevenais (Gounod)
- Plus grand dans son obscurité (Gounod)
- Il regardait mon bouquet (Monsigny)
- Ah! Je veux vivre (Gounod)
- Tout cède à vos doux appas (Colasse)
- Dich, theure Halle (Wagner)
- Elisabeth’s Gebet (Wagner)
- Isolde’s Liebestod (Wagner)
Volume 2 (Alto) contents:
This entire volume is now available for download here at Art Song Central: Operatic Anthology (Alto)
- Verdi prati (Handel)
- Amour, que veux-tu de moi? (Lully)
- Ah! parea che par incanto (Donizetti)
- Deh! non voler costringere (Donizetti)
- L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Bizet)
- Près des remparts de Séville (Bizet)
- Non più mesta (Rossini)
- Humble fille des champs (Halévy)
- Nuit respendissante (Gounod)
- Mura felici (Rossini)
- Terra adorata (Donizetti)
- Si le bonheur à sourire (Gounod)
- O mio Fernando! (Donizetti)
- Sotto il bel ciel (Semet)
- Voce di donna (Ponchielli)
- Ah! se tu dormi (Vaccaj)
- Bella, adorata incognita (Mercadante)
- Il segreto per esser felice (Donizetti)
- Per non istare in ozio (Donizetti)
- Chi m’arresta? (Mercadante)
- Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas)
- Me voici dans son boudoir (Thomas)
- Ah! rendimi (Rossini)
- My heart is weary (Goring-Thomas)
- Che farò senza Euridice? (Gluck)
- Ah! mon fils! (Meyerbeer)
- Donnez! donnez! (Meyerbeer)
- Le gondolier dans sa pauvre nacelle (Halévy)
- Gerechter Gott! (Wagner)
- Cara sposa, amante cara (Handel)
- Ferme les yeux, ô belle maitresse (Massenet)
- Printemps qui commence (Saint-Saëns)
- Amour! viens aider (Saint-Saëns)
- Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (Saint-Saëns)
- Ô ma lyre immortelle (Gounod)
- Generoso chi sol brama (Handel)
- In si barbara (Rossini)
- Ombra mai fu (Handel)
- Di tanti palpiti (Rossini)
Volume 3 (Tenor) contents:
I have scanned this volume, but it still needs cleanup. In the meantime the entire volume is available here at Art Song Central: Operatic Anthology (Tenor)
- O Paradis sorti de l’onde (Meyerbeer)
- Celeste Aida (Verdi)
- Tandis que tout sommeille (Grétry)
- La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Bizet)
- O Lola bianca (Mascagni)
- Ô souverain, ô juge (Massenet)
- Jour heureux (Sacchini)
- Il mio tesoro intanto (Mozart)
- Com’ è gentil (Donizetti)
- Dal più remoto esilio (Verdi)
- Unter blüh’nden Mandelbäumen (Weber)
- Salut, demeure chaste et pure (Gounod)
- Spirto gentil (Donizetti)
- Durch die Wälder (Weber)
- Cielo e mar! (Ponchielli)
- Ne pouvant réprimer (Massenet)
- Plus blanche que la blanche hermine (Meyerbeer)
- Oh! ne t’éveille pas (Godard)
- Champs paternels (Mehul)
- Fantaisie aux divins mensonges (Delibes)
- In fernem Land (Wagner)
- Ah, la paterna mano (Verdi)
- Ach! so fromm (Flotow)
- Am stillen Herd (Wagner)
- Walther’s Prize-song (Wagner)
- Elle ne croyait pas (Thomas)
- Anges du paradis (Gounod)
- Tu pauvre seul ami (Auber)
- Nymphes attentives (Gounod)
- Source délicieuse (Gounod)
- Bella del tuo sorriso (Braga)
- Inspirez-moi! (Gounod)
- Allmächt’ger Vater! (Wagner)
- Vainement, ma bien-aimée (Lalo)
- Forma sublime, eterea (Gomes)
- Ô jours heureux (Gounod)
- Ah si, ben mio; coll’essere (Verdi)
- Siegmund’s Love-song (Wagner)
- Dies Bildniss ist bezaubernd schön (Mozart)
- Du moment qu’on aime (Grétry)
Volume 4 (Baritone) contents:
- TBD
Volume 5 (Bass) contents:
- TBD
Notes:
This set was, though reissued with some revisions by Kurt Adler, the absolute standard set of aria anthologies, until Schirmer came out with the new Robert Larsen editions in the early 1990s. These should generally be reliable, and what flaws exist should be well known to more experienced teachers.
The Soprano volume has a prefatory note, which gives me a good clue where to look for a complementary set:
It will be noticed, that various notable Arias are not found in this Volume. They were, however, intentionally omitted, as they had already appeared in the “Prima Donna Album,” and the Publishers desired to avoid duplication.
Arias from these volumes 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.
