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Resources on Opera in ARMA

Opera is well in ARMA with a rich selection of music from seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. As with other genres the commentaries on several of these works are useful, as are Cindy L. Kim's article on Verdi's La Traviata: The Fiasco, the Furor, and the Singers Who Caused Both and Matthew Franke's article on The Disappearance of Grand Opera, or How a Genre Leaves the Canon. When your students encounter terminology specific to opera, they may find ARMA's Glossary to be a useful starting point.

The scores for operas in ARMA include:

Baroque

Cesti: Orontea, Act 2, scenes, 16 and 17
Corsi: "Bella ninfa fuggitiva" from Dafne
Handel: Giulio Cesare: Act 1, scenes 5-7
Handel: Giulio Cesare: Act 2, scene 1
Handel: Orlando, Overture
Handel: Orlando, Act 1 (all)
Lully: Armide: Overture and Act 2, scene 5
Lully: Le bourgeois gentilhomme: Entrée and Chaconne
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione de Poppea
Monteverdi: Orfeo, Act 2, excerpts
Monteverdi: Orfeo, Act 3, excerpts
Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera (Airs 8, 15, 16, 19, 20, 44)
Peri: Euridice: Prologue and scene 1
Peri: Euridice: Scene 2 (including "Nel pur ardor" and "Per quel vago baschetto")
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: Act 1, Scene 1 (excerpt)
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: Act 3 (excerpts)
Purcell: Hark, the ech'ing air a triumph sings
Rameau: Castor et Pollux: "Séjour de l'éternelle paix"
Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, Act 4, Scene 1 "Ah! faut-il"
Rameau: Les Indes Galantes, Nouvelle Entrée "Les Sauvages"
Scarlatti: La Griselda, Act 2 scenes 1-4
Torrejón y Velasco: La púrpura de la rosa (excerpts)

Classical

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 1
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 2
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 3
Mozart: Die Zauberflüte, K. 620 (The Magic Flute), Act 1, no. 2 Aria "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja"
Mozart: Die Zauberflüte, K. 620 (The Magic Flute), Act 1, no. 4 Aria "O zittre nicht"
Mozart: Die Zauberflüte, K. 620 (The Magic Flute), Act 2, no. 13 Aria "Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden"
Mozart: Die Zauberflüte, K. 620 (The Magic Flute), Act 2, no. 14 Aria "Der Hölle Rache"
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Overture
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1, scenes 1-3
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1, scenes 1-5 (nos. 1-4)
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1, scene 13, no. 10
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1, scene 16, no. 12
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1, scene 17, no. 13 (Finale)
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1, scene 17, no. 13 (Finale)
Mozart: Idomeneo, K. 366, Overture, scene 1
Mozart: Idomeneo, K. 366, Act 1, scene 1
Pergolesi: La serva padrona
Rousseau: Le devin du village, Act 1, scene 1

Romantic

Beethoven: Fidelio, op. 72b, Act 1, no. 3, Quartet "Mir ist so wunderbar"
Beethoven: Fidelio, op. 72 b, Act 2, no.1 3, Terzett "Euch werde Lohn"
Bizet: Carmen, Séguidilla and duet (Act 1)
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 1, no. 9 (Quartet) "Chi, raffrena il mio furore"
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 1, no. 10 "T'allontana, sciagurato?"
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1, no. 4 Cavatina "Largo al factotum"
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1, no. 7, Cavatina "Una voce poco fa"
Verdi: La traviata, Act 3, no. 10 (scene and duet)
Verdi: La traviata, Act 3, no. 11 (Finale ultimo)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude (Act 1)
Weber: Der Freischütz, Act 2, scene 4 (Wolf's Glen Scene)

Twentieth Century

Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7, Act 1, scene 1
Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7, Act 1, scene 2
Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7, Act 1, scene 3
Weill: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Act 1, scene 2, no. 2
Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper, "Die Morität von Mackie Messer" (Prelude)

ARMA also contains commentaries on selected works in this genre:

Please use the general page for links to other Resource Pages. Additional materials are in preparation and will be available when they are ready.

Click here to use the A-R Online Music Anthology

More contributions are welcome in ARMA! Contact James Zychowicz, if you would like to send a proposal.