Various: French Operatic Arias for Tenor (19th Century)

Complete with translations and guidance on pronunciation. 'As every singer and lover of French opera knows, editions of even the best-known French operatic arias are difficult – and sometimes expensive – to obtain. Roger Nichols' scrupulously balanced selection of 19th-century French arias provides the perfect starting point for widerexploration. Nichols, who has championed French music in his writings, talks and radiobroadcasts over three decades with eloquence and scholarship, is the ideal guide to this repertoire which, even today, is often neglected, misunderstood or inadequately performed.


Contents: Auber: Agnès la jouvencelle (Fra Diavolo); Berlioz: Ah! je vais l’aimer (Béatrice et Bénédict); Berlioz: La gloire était ma seule idole (Benvenuto Cellini); Berlioz: Inutiles regrets (Les Troyens); Bizet: La fleur que tum’avais jetée (Carmen); Bizet: À l a voix d’un amant fidèle (La jolie fille de Perth); Bizet: Je crois entendre encore (Les pêcheursde perles); Boieldieu: Viens, gentile dame (La dame blanche); Delibes: Fantaisie, aux divins mensonges (Lakmé); Donizetti: Ange si pur (La favorite); Gounod Salut! demeure chaste et pure (Faust); Gounod: Anges du paradis (Mireille); Gounod: Ah! lève-toi, soleil (Roméo et Juliette); Halévy: Rachel! quand du Seigneur (La Juive); Lalo: Vainement, ma bien aimée; (Le roi d’Ys); Massenet: Ah! fuyez, douce image! (M anon); Massenet: En fermant les yeux (Manon); Massenet; Ô nature, pleine de grace (Werther); Massenet: Pourquoi me réveiller? (Werther); Meyerbeer: Ô paradis sorti de l’onde (L’Africaine); Reyer: Esprits, gardiens(Sigurd);Rossini: Asile héréditaire (Guil lame Tell);Thomas: Elle ne croyait pas (Mignon); Verdi: Je l’ai vue (Don Carlos).