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Tag Archives: Arleen Auger
Inch of the Day 28 August 2015
At the moment I’m singing through Handel, 45 Arias from Operas and Oratorios which is a three-volume collection of sheet music edited by American pianist, composer, music editor and singing teacher Sergius Kagen and published by the International Music Company (New York). Continue reading
NaBloPoMo XIII: What I’ve Been Singing This Week: La Pastourelle
The pastoral convention sometimes uses the device of “singing matches” between two or more shepherds, and it often presents the poet and his friends in the (usually thin) disguises of shepherds and shepherdesses. Themes include, notably, love and death. Encyclopaedia Britannica Continue reading
What I’ve Been Singing This Week: O Mio Babbino Caro & Pastourelle
Montserrat Cabballé singing Puccini‘s O Mio Babbino Caro. It’s an aria from his only comedy, Gianni Schicchi. Here’a a literal translation of the lyrics into English: Oh my dear papa, I love him, he is handsome, handsome. I want to go … Continue reading