This landmark publication collects arias and role excerpts from operas by John Adams, Benjamin Britten, Carlisle Floyd, Richard Strauss, and many other composers published by Boosey & Hawkes. Includes extensive plot notes and translations.

J.Adams: Her Arms Have The Beauty (A Flowering Tree)
J. Adams: Platonic Men (Nixon In China)
D. Argento: Gondolier's Song (Casanova's Homecoming)
D. Argento: Now I Know (The Dream of Valentino)
D. Argento: Valentino's Aria (The Dream of Valentino)
D. Argento: Once When I Was A Young Man (Postcard From Morocco)
L. Bernstein: Bon Voyage (Candide)
B. Britten: Albert The Good! (Albert Herring)
B. Britten: The Mayor's Aria (Albert Herring)
B. Britten: O Go, Go! Go Away! (Albert Herring)
B. Britten: I Accept Their Verdict (Billy Budd)
B. Britten: First Lute Song (Gloriana)
B. Britten: Second Lute Song (Gloriana)
B. Britten: Asleep My Love? (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
B. Britten: They Listen To Money (Peter Grimes)
B. Britten: Now The Great Bear And Pleiades (Peter Grimes)
B. Britten: In Dreams I've Built Myself (Peter Grimes)
B. Britten: Rome Is Now Ruled (The Rape of Lucretia)
B. Britten: Tarquinius Does Not Dare (The Rape of Lucretia)
B. Britten: It Is A Curious Story (The Turn of the Screw)
B. Britten: Miles! (The Turn of the Screw)
A. Copland: Martin's Song (The Tender Land)
C. Floyd: So There You Were (Cold Sassy Tree)
C. Floyd: Sometimes Th' Pain Of Missin' Him (Cold Sassy Tree)
C. Floyd: Lennie's Aria (Oh, I Feel Cold Inside) (Of Mice And Men)
C. Floyd: Then Marry Me, Cathy (Wuthering Heights)
J. Gay (realized by B. Britten): O Cruel, Cruel Case! (The Beggar's Opera)
S. Prokofiev: Il Est Drôle, Le Prince! (L'Amour des Trois Oranges)
S. Rachmaninoff: Young Gypsy's Romance (Aleko)
N. Rorem: The Stage Manager's Aria (Our Town)
R. Strauss: Ich Hab's Geschworen (Arabella)
R. Strauss: Im Gegenteil (Ariadne auf Naxos)
R. Strauss: Das Sonett (Kein Andres, Das Mir So Im Herzen Loht) (Capriccio)
R. Strauss: Di Rigori Armato Il Seno (Der Rosenkavalier)
I. Stravinsky: Hussar's Aria (Mavra)
I. Stravinsky: Here I Stand (The Rake's Progress)
I. Stravinsky: Love, Too Frequently Betrayed (The Rake's Progress)
I. Stravinsky: Vary The Song (The Rake's Progress)
I. Stravinsky: Sellem's Auction Scene (The Rake's Progress)
I. Stravinsky: I Have Waited (The Rake's Progress)
M-A Turnage: Valium, Prozac (Anna Nicole)

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