Great Opera Arias And Themes For Solo Piano Book (50 Opera Melodies)

Great Opera Arias And Themes For Solo Piano Book

50 Operate Melodies for Piano Solo

Great Opera Arias and Themes for Solo Piano is a fantastic collection of 50 transcriptions of beloved opera melodies, arranged for solo piano. Featuring a wide selection of iconic pieces from the operatic repertoire, this book covers operas like Aida, Turandot, and many others, representing nearly all of the major composers in the opera world.

Each piece in this collection is accompanied by a brief introduction that provides context about the source opera, along with archival images to enhance the experience. This book is ideal for intermediate-level pianists looking to explore the grandeur and beauty of opera music in an accessible format.

With 144 pages of operatic gems, Great Opera Arias and Themes for Solo Piano offers a diverse and rewarding selection of music for pianists who enjoy bringing operatic themes to life on the piano.

Pieces Include:

• What Joy, What Delight (The Abduction From The Seraglio) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
• Guard The Nile (Aïda)[Verdi, Giuseppe]
• Heavenly Aïda (Aïda)[Verdi, Giuseppe]
• Glory To Egypt (Aïda)[Verdi, Giuseppe]
• Don’t Cry, Mother Dear (Amahl And The Night Visitors) [Menotti, Gian-Carlo]
• Una Voce Poco Fa (The Barber Of Seville) [Rossini, Gioachino]
• Villager’s Chorus (The Bartered Bride) [Smetana, Bedrich]
• Toreador Song (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges]
• Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana) [Mascagni, Pietro]
• Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana) [Mascagni, Pietro]
• Waltz (Der Rosenkavalier) [Strauss, Richard]
• Csárdás (Die Fledermaus) [Strauss, Johann Jr.]
• March Of The Mastersingers (Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg) [Wagner, Richard]
• Give Me Your Hand (Don Giovanni) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
• Una Furtiva Lagrima (The Elixir Of Love) [Donizetti, Gaetano]
• Tatiana Writes A Love Letter (Eugene Onegin) [Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich]
• Angel Hosts (Faust) [Gounod, Charles F.]
• O, Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi) [Puccini, Giacomo]
• Evening Prayer (Hansel and Gretel) [Humperdinck, Engelbert]
• E vo-I (I Pagliacci) [Leoncavallo, Ruggiero]
• Sound The Trumpet (I Puritani) [Bellini, Vincenzo]
• Home To Our Mountains (Il Trovatore) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
• Musetta’s Waltz (La Boheme) [Puccini, Giacomo]
• O Paradiso (L’Africaine) [Meyerbeer, Giacomo]
• Ah, Viens Dans La Foret Profonde (Lakme) [Delibes, Leo]
• Lasciatemi Morire (L’Arianna) [Monteverdi, Claudio]
• Drinking Song (La Traviata) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
• Amami, Alfredo (La Traviata) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
• Coronation March (Le Prophete) [Meyerbeer, Giacomo]
• Faithful And True (Lohengrin) [Wagner, Richard]
• Esci, Fuggi, Il Furor (Lucia Di Lammermoor) [Donizetti, Gaetano]
• Prelude For Harp (Lucia Di Lammermoor) [Donizetti, Gaetano]
• Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly) [Puccini, Giacomo]
• O Isis Und Osiris (The Magic Flute) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
• Papageno’s Silver Bells (The Magic Flute) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
• Let Be No Sorrowing And Sighing (Manon) [Massenet, Jules]
• Silently Bending, Night’s Shadows Fall (The Marriage Of Figaro) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
• How So Fair (Martha) [Flotow, Friedrich Von]
• Va Pensiero (Nabucco) [Verdi, Guiseppe]
• Polovetsian Dance (Prince Igor) [Borodin, Alexander]
• Dearest Name (Rigoletto) [Verdi, Guiseppe]
• Lascia Ch’io Pianga (Rinaldo) [Handel, George Frideric]
• My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice (Samson Et Dalila) [Saint-Saëns, Camille]
• Barcarolle: Belle Nuit, Nuit D’Amor (Tales Of Hoffmann) [Offenbach, Jacques]
• Pilgrim’s Choice (Tannhauser) [Wagner, Richard]
• Meditation (Thais) [Massenet, Jules]
• I Lived For Art (Tosca) [Puccini, Giacomo]
• Isolde’s Love-Death (Tristan Und Isolde) [Wagner, Richard]
• Nessun Dorma (Turandot) [Puccini, Giacomo]