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There are TONS of mezzo arias from operas, solo songs from operettas and
musicals, and ensembles from all three - so I'll limit my suggestions to really
great (IMO) arias and songs that you may not have considered or even heard
(of) before. I'll also suggest ensembles that are personal favourites of mine. I'm
providing YouTube examples for as many as I can find there. I've included a few
things in Russian - you may one day want to coach the diction, because there's
a rich repertoire in Russian opera worth exploring by any mezzo!
Nothing here in Latin - the very few Latin musicals and operas I'm aware of I've
never been particularly impressed with. That's not to say there aren't tons of
great arias and ensembles in Latin from the sacred repertoire (oratorios,
masses, cantatas, solo motets, etc.), of course - but that wasn't what you asked
for. If you'd like some suggestions from sacred genres, please let us know.
ARIAS/SOLO SONGS
Gluck: Ah! non turbi il mio riposo, from Telemacco -
Rimsky-Korsakov: Ach! Zna yu ya, from Sadko -
Menotti: The empty-handed traveller, from The Consul - everybody sings
"Lullaby". I much prefer this one!
Coward: Mad about the boy, from Words and Music -
Coward: If love were all, from Bitter Sweet -
Weill: Stay Well, from Lost in the Stars -
Weill: Trouble Man, from Lost in the Stars -
Sondheim: Children and Art, from Sunday in the Park with George -
Sondheim: The Miller's Son, from A Little Night Music -
Slade: I sit in the sun, from Salad Days -
Brel: Sons of, from Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris -
Leigh: What does he want of me?, from Man of La Mancha -
DUETS
Mozart: Sull'aria (S/S) from Le Nozze di Figaro -
Berlioz: Comment le dedain pourrait il mourir? (M/T) from Beatrice et Benedict -
Massenet: O jour de premiere tendresse (S or M/T) from Le Cid -
Massenet: Oui, je souffre votre tristesse (M or A/B) from Don Quichotte -
Delibes: Sous le dome epais (S/M) from Lakme -
Offenbach: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour (S or M/M) from Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Offenbach: C'est n'est qu'un reve (S or M/T) from La Belle Helene -
Lehar: Ich bin eine anständ'ge Frau (S or M/T) from Die lustige Witwe -
Puccini: Scuotti quella fronda di ciliegio (S/M) from Madama Butterfly -
Menotti: O black swan (S/M) from The Medium -
Handel: Caro...Bella (S/A) from Giulio Cesare -
Handel: Son nata a lagrimar (M/A) from Giulio Cesare -
Bernstein: We are women (S/A) from Candide -
Bernstein: Ohio (S/M) from Wonderful Town -
Norman/Simon: How could I ever know? (S or M/T or B) from The Secret
Garden - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMF3looaVX0
Norman/Simon: Come to my garden (S/M) from The Secret Garden -
Edwards: Yours, yours, yours (M/T or B) from 1776 -
Sondheim: With so little to be sure of (M/B) from Anyone Can Whistle -
Sondheim: Every day a little death (S/M) from A Little Night Music -
Sondheim: Move on (M/T) from Sunday in the Park with George -
Lloyd Webber: Seeing is believing (M/T) from Aspects of Love -
Lloyd Webber: Half a moment (M/B) from (By) Jeeves -
Grainer: I know now (S/B) from Robert and Elizabeth -
Novello: We'll gather lilacs (S/M) from Perchance to Dream -
Monckton: Half-past two (M/B) from The Arcadians -
Monckton: Charming Weather (M/B) from The Arcadians -
Gay: You would if you could (S or M/B) from Me and My Girl -
Heneker: Long Ago (M/T) from Half a Sixpence -
M. Rodgers: Sensitivity (M/B) from Once Upon a Mattress -
TRIOS
Bizet: Card trio (includes Carmen's aria "En vain pour eviter") (S/S or M/M) from
Carmen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI1HjEKsOv4
Leigh: I'm only thinking of him (S or M/M or A/T) from Man of La Mancha -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKQSghkrAds (there's a brief reprise, in which
a baritone is added to form a quartet)
Sondheim: Not getting married (S/M/T) from Company -
Lerner/Loewe: Mormon trio (M/A/T) from Paint Your Wagon -
QUARTETS
Mozart: Andro ramingo e solo (S/S/M/T) from Idomeneo -
Verdi: Bella figlia dell'amore (S/A/T/B) from Rigoletto -
Tchaikovsky: Slikhali ivi za roschei glas nochnoie (S/M/A/A) double duet from
beginning of Eugene Onegin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzaxDdlNM5w
Lerner/Loewe: Take me to the fair (M/B/B/B) from Camelot -
Brel: Brussels - and - If we only have love (S/M/T/B) from Jacques Brel is Alive
and Well and Living in Paris - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEsXcHsCPH=
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If you need suggestions for larger ensembles than these, let me know.
musicals, and ensembles from all three - so I'll limit my suggestions to really
great (IMO) arias and songs that you may not have considered or even heard
(of) before. I'll also suggest ensembles that are personal favourites of mine. I'm
providing YouTube examples for as many as I can find there. I've included a few
things in Russian - you may one day want to coach the diction, because there's
a rich repertoire in Russian opera worth exploring by any mezzo!
Nothing here in Latin - the very few Latin musicals and operas I'm aware of I've
never been particularly impressed with. That's not to say there aren't tons of
great arias and ensembles in Latin from the sacred repertoire (oratorios,
masses, cantatas, solo motets, etc.), of course - but that wasn't what you asked
for. If you'd like some suggestions from sacred genres, please let us know.
ARIAS/SOLO SONGS
Gluck: Ah! non turbi il mio riposo, from Telemacco -
Rimsky-Korsakov: Ach! Zna yu ya, from Sadko -
Menotti: The empty-handed traveller, from The Consul - everybody sings
"Lullaby". I much prefer this one!
Coward: Mad about the boy, from Words and Music -
Coward: If love were all, from Bitter Sweet -
Weill: Stay Well, from Lost in the Stars -
Weill: Trouble Man, from Lost in the Stars -
Sondheim: Children and Art, from Sunday in the Park with George -
Sondheim: The Miller's Son, from A Little Night Music -
Slade: I sit in the sun, from Salad Days -
Brel: Sons of, from Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris -
Leigh: What does he want of me?, from Man of La Mancha -
DUETS
Mozart: Sull'aria (S/S) from Le Nozze di Figaro -
Berlioz: Comment le dedain pourrait il mourir? (M/T) from Beatrice et Benedict -
Massenet: O jour de premiere tendresse (S or M/T) from Le Cid -
Massenet: Oui, je souffre votre tristesse (M or A/B) from Don Quichotte -
Delibes: Sous le dome epais (S/M) from Lakme -
Offenbach: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour (S or M/M) from Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Offenbach: C'est n'est qu'un reve (S or M/T) from La Belle Helene -
Lehar: Ich bin eine anständ'ge Frau (S or M/T) from Die lustige Witwe -
Puccini: Scuotti quella fronda di ciliegio (S/M) from Madama Butterfly -
Menotti: O black swan (S/M) from The Medium -
Handel: Caro...Bella (S/A) from Giulio Cesare -
Handel: Son nata a lagrimar (M/A) from Giulio Cesare -
Bernstein: We are women (S/A) from Candide -
Bernstein: Ohio (S/M) from Wonderful Town -
Norman/Simon: How could I ever know? (S or M/T or B) from The Secret
Garden - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMF3looaVX0
Norman/Simon: Come to my garden (S/M) from The Secret Garden -
Edwards: Yours, yours, yours (M/T or B) from 1776 -
Sondheim: With so little to be sure of (M/B) from Anyone Can Whistle -
Sondheim: Every day a little death (S/M) from A Little Night Music -
Sondheim: Move on (M/T) from Sunday in the Park with George -
Lloyd Webber: Seeing is believing (M/T) from Aspects of Love -
Lloyd Webber: Half a moment (M/B) from (By) Jeeves -
Grainer: I know now (S/B) from Robert and Elizabeth -
Novello: We'll gather lilacs (S/M) from Perchance to Dream -
Monckton: Half-past two (M/B) from The Arcadians -
Monckton: Charming Weather (M/B) from The Arcadians -
Gay: You would if you could (S or M/B) from Me and My Girl -
Heneker: Long Ago (M/T) from Half a Sixpence -
M. Rodgers: Sensitivity (M/B) from Once Upon a Mattress -
TRIOS
Bizet: Card trio (includes Carmen's aria "En vain pour eviter") (S/S or M/M) from
Carmen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI1HjEKsOv4
Leigh: I'm only thinking of him (S or M/M or A/T) from Man of La Mancha -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKQSghkrAds (there's a brief reprise, in which
a baritone is added to form a quartet)
Sondheim: Not getting married (S/M/T) from Company -
Lerner/Loewe: Mormon trio (M/A/T) from Paint Your Wagon -
QUARTETS
Mozart: Andro ramingo e solo (S/S/M/T) from Idomeneo -
Verdi: Bella figlia dell'amore (S/A/T/B) from Rigoletto -
Tchaikovsky: Slikhali ivi za roschei glas nochnoie (S/M/A/A) double duet from
beginning of Eugene Onegin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzaxDdlNM5w
Lerner/Loewe: Take me to the fair (M/B/B/B) from Camelot -
Brel: Brussels - and - If we only have love (S/M/T/B) from Jacques Brel is Alive
and Well and Living in Paris - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEsXcHsCPH=
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If you need suggestions for larger ensembles than these, let me know.