Gluck: French Operatic Arias for Tenor

This volume for tenor is published in collaboration with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles (CMBV) as part of the collection presenting all arias from French-language operas by opera reformer Christoph Willibald Gluck that were composed for the Académie royale de musique in Paris.

The informative text sections include a bilingual Foreword (Fr/Eng), a brief account of the dramatic context as well as a literal English translation of each aria. This is a comprehensive collection of works by an important18th-century opera composer for opera singers and voice students, ideal for study auditions and recitals.

The edition contains arias from: Iphigénie en Aulide (1774) / Orphée et Eurydice (1774) L'Arbre enchanté (1775) / Cythere assiégée (1775) / Alceste (1776) / Armide (1777) / Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) / Écho et Narcisse (1779)