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Author: BobD
Date: 2010-02-01 21:35
That looks like "Casta Diva" to me.......
OOps, think I'm wrong......
Bob Draznik
Post Edited (2010-02-01 21:39)
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Author: Woop Woop
Date: 2010-02-02 00:16
E lucevan le stelle. That's a solo that you need to know, comes up everywhere in orchestral auditions. Besides, it just sounds awesome so learn it anyway.
Woop Woop
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Author: William
Date: 2010-02-02 15:31
Ben Armato's book, "The Opera Clarinetist" contains excerpts from the entire Puccini opera, "Tosca", as well as complete important motifs from 22 other often performed operas. I've had a lot of pleasure playing those beautiful melodies since Ben sent me my copy--I recommend it as highly as all those other orchestra excerpt books by McGinnis, Drucker & others.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2010-02-02 17:18
The McGinnis/Drucker series contains, I think, no opera music at all aside from a few overtures. The long defunct International set of Wagner excerpts of course did, and volumes 11 and 12 of the Orchestral Musician's CD-ROM Library are all Wagner http://www.vcisinc.com/omcdrom.htm.
Ben Armato's book has page after page of gorgeous music, totally unfamiliar to anyone who doesn't know opera. Unfortunately, out-of-context clarinet solos don't mean much without the singers.
Ken Shaw
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Author: larryb
Date: 2010-02-04 10:54
Both volumes of the Giampieri excerpt books ("Passi difficili e 'a solo'") contain tons of familiar and unfamiliar opera excerpts, including "e lucevan..."
Though oddly, not the solo from Luisa Miller (Verdi) - one of the best.
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