Famous Italian Opera Arias: A Dual-Language Book

by Ellen H. Bleiler and Opera and Choral Scores

Book Overview

With this handy dual-language volume, students of Italian can improve their knowledge of the language while enjoying the passion and poetry of some of the most famous arias ever written. Included are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486291588
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Where's "Nessun Dorma"?

Copyrighted in 1996, you'd think that Bleiler ran into copyright problems with the world's most popular aria of the 90's. Turandot isn't mentioned at all. There are, however, Italian arias and English translations from 49 other opera.My Italian's not that good, but it appears to me that the translations are faithful to the Italian text, rather than having a focus on poetic interpretations. This is what you need if you simply want to know what those beautiful Italian words mean. There are no plot synopses (nor did they promise any). It's short and sweet and well worth the price.