Guide to Operatic Roles & Arias (textbook)

When you want to find arias that hit the sweet spot of your tessitura or voice quality, look no further than the Guide to Operatic Roles and Arias and Guide to Operatic Duets. These two references help you draw from centuries of operatic works, narrowing down your searches not only by highly-differentiated voice categories, language, style, operas, and roles, but even by well-known singers and their repertoire – all cross-referenced for your easy and stimulating explorations.

Click here to view the Table of Contents for the Guide to Operatic Roles & Arias.

You might, for instance, have a soubrette voice to match to a range of arias or even a dramatic mezzo; or you may know of a singer whose voice is like yours or your students, and can look at their repertoire for interesting ideas. You may know one aria for a role but want to see the other arias they sing in the opera. With the rich cross-references between roles, voice categories, operas, and singers, you can find and expand the range of options easily and pleasurably.

The references are sold both individually and as a set (with a discounted price).

The Opera Journal

“The Guide to Operatic Roles & Arias & The Guide to Operatic Duets provides a mind-boggling array of information, but vast as its scope is, the information contained here is easy to reference. These guidebooks are up-to-date, authoritative, and easy-to-use. University music reference sections and directors of opera programs are going to want this set on their shelves and these books fill a real library niche. It shouldn’t take long before this volume is well-worn from use.”