Description
The difficulty in choosing great music from opera history lies not in what to include, but in what to leave out. Favorite Opera Highlights For Solo Piano solves this dilemma by encompassing only operatic music that offers interesting and satisfying Keyboard transcriptions. It offers 42 pieces - enough to please pianists with a taste for opera.
Highlights include Polka from The Bartered Bride; three melodies from Carmen,Habanera, Soldiers Changing the Guard, and Toreador Song; Glockenspiel and Papageno's Song from The Magic Flute; the William Tell Overture; plus selections from Aida, Fidelio, Parsifal, Die Walkire, The Marriage of Figaro, Faust, and other favorite operas. Perfect for intermediate and advanced players, this volume will delight pianists and Opera fans alike.