(Vocal Collection). Diction lessons on each aria in the series recorded by top language coaches from the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School plus International Phonetic Alphabet and word for word translations With these book/CD packages that match the standard aria collections edited by Robert L. Larsen, any singer anywhere has access to the best diction coaching available at a very affordable price. Each aria is recorded twice. In the first version the coach recites the text as an actor would speak it, showing flow of the language and the mood. The second version is a slow, deliberate lesson, allowing time for the student to repeat each line. These experienced language coaches adapt the "R" in German and French in the slow versions for singers. They also are very sensitive to liaisons between word sounds in the musical settings. The book includes International Phonetic Alphabet for each aria and word for word translations. The native speaking professional diction coaches from the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School are: Corradina Caporello for Italian, Pierre Vallet for French, Irene Spiegelman for German, Kathryn LaBouff for English, Yveta Synek Graff for Czech, and Gina Levinson for Russian. Companion to 50485529 Arias for Soprano Volume 2 . Contents: Contents: THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE: Dearest Mama * I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI: Oh! Quate volte * LA CLEMENZA DI TITO: S'altro che lacrime * COSI FAN TUTTE: In uomini, in soldati, Una donna a quindici anni * DIE ENTFUHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL: Ach, ich liebte, war so glucklick * DIE FLEDERMAUS: Klange der heimat (Csardas) * DER FREISCHUTZ: Einst traumte meiner sel'gen Base... Trube Augen * GIULIO CESARE: Non Disperar, Piangero la sorte mia * HERODIADE: Il est doux, il es bon * HMS PINAFORE: A Simple Sailor Lowly Born * IDOMENEO: Zeffiretti lusinghieri * LOUISE: Dequis le jour * DIE LUSTIGE WITWE: Es lebt eine Vilja (Vilia) * MANON: Je suis encore, Obeissons quand leur voix appellee (Gavotte) * MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide * ORFEO ED EURIDICE: Qual vita e questa mai... Che fiero momento * PARIDE ED ELENA: Lo temei... Lo potro! Ma frattanto, oh infelice * LES PECHEURS DE PERLES: Me voila seule... Comme autrefois * PRODANA NEVESTA: Och, Jaky zal!... Ten lasky sen (Marenka's Aria) * LA RONDINE: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La Canzone di Doretta) * RUSALKA: Mesicku na nebi hlubokem (Song to the Moon) * LA SERVA PADRONA: Stizzoso, mio stizzoso * A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE: I want magic! * SOUR ANGELICA: Senza mamma * THAIS: Dis-moi que je suis belle * DIE TOTE STADT: Gluck, das mir verblieb (Mariettas Lied) LA TRAVIATA: Ah! Forse e lui... Sempre libera * LA WALLY: Ebben?... Ne andro lontana * WERTHER: Frer! Voyez!... Du gai soleil