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Opera & Oratorio Vocal Scores Editions at Chimes
If you have read Choosing An Edition: The Chimes Guide, you will already know about Urtext editions. We have gathered on this page a list of opera & oratorio vocal scores in critical editions, as available from Chimes.
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Bellini
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Ricordi Critical Edition (Italian)
I Puritani
Ricordi paperback (Italian) or Ricordi hardback (Italian)
Norma
Ricordi paperback (Italian) or Ricordi hardback (Italian) or Schirmer paperback (Italian)
Bernstein
Candide
Boosey & Hawkes (English)
Trouble In Tahiti
Boosey & Hawkes (English)
Bizet
Carmen
Ricordi paperback (French/English) or Schirmer paperback (French/English)
Britten
Albert Herring
Boosey & Hawkes (English)
Beggar's Opera
Boosey & Hawkes (English)
Billy Budd
Boosey & Hawkes (English)
Death in Venice
Faber (English)
Gloriana
Boosey & Hawkes (English)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Boosey & Hawkes (English/German)
Noye's Fludde
Boosey & Hawkes (English/German)
Peter Grimes
Boosey & Hawkes (English)
Paul Bunyan
Faber (English)
The Rape of Lucretia
Boosey & Hawkes (English/German)
The Turn of the Screw
Boosey & Hawkes (English)
Opera Arias
Boosey & Hawkes:
Soprano Vol. 1 & Soprano Vol. 2
Mezzo-Soprano
Tenor Vol. 1 & Tenor Vol. 2
Baritone
Bass-Baritone
Breitkopf:
OperAria Soprano Vol. 1 (lyric & coloratura)
OperAria Alto
OperAria Mezzo-soprano Vol. 2
OperAria Tenor Vol. 1 (lyric)
OperAria Tenor Vol. 2 (lyric-dramatic)
OperAria Tenor Vol. 3 (
OperAria Baritone Vol. 1 (lyric)
OperAria Baritone Vol. 2 (lyric-dramatic)
OperAria Baritone Vol. 3 (dramatic)
OperAria Bass Vol. 1 (lyric)
OperAria Bass Vol. 2 (lyric-dramatic)
OperAria Bass Vol. 3 (dramatic)
Donizetti
Anna Bolena
Ricordi hardback (Italian) or Ricordi paperback (Italian)
Don Pasquale
Ricordi paperback (Italian/German) or Ricordi hardback (Italian)
Lucia di Lammermoor
Ricordi paperback (Italian) or Ricordi hardback or Critical Edition (Italian/English) or Schirmer paperback (English)
L'Elisir d'Amore
Ricordi paperback or Schirmer paperback (English/Italian)
Gilbert & Sullivan
Iolanthe
The Mikado
HMS Pinafore
Pirates of Penzance
Princess Ida
Ruddigore
Trial By Jury
Yeoman of the Guard
Giordano
Andrea Chenier
Gounod
Faust
Handel
Acis and Galatea
The King's Music (English) or Novello (English)
Israel in Egypt
Carus (English/German) or Novello (English) or Schirmer (English)
Jephtha
Novello (English)
Joshua
Kalmus (English) or Novello (English) or Peters (English/German)
Saul
Carus (English/German) or Novello (English)
Solomon
Novello (English)
Theodora
Novello Handel Edition (English) or Novello abridged (English) or Kalmus abridged (English)
Humperdinck
Hansel & Gretel
Schirmer (English) or Schott (German/English) or Schott New Edition (German/English)
Janáček
Jenufa
Universal (Czech/German/English)
The Makropulos Affair
Universal (Czech/English/German)
The Cunning Little Vixen
Universal (Czech/English/German)
Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
Sonzogno Hardback (Italian) or Schirmer (Italian/English) or Peters (German/Italian)
Menotti
The Medium
Schirmer (English)
Monteverdi
L'incoronazione di Poppea
Novello (English/Italian)
Orfeo
Novello (English/Italian)
Mozart
Bastien und Bastienne
Breitkopf or Carus (German) or Schott (English)
La clemenza di Tito
International Music Company (Italian/English) or Peters (German/Italian)
Così fan tutte
Breitkopf or Ricordi paperback (Italian) or Ricordi hardback or Schirmer (English/Italian)
Don Giovanni
Breitkopf or Dover (English) or Ricordi paperback or Ricordi hardback (Italian) or Schirmer (English/Italian)
Idomeneo, re di Creta
International Music Company (Italian/English) or Peters (German/Italian)
Le nozze di Figaro
Breitkopf (Italian/German) or Peters (German/Italian) or Ricordi paperback or Ricordi hardback or Schirmer (English/Italian)
Der Schauspieldirektor
Carus (German) or Schirmer (English)
Die Zauberflöte
Breitkopf (German/English) or Ricordi (Italian) or Schirmer (English/German)
Opera Arias
Soprano
Dover
Hal Leonard
International Music Company Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Coloratura
Ricordi
Schirmer Vol. 2
Mezzo-Soprano
Hal-Leonard
International Music Company 7 Arias Mezzo-Soprano, 7 Arias Contralto
Ricordi
Tenor
Hal Leonard
International Music Company
Bass/Baritone
Hal Leonard
International Music Company Vol. 1, Vol. 2, 7 Concert Arias, 10 Arias
Offenbach
Tales of Hoffmann
Schirmer (English/French)
Poulenc
La voix humaine
Ricordi (French)
Puccini
Gianni Schicchi
Ricordi hardback or Ricordi paperback (Italian/German) or Ricordi paperback (Italian/English)
La Bohème
Ricordi paperback (Italian/English) or Ricordi hardback (Italian)
La Fanciulla Del West
Ricordi paperback (Italian)
Madama Butterfly
Ricordi paperback (Italian) or Ricordi paperback (Italian/English) or Schirmer paperback (English/Italian)
Tosca
Ricordi paperback (Italian)
Turandot
Ricordi paperback (Italian/English)
Purcell
Dido
Ravel
L'Enfant et les Sortileges
Rossini
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Cenerentola
L'Italiana in Algeri
Ricordi Critical Edition (Italian)
La Scala Di Seta
Ricordi (Critical Edition)
J. Strauss
Die Fledermaus
Boosey & Hawkes (English/German) or Dover (German) or Edition Peters (German/English) or Kalmus (German/English) or Musikverlag Cranz (English/German) or Schirmer (English)
R. Strauss
Salome
Boosey & Hawkes (German/English)
Elektra
Boosey & Hawkes (German) or Boosey & Hawkes (German/English)
Stravinsky
The Rake's Progress
Boosey & Hawkes (English/German)
Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin
Muzyka (Russian with transliteration) or Schirmer or DVFM
Iolanthe, Op.69
Kalmus or Muzyka (Russian with transliteration)
Verdi
Aida
Peters (German/Italian) or Ricordi paperback (Italian/English) or Ricordi hardback (Italian) or Schirmer (English/Italian)
Falstaff
Ricordi paperback (Italian/English) or Schirmer (English/Italian)
I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata
Kalmus (Italian) or Ricordi (Italian)
Macbeth
Ricordi paperback (Italian/English) or Ricordi hardback (Italian/German) or Ricordi Critical Edition (Italian) or Schirmer (Italian/English)
Otello
Ricordi paperback (Italian/English) or Ricordi Critical Edition (Italian) or Schirmer (Italian/English)
Simon Boccanegra
Ricordi paperback (Italian) or Ricordi hardback (Italian)
Rigoletto
Ricordi paperback (Italian/English) or Ricordi hardback (Italian) or Ricordi Critical Edition (Italian/English) or Schirmer (Italian/English)
La Traviata
Ricordi paperback (Italian/English) or Ricordi hardback (Italian) or Ricordi Critical Edition (Italian/English) or Schirmer (Italian/English)
Il Trovatore
Ricordi paperback (Italian/English) or Ricordi hardback (Italian) or Ricordi Critical Edition (Italian/English) or Schirmer (Italian/English)
Un Ballo in Maschera
Ricordi paperback (Italian/English) or Ricordi hardback (Italian) or Schirmer (Italian/English)
Wagner
Die Wälkure
Breitkopf (German) or Peters or Schirmer (English/German) or Schott (German)
Götterdämmerung
Breitkopf (German) or Peters (German) or Schirmer (English/German)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg
Breitkopf (German) or Peters (German) or Schirmer (English/German) or Schott (German)
Parsifal
Breitkopf (German) or Peters (German) or Schirmer (English/German) Schott (German)
Siegfried
Breitkopf (German) or Peters (German) or Schott (German)
Das Rheingold
Breitkopf (German) or Peters (German) or Schirmer (English/German) or Schott (German)
Lohengrin
Breitkopf (German) or Peters (German) or Schirmer (English) or Schott (German/English)
Das Fliegende Holländer
Schirmer (English/German) or Schott (German/English)
Tannhäuser
Peters (German) or Schirmer (German)
Tristan und Isolde
Breitkopf (German) or Peters (German) or Schott (German)
Weill
The Seven Deadly Sins
Schott (German/English)
Opera Guides
If you would be interested in learning more about Opera, try these Opera Guides in association with ENO:
Beethoven Fidelio
Verdi La traviata
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro or Die Zauberflote
Puccini La Bohème or Tosca
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin
Verdi La Traviata
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