BMP: Songbook Anthology (Volume 1: Soprano / Mezzo / Countertenor)

$60.00
Volume: Volume 1 (Soprano / Mezzo / Countertenor)
Format: Vocal Score
Delivery Method: Print

The BMP: Songbook Anthology is a two-volume collection of more than 60 arias drawn from more than 35 operas commissioned and produced by Beth Morrison Projects in its first 20 years, 2006-2026. Volume I is repertoire for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and countertenor. Together, the two volumes total more than 650 pages of music and contextual information.

Each aria is presented in an arrangement for voice and piano, along with contextual information about the original production in which the aria appeared. Many pieces are being offered publicly in this format for the first time, making this collection of music-theatre works available to singers, pianists, voice teachers, music educators, conductors, programmers, and other opera professionals who are looking for 21st-century opera repertoire.

The collection features works by Michael Gordon; Mary Kouyoumdjian; David Lang; Du Yun; Mohammed Fairouz; David T. Little; Huang Ruo; Missy Mazzoli; Daniel Corral; Ricky Ian Gordon; Peter Hilliard; Timur Bekbosunov; Sarah Kirkland Snider; Paola Prestini; Ted Hearne; Kamala Sankaram; Emma O’Halloran; Garrett Fisher; Molly Joyce; Tamar-kali; Keeril Makan; Nico Muhly; Ellen Reid; and Juhi Bansal.

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Volume: Volume 1 (Soprano / Mezzo / Countertenor)
Format: Vocal Score
Delivery Method: Print

The Anthology opens up a huge new repertoire of contemporary opera works, providing access to music from some of today’s most influential composers in a form that can be used for auditions and performances; the arrangements can be played and brought to life by a vocalist and pianist, without the need for a full instrumental ensemble. These volumes will be a boon to singers, voice students and voice teachers, delivering seminal works of the last 20 years into the hands of artists and practitioners, and making them part of a play-ble repertoire.

Nathan Gunn

Sheet Music · Recordings · Retrospective

BMP: Songbook

Two anthologies of 21st-century arias marking two decades of BMP’s unparalleled contributions to American opera are now fully available to the public. 

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Included Arias

Acquanetta

Michael Gordon · libretto by Deborah Artman

  • Conceal Me
  • Please Don't Take My Brain
  • Inside This Costume

Adoration

Mary Kouyoumdjian · libretto by Royce Vavrek

  • I Was Married to Him

Anatomy Theater

David Lang · libretto by Mark Dion & David Lang

  • The Confession of Sarah Osborne

Angel's Bone

Du Yun · libretto by Royce Vavrek

  • Smiles

Blood Moon

Garrett Fisher · libretto by Ellen McLaughlin

  • Return of the Aunt
  • Moon Song

Breaking the Waves

Missy Mazzoli · libretto by Royce Vavrek

  • His Name Is Jan
  • We Endure

Dog Days

David T. Little · libretto by Royce Vavrek

  • Friends
  • Mirror, Mirror
  • My Legs Won't Walk Me
  • Service, Howard

Ellen West

Ricky Ian Gordon · poem by Frank Bidart

  • I Love Sweets

Going Down Swingin'

Peter Hilliard · libretto by Matt Boresi

  • Been Done Wrong

Hildegard

Music and libretto by Sarah Kirkland Snider

  • The Fire of Vermillion
  • In This Dirt, This Soil

Hubble Cantata

Paola Prestini · libretto by Royce Vavrek

  • I Draw This Story

Magdalene

Libretto by Marie Howe

  • Thorns (Molly Joyce)
  • Magdalene Afterwards (Emma O'Halloran)

Mary Motorhead

Emma O'Halloran · libretto by Emma O'Halloran & Mark O'Halloran

  • And Now to Red O'Brien

Melanc'holy Ghosts and Other Mothers

Tamar-kali · poem by Jessie Redmon Fauset

  • Oblivion

Oceanic Verses

Paola Prestini · libretto by Donna Di Novelli

  • Oceanic Anninnia

p r i s m

Ellen Reid · libretto by Roxie Perkins

  • Bibi's Desire
  • Lumee's Dream

Persona

Keeril Makan · libretto by Jay Scheib

  • Us, We, Me, I

PLACE

Ted Hearne · libretto by Saul Williams & Ted Hearne

  • You Were Never Comfortable with Intimacy

The Principles of Uncertainty

Nico Muhly · libretto by Maira Kalman

  • February
  • What Is This Fragment?

Sensorium Ex

Paola Prestini · libretto by Brenda Shaughnessy

  • Bird Song

Song from the Uproar

Missy Mazzoli · libretto by Royce Vavrek

  • This World Within Me Is Too Small
  • You Are the Dust

Star Singer

Juhi Bansal · libretto by Neil Aitken

  • The Stars Go On

Sumeida's Song

Music and libretto by Mohammed Fairouz

  • The Saddlebag

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Kamala Sankaram · libretto by Susan Yankowitz

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