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Composing an opera has always been considered to be an ennobling process for composers. The very choice of an appropriate subject was a challenge in itself. For many a composer, the subsequent creative act ended in failure. All too often, they set their sights too high and despaired of realising their vision. The dramatic or theatrical meaning of an opera is achieved through the interaction of music, language, scene and gesture. The situations seen and felt by the audience play a decisive part in its overall effect. In that respect, it is daring to extract an aria from its context, for it is the easily understood contrast of musical episodes and scenes that determines its meaning.
On the other hand, the plot itself marks time while the action that has gone before is reflected upon in the aria. This collection contains compositions that are of central importance to the further development or to the understanding of the whole. The selection of arias presented here is devoted to the soprano voice.
The term éaria' was already in use in the early 17th century. Works thus referred to did not figure in a wider musical context and were song-like in character. Only compositions with a scenic reference have been included in this album of arias. Choosing arias of noteworthy quality is both easy and difficult at the same time. In addition to operas already in print, there are many buried treasures waiting to be discovered in libraries and archives. The names of the women who composed them remain for the most part unknown. This album, which was conceived some time ago and is now being published on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Furore Verlag publishing house, provides an encounter with women composers whose names are and were well known to concert-goers today and in the past.
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