Composer index
Chronological index
Preface
Notes on the arias
Amahl and the night visitors. All that gold / Gian Carlo Menotti
Ashoka's dream. So many years have passed / Peter Lieberson
The ballad of Baby Doe. Augusta! How can you turn away / Douglas Moore
The consul. Shall we ever see the end of all this! ; Lullaby ; The empty-handed traveler
Oh, those faces! / Gian Carlo Menotti
Down in the valley. Oh, don't you see that lonesome dove / Kurt Weill
The ghosts of Versailles. Samira's aria / John Corigliano
The great Gatsby. Five years ago I knew them both
Waiting / John Harbison
The hero. Look at all those things / Gian Carlo Menotti
John Brown. Blow ye the trumpet / Kirke Mechem
Little women. Couldn't I unbake the breads ; Perfect as we are ; Things change, Jo / Mark Adamo
Lost in the stars. Trouble man ; Stay well / Kurt Weill
Madam Mao. Yes! I am she! / Bright Sheng
Marco Polo. Such a moment / Tan Dun
The medium. Afraid, am I afraid? : (Baba's aria) / Gian Carlo Menotti
The mighty Casey. Kiss me not goodbye
A prayer / William Schuman
The mother of us all. Will they remember that it is true
I say never again
What is man
We cannot retrace our steps / Virgil Thomson
Regina. Away! ... The best thing of all
Dry bones
Addie's blues
Waltz : (Do you wish we had wed) / Marc Blitzstein
The Saint of Bleecker Street. Ah, Michele, don't you know / Gian Carlo Menotti
Tartuffe. Hold on a moment, dear / Kirke Mechem
Vanessa. Must the winter come so soon? / Samuel Barber
The wings of the dove. We've always known each other / Douglas Moore
Wuthering Heights. I have dreamt
How I love them / Bernard Herrmann
X : the life and times of Malcolm X. Come with me, child / Anthony Davis.