The Art of Auditioning (Revised Edition) : A Handbook for Opera Singers, Coaches and Accompanists
Edition Peters, the world’s leading publisher of vocal music for more than 200 years, has joined forces with Anthony Leggeto produce this revised and updated edition of the best-selling guide – The Art of Auditioning . Essential reading for everyaspiring and professional singer, it contains:• authoritative advice on how to approach and prepare for your auditions• a directory of more than two hundred recommended audition arias• information about what to expect after your first successful audition and how to prepare for professional engagements.Having won many competitions and survived many auditions – and now singing all over the world, including 250performances of the role of Violetta, and having had the thrill of singing with Placido Domingo – I can recommend this bookas an invaluable guide for achieving success. Ermonela Jaho, International Soprano.This invaluable and much needed guide to the process of auditioning includes a comprehensive list of svuitable arias withhelpful comments on how they should be performed. Singers and pianists alike will benefit greatly from it. Dame Anne Evans.Anthony Legge has worked regularly with the principal British opera companies, Opera Australia, many European operacompanies and at Bayreuth, where he worked on The Ring and Die Meistersinger . He spends much time on audition andcompetition panels. His experience as a conductor, accompanist and vocal coach has given him a broad overview of theprofession.
