“At last we have four good volumes of real singing songs from mostly pre-1970 music theater productions suitable for classically trained singers.The editor's excellent Preface addresses the need for classical singers to be at home with music theater, gives notes on the compilation itself, on common pitfalls for classical singers choosing a song, on the necessity for nonoperatic, standard American diction, and on the benefits that singing music that demands direct emotional and character expression might have on the singer's operatic expression. With a Song in My Heart ( Spring Is Here).Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again ( The Phantom of the Opera).What's the Use of Wond'rin' ( Carousel).What Good Would the Moon Be? ( Street Scene).This Place is Mine ( Phantom) Till There Was You ( The Music Man).

Think of Me ( The Phantom of the Opera).

Take Care of This House ( 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue).

The Sound of Music ( The Sound of Music).

Somebody, Somewhere ( The Most Happy Fella).

Not a Day Goes By ( Merrily We Roll Along).

Moonfall ( The Mystery of Edwin Drood).

I Could Have Danced All Night ( My Fair Lady).

Green Finch and Linnet Bird ( Sweeney Todd).

Goodnight, My Someone ( The Music Man).

Falling in Love with Love ( The Boys from Syracuse).

Climb Ev'ry Mountain ( The Sound of Music).

Children Will Listen ( Into the Woods).

Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man ( Show Boat).

The Beauty Is ( The Light in the Piazza).

Art is Calling for Me ( The Enchantress).Contents: And This Is My Beloved ( Kismet)

Opera music songs