Based in:
Melbourne VIC
Line up(s) available: solo, 2 piece (duo), 3 piece (trio), 4 piece (quartet), 5 piece, 6 piece or more
The Aria Co. is a group of dedicated professional soloists creating concerts especially for your event. Our company is made up of the best and brightest performers emerging in Australian music, including sopranos Jessica Aszodi and Melanie Adams, mezzo-soprano Hana Crisp, tenor Gaetano Bonfante, baritone Mathew Thomas and harpist Hannah Lane.
We specialise in concerts and corporate events and have a wide repertoire of presentations available to suit any occasion. The Aria Co. can also perform at your club or association, wedding, private party or outdoor gathering. We arrange performances to suit your needs.
The singers of The Aria Co. are all gifted young soloists of International calibre. They have sung with Australia’s best musical entities including the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Opera Australia, OzOpera and Victorian Opera.
We think of what we do as bringing the concert hall and opera house directly to the client, at the highest possible level. No event is too small or too large; choose one of our feature packages or let us custom design our performance for you.
The Aria Co. is dressed by Karen Merkel. Photography by Veronica Ximena Carrasco.
OPERA
Arias for soprano
When I am laid in earth (Purcell) from Dido and Aeneas
Venere Bella, Piangero and V’adoro pupille (Handel) from Giulio Cesare
Bel piacere (Handel) from Agrippina
Mi tradi (Mozart) from Don Giovanni
Vedrai carino and Batti, batti (Mozart) from Don Giovanni
Dove sono (Mozart) from Le Nozze di Figaro
Deh vieni non tardar (Mozart) from Le Nozze di Figaro
Ach! ich fuhl’s (Mozart) from Die Zauberflöte
Come scoglio (Mozart) from Cosi fan Tutte
L’amero saro costante (Mozart) from Il re pastore
Una voce poco fa (Rossini) from the Il Barbiere di Siviglia
A vos jeux mes amix (Thomas) Hamlet
Prendi per mei sei libero (Donizetti) L’elisir d’amore
Manon’s Gavotte and Adieu, notre petite table (Massenet) from Manon
Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante (Bizet) from Carmen
Ah non credea (Bellini) from La Sonnambula
Qui la voce (Bellini) I Puritani
The laughing song (Johann Strauss) from Die Fledermaus
O mio babbino caro (Puccini) from Gianni Schicchi
Quando m’en vo (Puccini) from La Bohème
Senza mamma (Puccini) from Suor Angelica
Un bel di vedremo (Puccini) from Madama Butterfly
Che il bel sogno (Puccini) from La Rondine
Bolero (Verdi) I Vespri Siciliani
Caro nome (Verdi) from Rigoletto
Nun eilt herbei (Nicolai) from Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Wo bin ich (Humperdink) from Hansel und Gretel
Arias for mezzo soprano
Che faro senza Euridice (Gluck) from Orfeo ed Euridice
Habanera (Bizet) from Carmen
Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (Saint-Saëns) from
Samson et Dalila
Printemps qui commence (Saint-Saëns) from Samson et Dalila
Must the winter come so soon? (Barber) from Vanessa
Voi che sapete (Mozart) from Le Nozze di Figaro
Connais-tu le pays (Thomas) from Mignon
Werther! Werther! (Massenet) from Werther
Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (Massenet) from Werther
Lascia ch’io pianga (Handel) from Rinaldo
Ombra mai fu (Handel) from Xerxes
Verdi prati (Handel) from Alcina
Va tacito e nascosto (Handel) from Guilio Cesare
Arias for tenor
Il mio tesoro (Mozart) from Don Giovanni
Dalla sua pace (Mozart) from Don Giovanni
Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti) from L’elisir d’amore
Ecco ridente in cielo (Rossini) from Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Vaniement, ma bien-aimée (Lalo) from Le roi d’Ys
Nessun Dorma (Puccini) from Turandot
Che gelida manina (Puccini) from La Bohème
La Mia Letizzia (Verdi) from I Lombardi
La Donna e mobile (Verdi) from Rigoletto
Arias for baritone
Votre Toast [Toreador’s song] (Bizet) from Carmen
O du mein holder abendstern (Wagner) from Tannhäuser
Se vuol ballare, Hai gai vinta la causa and Non piu andrai (Mozart) from Le nozze di Figaro
Come Paride vezzoso (Donizetti) from L’elisir d’amore
Warm as the autumn light (Moore) from The ballad of baby doe
Ah per sempre io ti perdei (Bellini) from I Puritani
Sorge infausta una procella (Handel) from Orlando
Bella siccome un angelo (Donizetti) from Don Pasquale
Wie schön ist doch die Musik (Strauss) from Die schweigsame Frau
Madamina, il catalogo è questo or Deh vieni alla finestra (Mozart) from Don Giovanni
Avant de quitter ces lieux (Gounod) from Faust
Duets
Pur ti miro (Monteverdi) from L’incoranazione di Poppea ˚
Caro Bella (Handel) from Julio Cesare ˚
Bei Männern (Mozart) from the Die Zauberflöte∞
Pa pa pa (Mozart) from the Die Zauberflöte∞
Vanne regnar ben mio (Mozart) from Il re pastore˚
La ci darem la mano (Mozart) from Don Giovanni∞
Sull’aria (Mozart) from the Le Nozze de Figaro˚
Flower duet (Delibes) from the Lakmé˚
Alle piu calde immagine (Rossini) from Semiramide˚
Au fond du temple saint (Bizet) from Les Pêcheurs de Perles †
Barcarolle (Offenbach) from Les contes d’Hoffmann˚
Evening prayer (Humperdinck) from Hänsel und Gretel˚
Butterfly’s wedding entrance (Puccini) from Madama Butterfly˚
O soave fanciulla (Puccini) from La Bohème÷
Brindisi (Verdi) from La Traviata÷
Trios
Soave sia il vento (Mozart) from Cosi fan tutte ∆
Melons! Coupons! [The card trio] (Bizet) from Carmen Ω
Hab’ mir’s gelobt (Strauss) from Der Rosenkavelier Ω
Quartets
Bella figlia dell’amore (Verdi) from Rigoletto ◊
Non ti fidar (Mozart) from don Giovanni ◊
Quintets
Hmm hmm hmm... (Mozart) from Die Zauberflöte ‡
Nous avons en tête une affaire (Bizet) from Carmen ‡
Key to ensembles:
˚Performed by two sopranos/mezzo soprano
Ω Performed by three sopranos/mezzo soprano
÷ Performed by soprano and tenor
∞ Performed by soprano and baritone
† Performed by tenor and baritone
¤ Performed by two sopranos and tenor
∆ Performed by two sopranos and baritone
◊ Performed by two sopranos, tenor, baritone quartet
‡ Performed by three sopranos, tenor and baritone
FOLKSONGS, NATIONAL SONGS & CAROLS
Folksongs/National songs:
Australian National Anthem (other anthems available on request)
I am Australian (‘We are one, but we are many’)
Walzing Matilda
Home and the heartland
Danny Boy
Irish blessing
The Lord bless you and keep you
Claire de lune
Shenandoah
The lark in the clear air
The sprig of time
Hard-hearted Barbara Ellen
Waly, Waly
Down by the Salley gardens
Neapolitan songs:
Terra e Mare
Avanti Urania
Pieta Signore (stradella)
Neapolitan
Non ti scordare di me
Torna Sorriento
O sole mio
Aprile (tosti)
Core ingrato
Christmas carols:
In ducli jubilo
Silver Bells
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Away in a manger
Christmas dance of the shepherds
Christmas Song (‘Chestnuts roasting on an open fire’)
Coventry Carol
Ding Dong Merrily On High
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Sussex Carol
Joy to the world
O Christmas Tree
O Holy Night
O Come All Ye Faithful
Once in Royal David’s city
White Christmas
Angelus Ad Virginem
Dancing Day
SACRED MUSIC
Rejoice greatly and I know that my redeemer liveth (Handel) The Messiah
Et Exultavit (J.S. Bach) Magnificat
Laudamus te (Mozart) Mass in C Minor
Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben (J.S. Bach) St. Mathew Passion
The Lord bless you and keep you (Rutter)
Ave Verum (Mozart)
Domine Deus (Mozart) Mass in C Minor ˚
Pie Jesu (Lloyd Webber) Requiem ˚
In Paradisum (Fauré) Requiem Ω
Ave Maria (available in versions by: Kodály, Gounod, Caccini, Schubert and Monteverdi) Ω/solo
Non Nobis Domine (Byrd) Ω
Panis Angelicus (Franck) Ω/solo
Taste and See (Vaughan Williams) Ω
ART SONG
We perform songs by composers such as Johnson, Rosseter, Campion, Morley, Dowland, Scarlatti, Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Fauré, Debussy, Britten, Humble, Ives, Messiaen, Mercadante, Puccini, Mahler, Berg, Massenet, Schoenberg, Haydn, Wolf, Beethoven, Strauss, Brahms, Ravel and many more. If you are interested in a program of art song please contact us for further information.
MUSIC THEATER AND CABARET
Solo and ensemble pieces include selections from Bernstein, Piaf, Gershwin, Rogers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter and Kurt Weill. If you are interested in specific information about our music theatre repertory please contact us for more information.
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