This landmark series collects compelling, useful, singer-friendly excerpts from the best of a distinctly American musical tradition. Plot notes and basic information about each opera are included. Opera composers such as Samuel Barber, William Bolcom, Douglas Moore, Virgil Thomson and Kurt Weill are represented. The operas of Gian Carlo Menotti are particularly present, with 26 arias from nine operas in the series.

• Ah, Do Not Laugh
• And Where Is The One Who Will Mourn Me
• Aria Of The Worm
• Be Not Afeard
• Believe In Love
• The Breaking Of So Great A Thing
• The Contest
• Del Destino
• Everyone Was Here But The One Who Matters
• Giovanni's Aria
• Gold Can Kill You
• Had No Choice, Had To Invent Myself
• I Know That You All Hate Me
• I'm Not A Boy
• I Never Felt So Good Before
• Immoral? Can Sleep Be Immoral?
• In Ancient Times There Was A God
• Ladies In Their Sensitivities
• Light Of...