Giovanni Bottesini: A Night at the Opera: Act One for double bass & piano

About the Composition A Night at the Opera: Act One brings together six Italian opera arias for double bass and piano, arranged by Giovanni Bottesini. Four were included in Bottesini’s Method for Double Bass, to demonstrate the lyrical and melodic potential of the double bass, and two are from his original compositions.  The arias are charming and accessible, ideal for anyone who is studying thumb position and the solo register of the double bass, and this new edition by David Heyes also includes accompaniments for both solo and orchestral tunings.  The world of opera has long inspired composers and players to plunder the best arias and melodies to transcribe for other instruments. The double bass is no exception, and Bottesini's operatic fantasias are still at the very heart of our solo repertoire into the 21st-century. It's difficult to keep a good tune down!  A Night at the Opera: Act One  1. Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) - Sérénade du Barbier de Séville  The Barber of Seville was