Ariel’s aria Five Fathoms Deep (Act 1 Scene 5)

Tonal language of opera

Page of libretto with sketches (Act 1 Scene 6)

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THE TEMPEST

MEREDITH OAKES

Scene 1 The Court, offstage in the shipwreck i q.=132

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ACT 1 SCENE 1

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