Applicants with limited to no prior vocal training are welcome (but not required) to select a song from the suggested list below:
- “Per la gloria d’adorarvi” by Giovanni Bononcini
- “Amarilli, mia bella” by Giulio Caccini
- “Tu lo sai” by Giuseppe Torelli
- “Pietà, Signore!” by Alessandro Stradella
- “Già il sole dal gange” by Alessandro Scarlatti
- “Se tu m’ami, se tu sospiri” by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
- “O del mio dolce ardor” by Christoph Willabald Gluck
- “Caro mio ben” by Giuseppe Giordani
- “Sebben, crudele” by Antonio Caldara
- “O del mio amato ben” by Stefano Donaudy
All accompaniment backing tracks can be found here:
All sheet music for the songs above can be found here:
24 Italian Songs and Arias of the 17th and 18th Centuries