A comprehensive collection of all the major operatic and ballet excerpts that appear on auditions world-wide. With performance and interpretation notes by Howard T. Howard, retired Solo Hornist of the Metropolitan Opera.

I well remember the look on Erich Leinsdorf’s face when, at my audition for the Metropolitan Opera, I tried to play the G major Fugue from the second act of Die Meistersinger at a metronomic marking of 120. A good try and his sense of humor allowed him to suggest that I might...