I've decided the closest Puccini comes to an excerptable aria for mezzo is
La Frugola's paen to her cat in IL TABARRO. There are interjections by
Giorgetta, but I think those can be edited out reasonably successfully,
resulting in a musically not-too-engaging but comically delightful aria
for mezzo.
Karen Mercedes
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We're sitting in the opera house;
We're waiting for the curtain to arise
With wonders for our eyes,
A feeling of expectancy,
A certain kind of ecstasy,
Expectancy and ecstasy....Sh's's's.
- Charles Ives
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