Exploring Mozart: Best works to start with?
Greetings, New to this community so "hello", nice to be here :) A brief background: I am just someone looking to explore classical music, I am not a student/aspiring musician but am rather in a...
View ArticleGuang Yang
Anybody know what happened to Guang Yang? I just finished reading Fortissimo, by William Murray, and the guy is a passionate opera fan. In an environment in which most opera reviewing makes you wonder...
View ArticleNatalie Dessay - definitive role
So with Natalie Dessay's retirement (she's calling it a hiatus, but I'll be shocked if she returns to anything more than concerts), I was thinking about making a retrospective megathread to cover her...
View ArticleBecoming Traviata
Missed it while it was in theaters. Netflix just got it in and shipped me my disc. It certainly gave me more appreciation for how much thought directors put into the presentation, and of course Natalie...
View ArticleNatalie Dessay Please Don't Call It A Day!
Recent News items suggest that someone who we have been admiring is considering retiring! Natalie Dessay's vocal skills above the treble staff makes her equivalent to a soprano and a half! So she...
View ArticleHändel's Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Hi everyone, A few weeks ago I discovered the beautiful aria "Tu del ciel ministro elleto" from Handel: link . It is part of an oratoria called Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno. I borrowed from the...
View ArticleMado Robin
Whilst on a driving holiday recently, I stumbled across the Mado Robin Museum a few hours south of Paris. For those who aren't familiar with Robin, she was a French coloratura during the 50s. She's...
View ArticleFavorite French Operas?
French opera often seems to be everybody's unwanted stepchild here... well, perhaps not as bad as Russian, English, and American Opera (American what!? :eek:). Thus, let's put the question to you: What...
View ArticlePlayers-Singers-cast
knowing about sports players that have "agents" do the players-singers-cast have agents? eg. the Met opera. who establishes the cast for a opera? i enjoy listing to Handels giulio cesare and in the...
View ArticleBellini Operas: How many do you own? Your favorites?
According to the Rough Guide to Opera, Vincenzo Bellini wrote 10 operas. What ones do you own? What ones are your favorites? Here are the 10 according to Wikipedia: Adelson e Salvini Beatrice di Tenda...
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