This is a classical thread in every musical Forum out there. Right now I'n reviewing Il Trovatore recordings for the in-Depth thread. This is the...
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Last Post By: MAuer December 2nd, 2019, 12:41 PMBayerische Staatsoper (Munich Opera House) is streaming live two operas - L'elisir d'amore and Don Carlo. Details This is great news, just...
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Last Post By: Ann Lander (sospiro) November 11th, 2019, 06:39 PMWe have just published an interesting and detailed interview on operatic education, with Dr. Marilyn Taylor, Chair of the Voice Department at the A....
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Last Post By: Florestan November 29th, 2019, 11:30 PMKaufmann in 1993. I love his voice here.
Last Post By: Florestan December 4th, 2019, 10:34 PMPeter Grimes in Vienna. Not sure about this poster!
Last Post By: Hoffmann November 10th, 2019, 07:37 PMThese are the reviewers’ assessments of new or reissued recordings from the July issue of Opernwelt: http://www.opernwelt.de/ RECOMMENDED - ...
Last Post By: MAuer Yesterday, 06:15 PMWhat classical albums are you guys currently listening to which is orchestral? I am loving this one lately:
Last Post By: Florestan November 29th, 2019, 02:40 AMThe three best for me are Norma, Puritani and Beatrice di Tenda. What about yours?
Last Post By: Hoffmann November 10th, 2019, 07:17 PMEveryone, after I heard Vickers sing an except from Die Walkure, I knew I needed a recording of the Ring. So please suggest your favorite ones on...
Last Post By: Florestan November 11th, 2019, 04:49 PMHello to all the Opera Lively community.:tiphat: I stumbled across this wonderful website whilst researching some information on a recording and am...
Last Post By: Hoffmann November 10th, 2019, 06:22 PMThis thread is for items available for purchase that you're salivating over, but for some reason have yet to pull the trigger. Maybe the price is...
Last Post By: Florestan November 28th, 2019, 04:12 AM2nd in the set. Still need Rheingold and Gotterdammerung. Can wait for deals. Have my Amazon and Ebay open with these on search.
With the exception of the new audio recording of Puccini’s Le Willis, all of the discs reviewed in the December, 2019, issue of Opernwelt (http://www.opernwelt.de/
MAuer Yesterday, 06:15 PMSince the ROH Fidelio with JK and Lise Davidsen will be shown in cinemas, I'm hoping a video recording will be released at some point in the future.
MAuer Yesterday, 12:35 PMAkhnaten, opera in three acts, sung and narrated in English, ancient Egyptian, Akkadian, and Hebrew, with English Met Titles
Music by Phillip Glass
The right parenthesis and colon got included in the link. Try this,
http://www.jkaufmann.info/neu.htm
Now I have to get the Nylund recording and the Jacobs Leonore!
Florestan December 4th, 2019, 06:07 PMWell that is the giving spirit! It is always best to give something that you know the recipient will love, and what better way to ensure that than to
Florestan December 4th, 2019, 06:06 PM
Yesterday was "Giving Tuesday" . . . so I "gave" myself the new recording of the Fidelio Urfassung with Marlis Petersen
I have that recording and enjoy it very much.
MAuer December 4th, 2019, 01:24 PMDo you know who's singing Macbeth? (Link doesn't work for me)
Ann Lander (sospiro) December 4th, 2019, 01:22 PMI see we can get at least a part of Isolde on this wonderful set (which is now on my wish list):
More news from JK’s unofficial web site (http://www.jkaufmann.info/neu.htm): La Scala’s 2020-2021 season will open with productions of Verdi’s Otello
MAuer December 2nd, 2019, 12:43 PMAccording to JK’s unofficial web site (http://www.jkaufmann.info/neu.htm), the Bavarian State Opera’s new production of Die tote Stadt, which has been
MAuer December 2nd, 2019, 12:41 PM
I love this performance, wish I had seen it live.
For me personally, unbeatable.
Really like this recording.
It is already on my Christmas list. Oh, i think it is currently on sale $18 at PrestoClassical, IIRC.
Florestan November 30th, 2019, 11:17 PMI was beginning to think this would never be released:
Conductor/orchestra: René Jacobs, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Beethoven called the original version of his opera Leonore, but it was never performed under that title. To avoid confusion with Paer's Leonora, which
MAuer November 30th, 2019, 02:58 PMSpectaculars staging, even real dogs on the floor.
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Just fantastic, both principals are in
I don't blame you. I like to hear the singers do it.
Ann Lander (sospiro) November 30th, 2019, 12:32 PMWatched a great The Bartered Bride last night courtesy of OperaVision.
Ooops, memory slipping! Yes I have seen it. Long time ago though.
Ann Lander (sospiro) November 30th, 2019, 12:20 PMYes it is, is this means you never saw this one?
Camilla Nylund (Leonore). I gutted all the monologue because it was a narrator instead of the singers. This is really Leonore 1805, but for some reason
Florestan November 30th, 2019, 05:25 AMIs this 4 Act?
Ann Lander (sospiro) November 29th, 2019, 05:05 PM
If only Freni had sung ........
Oh shoot, wrong staging. I got it in my head a long time ago that the Houston staging borrowed Barcelona's, but it was Valencia's. Shame on me for acting
Nemorino November 27th, 2019, 11:44 PMRanking what I watched in November, starting with THREE (!) nearly-perfect productions:
#1 - Henze - The Bassarids - Komische Oper Berlin
Very nice. The Rheinmaidens in Rheingold were not in tanks but that could be different in later operas, or they might have changed the set somewhat.
Florestan November 27th, 2019, 11:07 PMThis production was done in Houston a few years ago. I was only getting into opera, and so only caught Siegfried and Gotterdammerung, but thought it was
Nemorino November 27th, 2019, 10:19 PMJust finished this one. Looking forward to the rest of thie cycle. The giants had goofy costumes with huge bent brackets attached to the outside of
Florestan November 27th, 2019, 05:47 AMAfter a couple months of mostly Wagner's Ring I am taking a break. Three of my favorite La Sonnambula Recordings. A shame the sound isn't better on
Florestan November 27th, 2019, 03:09 AMNot fond of the story of Norma, but could not resist this one when I saw a good deal online:
Here you go.
https://bachtrack.com/review-korngol...-november-2019
So far, reviews for his Paul in Die tote Stadt have been very favorable (unfortunately, no English language ones yet).
Meanwhile, he's set
Adelson e Salvini (Votes: 0)
Bianca e Fernando (Votes: 0)
Il Pirata (Votes: 0)
La Straniera (Votes: 0)
Zaira (Votes: 0)
I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Votes: 4)
La sonnambula (Votes: 4)
Norma (Votes: 14)
Beatrice di Tenda (Votes: 5)
I Puritani (Votes: 15)
Lady Macbeth at Opera Carolina - Announcement and Interviews
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