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My wife homeschools two girls for a needy family. Today they want through this:

Classics for Kids, What's an Opera?

What opera have you been watching lately?

JK's Royal Opera House Otello. Fingers crossed that there are no problems with his Alvaro there this month and next.

The next opera you're going to see

Ah. I just saw the chat. Also an amusing twitter with some clever picture make up (I think it's a joke).

I hope there are no issues but even

The next opera you're going to see

Although I love this opera, I'd already made other plans and, although I've tried, I can't be in two places at once.

I hope you get this

The next opera you're going to see

I think it was a lucky find. I was just looking through different opera houses and a four seat cancellation must have just been processed (there were

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

What opera have you purchased recently?

I now have reason to love this opera and no longer hate it. Renee says it from 19:00 to 19:40: "She [Violetta] ultimately has more integrity than

What opera have you purchased recently?

What a great account of your trip.

What opera have you purchased recently?

For the first and, so far, only time, the UK state broadcaster (BBC) cleared it's schedules to show this live. Considering we don't even get an opera

The next opera you're going to see

How exciting!

The next opera you're going to see

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

La forza del destino

Tuesday 9 April 2019, 6.30pm
Main Stage

Conducted by

What opera have you purchased recently?

I was also toying with the Caballe and Scotto recordings, but knew deep down that it had go be Gheorghiu for my first CD set.

EDIT: In my

What opera have you purchased recently?

I have the Carlos Kleiber audio recording of La Traviata with Ileana Cotrubas, Domingo, and Milnes, and can definitely recommend it. The gents are great,

What opera have you purchased recently?

This is one of the operas I first saw. I was in the orchestra stalls, about the fifth row I think. Angela's (a very young Angela) Violetta was so beautiful;

What opera have you been watching lately?

I might like that particular DVD as it has Rolando in it, and Anna is fine too. But your last sentence is what really sticks. No matter how happy a

2019/2020 Season

A Hans Abrahamsen opera for Hannigan, Jonas in Die Tote Stadt, and Katie Mitchell directing Bluebeard's Castle?

What opera have you been watching lately?

I feel like it's important to point out that Florestan said "dreadful story" - which I can relate to - not "dreadful storytelling",

What opera have you purchased recently?

I still hate this opera (dreadful story), but at the same time love it enough to make this my third DVD ($15.49 shipped, brand new, after a couple round

Miscellaneous YouTube videos

I know there's a picture box thread somewhere from years ago but I couldn't find it... if only I had an IQ score bigger than a bowl of carrot soup...

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

Wishing him a speedy recovery and you some recuperation time too (I guess So_Fa has been running around a lot).

What opera have you purchased recently?

[Samson et Dalila]


I don't think many would qualify this work as a storm; more of a strong wind for most.

Perhaps

What opera have you purchased recently?

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What opera have you been watching lately?

Gosh! I have read Verdi described as "kitsch" and now La Traviata described as "dreadful storytelling", both in the space of a few

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

I am really liking this one. Am on my second time through and am quickly concluding that it surpasses (for me) the other three I have heard on CD (Levine,

What opera have you purchased recently?

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

What opera have you purchased recently?

I hate this opera! But I love it too, so can't help getting a second dose (after the Fleming/Villazon set). This one won't have the great tenor, but

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

I know that Ricciarelli should never have let Karajan persuade her to undertake the role of Turandot even in the recording studio, yet I

What opera have you been watching lately?

Phenomenal performance! Dreadful story!

Never watched this opera before and it was on my list of operas to avoid. Not sure why I bought

2019/2020 Season

What an interesting season, by one of the best opera companies in the world! Ah, living in Munich must be sweet!

2019/2020 Season

Bayerische Staatsoper:


https://www.staatsoper.de/en/transla...it-201920.html

News

For those of you who follow such things a certain well-known tenor is scheduled to sing Paul (at last) in Munich in November,

L'elisir d'amore at Piedmont Opera

Very interesting historical background, particularly with Dulcamara being the name of a popular patent medicine. I wonder how many other operas have

OTF - Le docteur Miracle (Bizet)

And based on the libretto's source material, today is -- appropriately -- St. Patrick's Day!

2019/2020 Season

A couple of others:

Canadian Opera Company
https://www.coc.ca/subscriptions

San Francisco Opera
https://sfopera.com/2019-20-season/

OTF - Le docteur Miracle (Bizet)

Thanks, my friend! Always interesting!

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

L'elisir d'amore at Piedmont Opera

Curtain Calls, Opera Lively picture, featuring from left to right, Gregory Gerbrandt, David Blalock, Jodi Burns, Brian Banion, and Eliza Mandzik

OTF - Le docteur Miracle (Bizet)

This time on OTF I’m sharing a recording I acquired a few years back, that was a bit of a mystery, turning out to be a pleasant surprise.

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