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...
Last Post By: Sonata Today, 05:13 PMRelated thread to "listening now" tell us what you have been buying....... (obsessive buyers confess your sins here) I made a couple purchases...
Last Post By: Florestan Today, 04:35 PMThis thread is for whatever little snippet people want to discuss; curious facts, pet peeves, little rants, funny events, humor, etc. I've heard...
Last Post By: Clayton April 19th, 2018, 05:59 AMAnna Netrebko to undergo foot surgery, cancels performances in Germany and London It is with great regret that Anna Netrebko must cancel her...
Last Post By: Soave_Fanciulla April 14th, 2018, 10:25 PMThis thread is for complete YouTube operas. Some of the ones posted here sometimes get removed from YouTube so if you see a black screen that's what...
Last Post By: Florestan April 19th, 2018, 12:05 PMLike the "what CD listening to lately" thread what opera DVD, Blu Ray or youtube are you watching lately, any comments always welcome...... - - -...
Last Post By: Florestan April 19th, 2018, 04:30 AMI expect those of you who get the Presto Classical facebook feed will have seen this but better to get the information twice than not at all. ...
Last Post By: Ann Lander (sospiro) April 4th, 2018, 06:47 PMBayerische Staatsoper (Munich Opera House) is streaming live two operas - L'elisir d'amore and Don Carlo. Details This is great news, just...
Last Post By: SenaJurinac April 22nd, 2018, 04:10 PMHere is thread to share various books about opera: biographies, memories, guidebooks, academic books, everything. You may both recall what books made...
Last Post By: Ann Lander (sospiro) April 6th, 2018, 05:41 PMAnna's Anna has arrived! Where are those jumping, big-hearted, in-love emoticons when we need them? I knew I had to work on more smileys for the...
Last Post By: Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva) April 23rd, 2018, 02:10 AMShare your latest indulgences... :excitement: Dipping my toe into different waters; Handel Messiah
Last Post By: Florestan April 20th, 2018, 11:57 PMTomorrow is a big day for Football lovers. The two best teams in the world, Real Madrid and Barcelona, are facing each other in Madrid, at the...
Last Post By: Clayton April 2nd, 2018, 01:51 PMA place for us to discuss about our favorite and least favorite movies. Share your love, share your hate — because sharing is caring!
Last Post By: Soave_Fanciulla April 5th, 2018, 04:32 AMWe have just published an interesting and detailed interview on operatic education, with Dr. Marilyn Taylor, Chair of the Voice Department at the A....
Last Post By: Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva) April 3rd, 2018, 12:19 PMI thought it might be nice if we had--as do our sister forums of MIMF and TC--a section devoted to what our members have recently purchased in the...
Last Post By: Amfortas April 22nd, 2018, 01:45 PMPeter Grimes in Vienna. Not sure about this poster!
Last Post By: Nemorino April 17th, 2018, 02:53 AMI was reading an article on Opera Today. The link to it is here]. Apparently there was a panel discussion at Wolf Trap Opera on the future of the...
Last Post By: Ingvar March 31st, 2018, 10:43 PMHellooooo all you people of Opera Lively :tiphat: I have recently become somewhat fanatical about The Great Richard Wagner (although not as much...
Last Post By: Florestan April 4th, 2018, 02:55 AMI would love to hear more about this. I think singer's years of training is one of the least well-understood and written about parts of opera. One doesn't
Nemorino Today, 05:50 PMI approve!!!
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She's my favorite Gilda in Rigoletto
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Welcome to Opera Lively, Timothy.
I don't know if you saw this interview, with a professor of voice and one of her students:
Welcome to Opera Lively, Timothy! I think your idea is wonderful, and would give readers a chance to learn about what is involved in becoming an opera
MAuer Today, 11:10 AMPerhaps this has already been discussed on this forum; I couldn't find anything related to an OperaLively contributor learning to sing opera, and though
Timothy Today, 09:49 AMIf sound quality is a concern, maybe get the 1955 stereo Keilberth? Though it will cost you.
Amfortas Yesterday, 12:51 PMWorked through it again over the weekend. Still two disks of Twilight of the Gods to go.
Florestan April 23rd, 2018, 11:50 AMI have been listening to some Verdi
Anna's Tosca, big success:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/22/a...w-the-met.html
Pictures of the beautiful Charlotte uptown area
Gourmet addition to the review - Most restaurants in Charlotte fill up really fast on a Saturday. There is a sleeper that flies under the radar, and it
Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva) April 22nd, 2018, 09:23 PMLe Nozze di Figaro, opera buffa in four acts, sung in Italian
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, after the play
I'm listening to this because I love Ileana Cotrubas, and I'm trying to learn to love, or at least like, Alfredo Kraus. He's pretty good in this repertoire,
Soave_Fanciulla April 22nd, 2018, 08:32 PMItalian TV channel Rai 5 is continuing with its homage to the great conductor Tullio Serafin on the occasion of 50th anniversary of his death - now with
SenaJurinac April 22nd, 2018, 04:10 PMWhile the second part of my Big Haul is still in process--my new internet friend deciding what to get rid of while I decide what to take from him--I made
Amfortas April 22nd, 2018, 01:39 PM
Verdi: La Forza Del Destino, conducted by Sinopli
with Rosalind Plowright, Jose Carreras, Agnes Baltsa, Renato Bruson, etc etc.
While we are on the subject of the Ring, I have a question. I am thinking of an 11th Ring for my collection.
What does anyone think of the
Really liking this set a lot. Maybe raise to the top of the list.
Every Wagner fan should love the Goodall Ring. 16 hours and 52 minutes of sheer bliss! Bask in it. The longest Ring. 24% longer than Bohm's Ring.
Florestan April 21st, 2018, 12:01 AMAustrian "culture" TV chaeannel ORF III marked the 170th anniversary of Gaetano Donizetti's death with 2013 performance of Maria Stuarda from
SenaJurinac April 20th, 2018, 04:14 PMA true jewel: 1963 Aida with Leyla Gencer as Aida, Antonio Zerbini as il Re, Giulietta Simionatoas Amneris, Gastone Limarilli as Radames, directed by
SenaJurinac April 20th, 2018, 04:07 PMBut no Jonas!!! Apparently, the performances of Die Frau ohne Schatten in which he'll sing with Camilla Nylund aren't scheduled until October,
Took a wrong turn at the tea cabinet
I can see where an opera lover should spend their retirement. What a massive set of operas to choose from. One would have to take in at least one each
Florestan April 20th, 2018, 12:23 AMVienna State Opera's new season:
https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/...te/2018-09-01/
I read an interview with an actress otherwise unknown to me named Noomi Rapace in which she says she will start playing the lead in a film called Callas
Clayton April 19th, 2018, 05:59 AMLast one in the Bellini selection for now
I think I might go off to a Verdi festival today (only in my mind)
Conductor/orchestra: Claudio Abbado; Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Prague Philharmonic Chorus
Cast: Katia Ricciarelli (Madame Cortese),
I'm hallucinating. It's that season. Not the mushroom season but the hayfever season where Spring jumps up and hits you like a Le Creuset frying pan.
Clayton April 18th, 2018, 10:10 AMlike, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like,
Clayton April 18th, 2018, 10:00 AMThankfully it is only ONCE, but that is one time too many!
Florestan April 17th, 2018, 09:29 PMI'm just happy that the Cincinnati Opera doesn't seem to have anything to do with this so-called "once-in-a-lifetime event."
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New Book by Opera Lively Press - the Eugene Onegin guidebook
It is difficult to appreciate in the 21st century how much of a novelty was Onegin, when it premiered in Moscow. Back in 1879, most of Russian and Slavic opera was devoted to political topics (A life for the Tsar, Boris Godunov, Khovanschina…), fairy tales (Ruslan and Ludmila, Rusalka, May Night…) or even biblical adaptations like Serov’s Judith. However, Onegin was centered on the life and passions of standard human beings.
Onegin is a Romantic opera. It is also full of melody. There are no formal experiments here. It was the perfect daughter of her times. Of course, with such a skillful instrumental music composer for the orchestra as Tchaikovsky, we can find many fine details in the orchestration, as well as some motif building. But the prominent role is never in the pit: it’s in the voices of the singers.
This Opera Lively guidebook will walk the reader through the opera’s libretto (with a new translation), musical structure (in terms that can be understood by all), circumstance of composition, trivia, and wil provide CD and DVD reviews, comments on live performances, and interviews with singers and a conductor. Enjoy!
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