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: MAuer Today, 01:16 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: Ann Lander (sospiro) December 8th, 2019, 07:21 AMLike 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: Adrian December 2nd, 2019, 12:19 PMI 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: 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...
Last Post By: Ann Lander (sospiro) November 30th, 2019, 12:24 PMShare your latest indulgences... :excitement: Dipping my toe into different waters; Handel Messiah
Last Post By: MAuer Yesterday, 01:11 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: Florestan December 9th, 2019, 05:14 AMKaufmann in 1993. I love his voice here.
Last Post By: Ann Lander (sospiro) December 6th, 2019, 07:12 AMThese are the reviewers’ assessments of new or reissued recordings from the July issue of Opernwelt: http://www.opernwelt.de/ RECOMMENDED - ...
Last Post By: Florestan December 9th, 2019, 05:28 AMWhat 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 AMAs evidenced by other discussion threads on OperaLively, this is the time of year for staging Handel’s enduring oratorio, Messiah. (The other time of...
Last Post By: Florestan December 12th, 2019, 02:37 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 AMThis past Thursday was the first of two performances of the second act of Tristan und Isolde by the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Andris Nelsons on...
Last Post By: Florestan December 4th, 2019, 06:07 PMSometimes the most popular operas are the most popular for a reason: they're that good.
And best of luck with your new career -- the world
I must confess after a recent absence , in part due to my pursuit of my research masters and likely (highly proabable) career of becoming a primary [for
Povero Buoso Today, 02:00 AMDer Fliegende Hollander (Augh! Track change in mid gasp when she sees the Dutchman in her doorway).
Did Rheingold and Walkure a week ago, so picking up where I left off:
I'll enjoy that!
My second choice and quite good (even better than the Rothenberger set IMO) is this one:
It's a charming opera, though its depiction of rural England during the reign of Queen Anne probably bears little resemblance to what life was actually
MAuer December 12th, 2019, 12:51 PMI highly recommend the Popp/Jerusalem set as the best one of all. It comes in several releases. You should be able to pick it up relatively cheap used.
Florestan December 11th, 2019, 11:00 PMI don't know this opera at all and I must remedy that. Your enthusiasm has get me interested!
Ann Lander (sospiro) December 11th, 2019, 06:30 PMAnother one for my wish list. Listening to clips on Amazon, I think this could take first place in my Traviata Collection
New video and audio recordings of operatic repertoire standards and one rarity, plus recital albums by one tenor and four countertenors are reviewed in
MAuer December 8th, 2019, 06:16 PMToday skimming the bottom of my Martha list. First one is live recording of a Reggie theatre performance that I have not warmed up to yet. Second is
Florestan December 8th, 2019, 06:01 PMYes, I saw that review. Essential listening!
Ann Lander (sospiro) December 8th, 2019, 07:21 AMThe one above, with Popp and Jerusalem, is the best Martha money can buy. I have it in a different cover, but the above is the nicest cover. Of these
Florestan December 7th, 2019, 02:32 PM
The other La Boheme.
Lucia Popp steals the show.
And if the Jacobs Leonore does not arrive via gift on December 25th, the sun will not go down before I will put my order in (Sale runs through late January).
Florestan December 6th, 2019, 12:58 PM2nd 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 December 5th, 2019, 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 December 5th, 2019, 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.
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
Opera Carolina, a company Opera Lively is very fond of, is presenting in a week one of... read more