Your favorite recording(s) of Wagner's Ring

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

Your favorite recording(s) of Wagner's Ring

Really liking this set a lot. Maybe raise to the top of the list.

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

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.

2013 Maria Stuarda from the Met - with Joyce DiDonato

Austrian "culture" TV chaeannel ORF III marked the 170th anniversary of Gaetano Donizetti's death with 2013 performance of Maria Stuarda from

A rarity: 1963 Aida from Arena di Verona

A true jewel: 1963 Aida with Leyla Gencer as Aida, Antonio Zerbini as il Re, Giulietta Simionatoas Amneris, Gastone Limarilli as Radames, directed by

2018/2019 Season

But no Jonas!!! Apparently, the performances of Die Frau ohne Schatten in which he'll sing with Camilla Nylund aren't scheduled until October,

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

Took a wrong turn at the tea cabinet

2018/2019 Season

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

2018/2019 Season

Vienna State Opera's new season:

https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/...te/2018-09-01/

Complete operas on youtube

Opera Small Talk

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

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

Last one in the Bellini selection for now



I think I might go off to a Verdi festival today (only in my mind)

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

What opera have you been watching lately?

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

Conductor/orchestra: Claudio Abbado; Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Prague Philharmonic Chorus
Cast: Katia Ricciarelli (Madame Cortese),

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

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.

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

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Opera Small Talk

Thankfully it is only ONCE, but that is one time too many!

Opera Small Talk

I'm just happy that the Cincinnati Opera doesn't seem to have anything to do with this so-called "once-in-a-lifetime event."

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

Cavalli: Artemisia
Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (Artemisia), Roberta Mameli (Artemia), Valentina Coladonato (Oronta), Maarten Engeltjes (Meraspe),

The next opera you're going to see

Yeah, I would actually consider this to be Renaissance opera, because of the musical style and because it was born from a recreation of ancient Greek

The next opera you're going to see

^^^
The L'orfeo concert was an awesome experience. I am afraid I did not know the opera that well, and so the ending was rather a surprise with

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

Had to listen to this after hearing L'orfeo live in concert yesterday.

Opera Small Talk

Opera Small Talk

Saw a really great Don Giovanni last night at the Dallas Opera. Mariusz Kwiecien was scheduled to sing the Don, but was ill. The scheduled Masetto,

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

Siegfried


I quit after this. I am trying to figure out a favorite Ring out of the 10 I own. This is not it. I will take Sawallisch

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

Awesome! I think I have to go shopping!

What opera have you been watching lately?

Here's a promotional clip for a film called "Unveiling Salome" in which she sings the Princess.

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

What opera have you been watching lately?

I love this man. Definitely underrated.

What opera have you been watching lately?

I think Tcherniakov is one of the best stage directors, nowadays. Intelligent Regie! I haven't seen this one, but other productions directed by him are

What opera have you been listening to, lately?

Started Rheingold last night. Am now well into Gotterdammerung.

The next opera you're going to see

Tomorrow I go to Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo
Apollo’s Fire / The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra

What opera have you purchased recently?

News

Jean-Claude Malgoire, one of the pioneers of the Baroque opera revolution, has died aged 77.

I have some of his recordings with La Grande

The next opera you're going to see

I don't know what it is, but this year every trip to the Dallas Opera from Austin has been an ordeal. The highway (I-35) that connects the two cities

What opera have you been watching lately?

I really enjoyed this. Tcherniakov Fan Club Membership, please.

- The intrusion of modern elements into the traditional