What opera have you been listening to, lately?

[Dark_Angel]

Watching La Forza del Destino live from Munich with Anja Harteros, Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier (who is actually ACTING!!!!).

It all comes down to how effectively they handle the final ultra dramactic brother killing sister scence (hopefully not done offstage as some do) and the glorious spiritual release

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Boo, can't believe I missed that.

Still on. Last act about to start!

[Festat]

Still on. Last act about to start!

Watching it since the intermission!

Edit: HAHAHA SUFFERING LUDOVIC TEZIER!!! It's almost a crime to put him against a fine actor like Kaufmann

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Very intense last act. Ludovic kept up the good work and only looked faintly haddocky once or twice. He does have a wonderful voice! Harteros and Kaufmann were both brilliant. I liked the staging - having Carlos as a traumatised young boy when his father was killed made the relentless search for revenge more believable. I also quite liked having the father and the abbot sung by the same person - two sides of the same belief system.

And somehow, not sure why it worked this time but never before, I seem to have managed to download it as it was streaming!

[Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva)]

While you guys have fun with all these sleek and fancy productions and Internet proxies and whatnot, poor Alma is home, slaving on and listening to bad opera (Bianca e Fernando) just to fulfill his duty of getting to know all operas by Bellini.

Poor, poor Alma. I think you should all burn a DVD of these gorgeous productions and mail it to him, poor creature. He's here trying to uphold the art form while you guys have shameless fun!

[Soave_Fanciulla]

While you guys have fun with all these sleek and fancy productions and Internet proxies and whatnot, poor Alma is home, slaving on and listening to bad opera (Bianca e Fernando) just to fulfill his duty of getting to know all operas by Bellini.

Poor, poor Alma. I think you should all burn a DVD of these gorgeous productions and mail it to him, poor creature. He's here trying to uphold the art form while you guys have shameless fun!

The Forza was freely available all over the world. Isn't it Saturday where you are today? So you're not working? There's no excuse for sticking to bad opera when you could be watching Harteros and Der Jonas.

[Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva)]

The Forza was freely available all over the world. Isn't it Saturday where you are today? So you're not working? There's no excuse for sticking to bad opera when you could be watching Harteros and Der Jonas.

Available from?
I thought it was this proxy thing you recommended for the French TV.
Yes, it's Saturday, and no, I'm not working for my day job, but I'm working for the art form. One must be exposed to all of Bellini even when it's bad. One must suffer this fate rather than watching Harteros and Der Jonas. It's la forza of my destino.

[Amfortas]

It's la forza of my destino.

Hope that works out for you better than in the opera.

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Available from?
I thought it was this proxy thing you recommended for the French TV.
Yes, it's Saturday, and no, I'm not working for my day job, but I'm working for the art form. One must be exposed to all of Bellini even when it's bad. One must suffer this fate rather than watching Harteros and Der Jonas. It's la forza of my destino.

Bayerische Staatsoper. Next stream is La Clemenza di Tito on 15 February with Kristīne Opolais and Toby Spence.

[Clayton]

Feeling dark and tortured with a case of bad-cricket-hangover. So this morning I turned to...

Britten: Peter Grimes
Peter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten



wonderful.
wonderful.

[Clayton]

I was planning to visit St. Petersburg this morning, however I have decided on the

Need to see Verdi love...

and thus to travel to Jerusalem and Babylon. (Travelling by Bluetooth, I don't do donkey-back).

Nabucco
Dinon Dondi, Anita Cerquetti, Ugo Trama, Giovanna Fioroni, Gian Paolo Corradi
Hilversum Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Fulvio Vernizzi
Live recording, Hilversum,
24th September 1960

[Hoffmann]

I finally made it home after a week on the road - a week largely without opera (except when I was in the car with Sirius and the Met Opera channel), doing penance amongst my philistine friends and family:

[Soave_Fanciulla]

I finally made it home after a week on the road - a week largely without opera (except when I was in the car with Sirius and the Met Opera channel), doing penance amongst my philistine friends and family:

Welcome back to operatic bliss.

[Ann Lander (sospiro)]

Very intense last act. Ludovic kept up the good work and only looked faintly haddocky once or twice. He does have a wonderful voice! Harteros and Kaufmann were both brilliant. I liked the staging - having Carlos as a traumatised young boy when his father was killed made the relentless search for revenge more believable. I also quite liked having the father and the abbot sung by the same person - two sides of the same belief system.

faintly haddocky cruel, but true!

And somehow, not sure why it worked this time but never before, I seem to have managed to download it as it was streaming!

Well done!

[Clayton]

I finally made it home after a week on the road - a week largely without opera (except when I was in the car with Sirius and the Met Opera channel), doing penance amongst my philistine friends and family...

Welcome back! We so missed the tales of...

err...

sorreee