What opera have you been listening to, lately?

[Florestan]

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Homework for Rome. Gedda is such a wonderful singer. I'm happy that the production I'll be seeing is in French.

[Ann Lander (sospiro)]

Sonata's Verdi journey reminded me there are some I haven't listened to for ages!

This morning's choice.

[Florestan]

Just finished (191 minutes):


Now this (151 minutes):

[Sonata]

Nabucco in English. Much better than Otello in English so far, up there with their Macbeth. The English diction isn't perfect but I'm understanding enough of it to make it worth the listen. Nabucco is one of the Verdi operas I plan on learning in depth in the next year. (along with the aforementioned Macbeth, and perhaps Giovanna D'arco).

My goal is to eventually learn all of Verdi's operas inside out!

[Clayton]

If you haven't visited it yet, there's a good thread that list some of our favourite recordings

http://operalively.com/forums/showth...top-100-operas

of our top 100 operas list we made a while ago. It does not have all the Verdi operas but there's a few there.

[Clayton]

Verdi: Nabucco
Elena Souliotis (Abigaille), Tito Gobbi (Nabucco), Carlo Cava (Zaccaria), Bruno Prevedi (Ismaele), Dora Carral (Fenena), Giovanni Foiani (Gran Sacerdote), Walter Kräutler (Abdallo), Anna d'Auria (Anna)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Opernorchester, Lamberto Gardelli



After all the recent Verdi posts and then the Nabucco, this had to jump the playlist. It was inebitable
inedible
inedita
was certain to happen.

[Ann Lander (sospiro)]

After all the recent Verdi posts and then the Nabucco, this had to jump the playlist. It was inebitable
inedible
inedita
was certain to happen.

Incredible too!!

[Clayton]

If you haven't visited it yet, there's a good thread that list some of our favourite recordings

http://operalively.com/forums/showth...top-100-operas

of our top 100 operas list we made a while ago. It does not have all the Verdi operas but there's a few there.

It's interesting looking through this for the first time in a long while but it can really confuse the playlist

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I mean even more confusing than just reading this thread

[Sonata]

taking a (Brief) Verdi break. Right now a bit of Wagner: Flying Dutchman in English. I'm going to run through a bunch of the Chandos Opera In English sets this month while I have Amazon Unlimited Music



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Verdi: Nabucco
Elena Souliotis (Abigaille), Tito Gobbi (Nabucco), Carlo Cava (Zaccaria), Bruno Prevedi (Ismaele), Dora Carral (Fenena), Giovanni Foiani (Gran Sacerdote), Walter Kräutler (Abdallo), Anna d'Auria (Anna)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Opernorchester, Lamberto Gardelli



After all the recent Verdi posts and then the Nabucco, this had to jump the playlist. It was inebitable
inedible
inedita
was certain to happen.

I hear Suliotis sings an intense Abigail

[Florestan]

taking a (Brief) Verdi break. Right now a bit of Wagner: Flying Dutchman in English. I'm going to run through a bunch of the Chandos Opera In English sets this month while I have Amazon Unlimited Music

I have this Dutchman and like it a lot.

[Ann Lander (sospiro)]

In anticipation of hearing Simon Keenlyside sing Golaud for the first time, I'm listening to this.

[Sonata]

Salome: conducted by Karajan.
A very intense recording. This opera is clicking for me now

[Florestan]

Just arrived:

[Sonata]

Aida-Conducted by Pappano.
With Jonas Kaufmann as Radames

And:

My first listen to the opera Khovanshchina. I'm liking it very much so far