What opera have you been listening to, lately?

**Sonata** · March 22nd, 2018, 04:34 PM

Donizetti: La Fille Du Regiment

I'm enjoying this opera more with each listen

**Amfortas** · March 22nd, 2018, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by MAuer

Cast: Jeannine Altmeyer (Leonore)

Never met her, but I studied briefly with a voice teacher in New York who taught her.

So, yeah, that's my girl!

**Clayton** · March 23rd, 2018, 04:41 AM

Some follow up (one hearing is never enough for me still)

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**Ann Lander (sospiro)** · March 23rd, 2018, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by Sonata

Donizetti: La Fille Du Regiment

I'm enjoying this opera more with each listen

That's a fabulous version!

**Florestan** · March 24th, 2018, 02:41 AM

**Florestan** · March 24th, 2018, 04:36 PM

Just finished:

Up next ($6.39 today at Dearborn Music 20% off sale):

**Sonata** · March 25th, 2018, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by Florestan

Just finished:

Up next ($6.39 today at Dearborn Music 20% off sale):

I'm so glad you are expanding your Verdi horizons and picked up that Boccanegra set!

I'm expanding my horizons with more Strauss viewing (I own several Strauss operas and have listened to most of what I have but don't know them well yet):

Arabella:

**Sonata** · March 25th, 2018, 02:25 PM

I just realized I put my Arabella in the wrong post. ahhh well, no big deal

**Florestan** · March 25th, 2018, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by Sonata

I just realized I put my Arabella in the wrong post. ahhh well, no big deal

May be the wrong post, but not the wrong Arabella. Fleming is awesome! Might consider the Janowitz DVD of that one too. It is an opera I have not got into yet, but those two would be on top of the list.

**Itullian** · March 25th, 2018, 08:40 PM

Walkure- Absolutely overwhelming

**Florestan** · March 25th, 2018, 09:08 PM

**Clayton** · March 26th, 2018, 02:16 AM

In between the depths of despair that is cricket,

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**Soave_Fanciulla** · March 26th, 2018, 06:58 AM

It's so long since I listened to this that there was still the 80s foam padding in it that has now disintegrated into a thousand sticky bit. Great rendition of Dulcamara's patter song, and of course the lovely José .

Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Katia Ricciarelli (Adina), Susanna Rigacci (Giannetta), José Carreras (Nemorino), Leo Nucci (Belcore), Domenico Trimarchi (Dulcamara)
Orchestra Sinfonica Della Rai Di Torino, Coro della RAI di Torino, Claudio Scimone

**MAuer** · March 26th, 2018, 10:48 AM

Conductor/orchestra: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Berlin Radio Chorus
Cast: Luba Orgonasova (Agathe), Endrik Wottrich (Max), Christine Schäfer ((Ännchen), Matti Salminen (Kaspar), Wolfgang Holzmair (Ottokar/Kilian), Gilles Cachemaille (Kuno), Kurt Moll (A Hermit), Ekkehard Schall (Samiel)

This is a fine recording. Glad I bought it.

**Sonata** · March 26th, 2018, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by Florestan

May be the wrong post, but not the wrong Arabella. Fleming is awesome! Might consider the Janowitz DVD of that one too. It is an opera I have not got into yet, but those two would be on top of the list.

I really like Janowitz!!! She's great in Karajan's Ring.
Last night, I was reading "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" by Roald Dahl to my children. It put me in the mood for a foxy opera

So:
Janacek: A Cunning Little Vixen fit the bill!