What opera have you been listening to, lately?

**Jephtha** · February 22nd, 2013, 05:03 PM

**Jephtha** · February 22nd, 2013, 05:46 PM

**Hoffmann** · February 22nd, 2013, 05:54 PM

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**Jephtha** · February 23rd, 2013, 01:12 AM

**HarpsichordConcerto** · February 23rd, 2013, 02:39 AM

Jephtha listening to Jephtha.

**HarpsichordConcerto** · February 23rd, 2013, 02:41 AM

Nice traditional production.

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**Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva)** · February 23rd, 2013, 02:48 AM

Originally Posted by HarpsichordConcerto

Nice traditional production.

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Yep, with a young and very pretty Anna Netrebko...
Although she wasn't as good a singer at the time as she is now.
Still, the main interest for me in this production (which yes, is a good one, otherwise) is the smoking hot young Anna...

Schigolch · February 23rd, 2013, 12:56 PM

**HarpsichordConcerto** · February 24th, 2013, 03:16 AM

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**Nervous Gentleman** · February 24th, 2013, 06:16 AM

I have been on an "Il trovatore" kick the past several days, confining my listening to these three early recordings, as well as the 1949 and 1957 Italian film and television versions.

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1912

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1930

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1939

Some charming 19th-century translations of the libretto into English (available for free download):

http://books.google.ca/books?id=ZYtR...Bw&redir_esc=y

http://books.google.ca/books?id=6g_m...0Verdi&f=false

http://archive.org/details/iltrovatorethetr00verd

Schigolch · February 24th, 2013, 12:32 PM

**Hoffmann** · February 24th, 2013, 10:34 PM

A so-so recording:

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and a superb one:

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Schigolch · February 25th, 2013, 10:59 AM

**Jephtha** · February 25th, 2013, 11:28 PM

**Soave_Fanciulla** · February 26th, 2013, 08:51 AM

Having a bit of a Clemenza di Tito obsession after finally seeing the Met HD, which I thought was excellent.

So listened to these:

Also recently: Not wild about the production except I loved the orchestra being on stage and moving around.

This is lovely, some great arias, although that "Vivaldi" on the front cover is not to be believed as it's a pasticcio of baroque arias by various composers.