Sources for a couple great operas are the🍒ontop I literally can't afford anything over 10 bucks now, it was a big day of getting, many many hours of reading pleasure ahead.
Have you ever seen live opera?This can be magical, but very expensive. I once saw La Traviata in Rome. It can be dreadful too. Othello in Covert Garden, I walked out. The chorus were better than the principals
Modern v "Old School" singing in opera I've been going through some videos on the subject. TRying to hear the differences. After a few goes, I think I am beginning to tell the differences. Here is one example....
I Like Opera "...for a mere two thousand pounds....the composer earning one hundred pounds..the lady mary most excellently undressed..as Cupid.!..."
I Love Opera Quando m'en vo .... La Boheme ... Puccini, a highlight for me, one of the moments John Cassavetes used in A Woman Under the Influence, i so love films that use opera well!! ....:)
I Like Opera Mi Par D'udire Ancora performed by Enrico Caruso Una Furtiva Lagrima performed by Mario Lanza
I Love Opera This was the aria for the beginning of each episode of the mini series Berlin Alexanderplatz Franz Lehar - Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert ....:)
I Like Opera Here's some of the instrumental parts of what many consider the first official opera - L'Orfeo (1607) by Monteverdi .....:) (An older work of course was Hildegaard von Bingen's Ordo Virtutum .....:)
I Love Opera A bit from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, i tell ya, once ya get into this stuff, it's like a drug, sends shivers down your spine ....:)
I Love Opera A 1907 recording, i recognize this from a Schroeter film, ahh memories, memories of films (sigh) .....:)
I Love Opera My favorite part of Parsifal, it doesn't bother me that Nietzsche hated this opera, it is good stuff when ya just settle down and listen to it, this is the Transformation Music with Sir Georg Solti conducting, Hans Knappertsbusch did it better, but...See More »
I Like OperaSaw the opera "Don Giovanni" at the San Francisco War Memorial House tonight. It was great!
I Like Opera Don Giovanni - W A Mozart - Wilhelm Furtwangler 1954 in Salzburg with english subtitles!!!!
I Am A Huge Fan Of The Phantom Of The OperaI LOVE Phantom of the Opera, its my favorite musical! What sucks right now is; in the next city over, Phantom is running alllll this week, and I have no vehicle to go! Aughhhhh!!!!