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An Interview with Lisette Oropesa
Hello, opera lovers. I’m sorry for the extended absence! It’s been a busy stretch and I still have a lot to tell you all about. However, today, I’m back with a great interview for you! Recently, I had the pleasure of talking o the soprano Lisette Oropesa, a Metropolitan Opera mainstay who is singing the […]
Battle of the Divas: The 55th Grammy Awards
Happy Grammy Sunday, opera fans! As you may know, here in the U.S., it’s Grammy night. The Grammy’s are the equivalent of the Academy Awards for music. There are live performances, musical tributes and stars young and old making their bones in the music business, and coming to reap the rewards. While the Grammy Award […]
La Wally Video
I’m not usually one for short posts like this, but considering my recent attempts at analysis of Alfredo Catalani’s La Wally, I have found a video online of the first act of a 1990 production from Bergenz starring Maria Zampieri. The video has English subtitles and while the other acts aren’t uploaded yet, I hope […]
Merry Christmas!
Merry, merry, opera fans! Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today! I wish everyone a FANTASTIC day! Here’s a Christmas card I thought you could all enjoy. And since it wouldn’t be Christmas without some opera, here is a pretty perplexing but nonetheless awesome rendition of “Feliz Nvaidad” from the Three Tenors:And here is just one […]
Lovely Lohengrin
Sorry for the extended absence, opera fans. The holidays are in full swing(A very happy Hannukah to anyone celebrating) and I’ve had so much to do. In light of Friday’s opening night of La Scala in Milan, some kind soul has posted the entire video of the performance of Lohengrin conducted by Daniel Barenboim, starring […]
An Interview with Ildar Abdrazakov!
Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov has quickly become one of the most dramatic, compelling and talented singers of our day. He has appeared at nearly every major opera house and boasts two Grammy’s to his name. He has headlined new productions, sung opening nights and is a mainstay at the Metropolitan Opera House, where he is […]
NATIONAL OPERA WEEK DAILY POST #8!!!
First, HAPPY OPERA WEEK! I hope you all had a great week… I’m not gonna lie, but it’s been terrible here in New York. NYSEG, our imcompetent electricity company pushed our restoration time back from today until Tuesday, so that sucks… I’m so upset and this is just so miserable. That being said, yesterday I […]
NATIONAL OPERA WEEK DAILY POST #7!!!!
Hi Opera Fans!!! Still no power here in good ‘ole New York… Hoping to get it back later tonight… So here’s a treat for you all! Please enjoy this complete video of Peter Pears in Britten’s Peter Grimes! Enjoy!
Blanche is Not an Asset to the Abbey: Dialogues des Carmelites at the Metropolitan Opera in Review
For the first time in ten years, the Met revived its iconic production of Francis Poulenc’s opera, Dialogues des Carmelites- Dialogues of the Carmelites, which opened this afternoon. At the heart of the story is the eviction of a convent of Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution. The nuns are from a wide spectrum of […]