Archive for month: January, 2019
The online opera guide to LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Interesting facts and great YouTube Videos about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s «NOZZE DI FIGARO». Highlights are «Deh non vieni tardar» with Lucia Popp, «Voi che sapete» with Maria Ewing, «Porgi amor» with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, «che soave zeffiretto» and the «Nozze di figaro Ouverture»
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The online operaguide and Synopsis to TOSCA
Love, death and terror - everything is in this opera. The wavering of love and hate but also trust and jealousy demands a lot from the female leading role. Read how Maria Callas has become a legend with that opera.
The online opera guide to ANDREA CHÉNIER
Interesting facts and great YouTube Videos about Umberto Giordano’s ANDREA CHÉNIER.
Highlights are «Un bel di di maggio» with Luciano Pavarotti, «Mamma morta» with Maria Callas and «Un di all azzurro spazio» with Jussi Björling.
The online opera Guide to FIDELIO
Interesting facts and great YouTube Videos about Ludwig van Beethoven’s FIDELIO
Highlights are « Abscheulicher!…Komm Hoffnung» with Lotte Lehmann and Christa Ludwig, «Abscheulicher!…Komm Hoffnung» with Jonas Kaufmann and the Prisoner Choir.
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The online opera guide to CARMEN
Interesting facts and great YouTube Videos about Georges Bizet’s CARMEN. Highlights are «Habanera (L’amour est un amour rebelle)» with Maria Callas, the flower aria with Placido Dominge and the «Carmen Ouverture».
The online opera Guide and Synopsis to IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Facts & great YouTube Videos about Gioacchino Rossini’s BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Highlights are « Largo al factotum» with Dmitri Hvorostovsky, the «Ouverture of the barbiere» and «Ecco ridente in cielo» by Juan Diego Florez.
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Online opera guide & synopsis to Giuseppe Verdi’s AIDA
Great facts & YouTube Videos about Giuseppe Verdi’s AIDA. Highlights are «O patria mia» with Leontyne Price, « Celeste Aida» with Placido Domingo, «O terra Addio» with Enrico Caruso, «Numi o pietà» with Leontyne Price and the «Triumphal march».
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