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  1. Identifying Classical Music
    Hello, Can anybody identify the aria which is playing in the backround of this video? The video is embedded in a religious context. Video: With kind regards, David
  2. Opera
    The idea of this thread is to compare things we like in order to understand them better. The format is to give three comparable examples, be they arias, aria recordings, operas, opera performances/recordings, singers, conductors etc., one of which you think is great, one you think is very good...
  3. Opera
    Looking for great arias by Gluck. I know a few, but have relatively little experience with his operas outside the most common ones, Alceste and Orfeo ed Euridice. To start things off, here are a few of my favorites: Malgre moi sung by Rose Bampton Ah si la liberte sung by Frida Leider Che...
  4. Opera
    Vocal Score only Lady Harriet's part "die letzen Rose"- Martha - Friedrich von Flotow Hello everyone! Does anybody know where can I get a hold of Lady Harriet's "die letzen Rose" part? I have found the whole ballad with Lyonel in it, but I want the vocal score Renée Fleming sings. It sounds...
  5. Opera
    Hello everyone, this is my first post, thanks for having me. I'm curious if anyone can recommend any audio/video on this here internet of sopranos performing tenor arias, or bass/baratone arias, either live or in the studio. I know Callas sang fragments during her Julliard sessions, which is...
  6. Blog
    'Summertime' is an extremely popular aria, one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music. More than 72 thousand various artists performed it over the years; there is around 48 thousand documented covers. The aria was composed by George Gershwin and most likely inspired by a...
  7. Opera
    Greetings, I was watching a movie and I heard: J.S. Bach Cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51: Recitativo S (Vl I/II, Va, Bc): Wir beten zu dem Tempel an My questions are: How do I find more performances like this. I know nothing about opera, forgive me. I listened to that piece...
  8. Solved Cases (archive)
    Hello All, I know this might be a longshot, but i heard this beautiful but sad aria in the movie "Dinner Rush" released in 2000. Can anyone please help me identify it. Your help will bee greatly appreciated. Here's the track it starts from the beginnining: Thanks P.S if you can't identify it...
  9. Opera
    Daria Lytovchenko is a young opera singer from Ukraine (soprano). She sings main parts in famous operas. So, she plays Marguerite in the opera Faust by Gounod, Rita in Donizetti's Rita, Bastienne in Mozart's Bastien und Bastienne. Please see and listen her charming voice and comment on this...
  10. Opera
    This is my first time creating a thread, so I wanted to bring it back to one of the arias that introduced me to (and consolidated my love for) opera. So, which are your favourite renditions of Bellini's "Ah, per sempre io te perdei"? :)
  11. Opera
    I adore both Maria Callas and Mozart. But the two seem to have a rather distant relationship. ;) This kind of relationship is what makes it an interesting topic of discussion. Callas sang only one Mozart role on stage in her entire career: Constanze in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail...
  12. Opera
    Act III Stephana's Aria Non odi là il martir aka Qual vergogna tu porti One of my favorite arias In recordings, earlier generation including Rosina Storchio and Emma Carelli sing Non odi là il martir d'angoscia fiera. Questo è il soffrir dell'umana bufera...; later generation including Maria...
  13. Opera
    Here are 2 Bass arias: One is sung by Mark Reizen and the other by Vladimir Matorin: If my memory serves me Reizen was 75 when he sang the aria in the first posted video. Matorin is in his 60ties in the second posted video. And Matorin is the lead bass at the Bolshoi here in Moscow?! So...
  14. Opera
    What is your favorite aria that you've never seen get any love? Extra points if it is actually an aria that nobody here has ever heard of! I'm probably not going to win with this one, but it's so gorgeous and I never see it done in recitals (except, obviously, the recital this is from!) or on...
  15. Opera
    My grandfather always played his old 78rpm recording of Caruso. Do you have a favorite of this great "aria"? :tiphat:
  16. Solved Cases (archive)
    Around 1 hour into this episode, Morse is at home listening to an aria. What is it though? Can anyone help?
  17. Opera
    I loaned out the DECCA DVD 1996 Houston Symphony with Bartoli, Dara, Gimenez, Corbelli and Pertusi over the weekend. This was my first Rossini opera to be viewed. The DVD did not come with a libretto, only a synopsis of the acts. The subtitles were available in English. I was impressed with...
  18. Opera
    I am looking for a YouTube video of the aria by Papageno. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 - Act 2, Aria: "Ein Mädchen Oder Weibchen" ~ "A Maiden Or A Little Wife" Aria. I understand one of the best versions is a dated performance by Walter Berry. I tried to find it but could...
  19. Voice and Choir
    I saw similar posts in the string and piano sections. So, vocalists, what are some of the pieces you're working on at the moment? Feel free to add your favourite renditions too! I'm currently doing the first recit and aria from the Messiah: Comfort ye and Ev'ry valley. I'm also working on Der...
  20. Solved Cases (archive)
    Hello everybody, I'm wondering if anyone knows which aria (if any, it might be just made for the show) this is at 0:17 - 0:32 and then at 0:41 again Thank you
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