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  1. Classifieds
    For the opera lover and collector, an extraordinary opportunity to own libretti from over 600 different operas. An enormous completist’s collection of libretti, far in excess of 600 librettos (many vintage, dozens antiques). This collection has some duplicates of the same librettos as well as...
  2. Classical Music Discussion
    My main problem now is the libretto, i want to write an Opera about the Odyssey (the odyssey of Ulysses) and i have no clue how to write a libretto or where to find a librettist and pay him to write it for me.
  3. Opera
    Whenever I try to google something about opera, I get low-quality articles that seem to be written by AI or for the purpose of search engine optimization. Do you know any blogs on opera and classical singing that have reliable information from actual professionals? I'm looking for blogs that...
  4. Classical Music Discussion
    Every time I try to experience new operas, I find myself comparing everything to the magic flute. Anything I try either doesn't have as beautiful harmonies, or as fantastical a story, or a happy enough ending. i have tried to convince my brain there is more to opera than the magic flute, but it...
  5. Opera
    Spoilers included. I watched the German Opera version of Salome a few days ago. I was disturbed by it. Salome looked completely possessed, obsessed, and frenzied haha. She had eyes that pierced through you. I was unsettled when she practically danced naked wearing a veil. What was more...
  6. Recorded Music and Publications
    I have two classical music channels on YouTube that I have been working on since mid october (2023). Maestro of Music a channel for everything classical except opera. World of Opera a channel dedicated to opera. If you like to listen to complete works check out the playlists for easier...
  7. Opera
    Let's dedicate this thread to showing appreciation to singers we're NOT necessarily fans of. I'll start - I think as much as Ingeborg Hallstein can sound coreless, I think she's extremely easy to listen to (and she's very physically beautiful)! Elizabeth Schwarzkopf has incredible taste and...
  8. Opera
    Example of a promising new generation artist, Monica Conesa. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous core voice!
  9. Opera
    Recordings are the future of Opera. Recorded Opera is more convenient - It takes a ton of time to prepare for a live Opera. Let's say you spend 5 hours getting ready, dressing up, driving to the Opera house, etc. In 5 hours, i could've watched about 5 recorded Operas:LOL: Recorded Opera has...
  10. Opera
    Disclaimer, I'll include a few spoilers for those who haven't seen or heard of Turandot. I've listened to many singers sing this aria. I must say Janine Micheau sang it the best. I've never heard of anyone who sang it like her. She sang it so gracefully but also delivered power where it felt...
  11. Opera
    Among these three recordings, I'd like to know your favorite and why.
  12. Opera
    Don't get me wrong. I love Corelli, one of the greatest tenors of all time. But his vibrato at the lower register sounds too excessive. Is it just a way of operatic singing?
  13. Opera
    Hello! First post here, and it's an odd one: Does anybody know if there are any recordings of 'popular' operas without vocalists? Just the orchestral parts? Or, alternatively, with instrumental substitutes for the vocalists? Thank you in advance!
  14. Opera
    I've recently startet working as an assistant dramaturg and I want to study more about libretti and librettists, so which ones do you like? Which ones are your favorites? As I'm more inclined towards German music, I personally have Hugo von Hofmannsthal as my favorite librettist, he was an...
  15. Opera
    Hi all, Listening to today's Opera recordings feels great. But as much as I go back in time, listening to the recordings is even more enjoyable. So, do you think there is an inverse correlation between voices quality and time? Best, Magic
  16. Identifying Classical Music
    Hi all, for context: I (and a group of others) am researching samples used throughout the music of "Spyro the Dragon", a video-game series. One of the songs in "Spyro 2" called "Ripto's Arena" contains sampled opera songs (not sung by the composer himself). Here is a youtube link to the song in...
  17. Opera
    Context: I (and a group of others) am researching samples used throughout the music of "Spyro the Dragon", a video-game series. One of the songs in "Spyro 2" called "Ripto's Arena" contains opera singing, which is sampled (and not sung by the composer himself). (the song in question -...
  18. Opera
    About time! Romantic comedy operetta, in English. In Seattle! One of my friends mentioned, quite accurately, there have not been any fun operettas written in the U.S. in over 100 years. We have had some Grand Opera on serious subjects. We have had Broadway musicals... but not really much in the...
  19. Opera
    I'm wondering, what is the taste of Talk Classical regarding the operatic era? Please vote (you have 2 votes). For the record, I'm voting baroque and modern (my most favorite era). Next would be classical and the last would be the romantic era.
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