#WHAT SHOULD WE CALL OPERA

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August 2012

85 posts

When I saw Philippe Jaroussky drinkin alone at a bar

I was all

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Aug 31, 20127 notes
When a Bass-Baritone becomes a true Bass

Aug 31, 201226 notes
When I see this

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all I can think of is this!

#purcellproblems

Aug 29, 201237 notes
When August 28th officially became Richard Tucker Day

no joke

….see events in NYC here!

Aug 28, 20129 notes
Io son l'umile ancella

and i’m unraveled like:

Aug 28, 20123 notes
When you realize opera singers are real people

Eccolo!

Aug 28, 201210 notes
When the shoe fits/Non piu mesta

how could one NOT dance to this?

Aug 28, 20125 notes
The origins of opera

(and before!)

Aug 28, 201229 notes
When someone in an excellent seat falls asleep during the opera

i wanna be like:

Aug 28, 201233 notes
When I learned to love Schoenberg

Aug 26, 201216 notes
When I first heard Jonas Kaufmann's "Dies Bildnis" recording

zum Beispiel

Aug 26, 20125 notes
When you found out Justin Timberlake is going to sing operatically

but seems really earnest and well intentioned about it



Really. 

Aug 24, 201243 notes
When the MET trashes another brilliant production in favor of a modern one

I want to go

 

Aug 24, 201211 notes
When I talk about opera around my friends

Aug 24, 201247 notes
When an old mezzo sings Despina

…and succeeds

Aug 22, 201223 notes
#Mezzos #cosi fan tutte #Agnes Baltsa
Lyric tenor swagger

Aug 22, 201234 notes
#tenors #opera swagger
When someone tells me that her four-year-old sings Queen of the Night

Aug 21, 201254 notes
When operatic basses speak

all the ladies are like:

mmmm. (Thank you to fyeahoperasingers for bringing this glorious video to my attention!)

Aug 21, 201252 notes
Can't get enough of Callas?

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Then get ready! 50 arias for 99 cents!

Aug 21, 201218 notes
Conductor Faces

Aug 21, 201228 notes
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