#WHAT SHOULD WE CALL OPERA

when Montserrat Caballe sings dove sono

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:27:00 -0400

(check it out)

when i try to:

Listening to Laurie's song around graduation

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:17:03 -0400

oh boy.

Mad scenes

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:41:39 -0400

But Master Wagner, people won't be able see each other if we plunge the house into darkness

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:36:04 -0400

wheninmusicology:

Opera singers + Sesame Street =

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:37:01 -0400

me being like

Most recently, Isabel Leonard…

as well as Marilyn Horne, Denyce Graves, Samuel Ramey, and others! Beverly Sills did many many segments with The Muppet Show, too.

Reblog with others that I overlooked!

The end of La Boheme

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:55:08 -0400

wheninmusicology:

Salome

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:54:33 -0400

wheninmusicology:

How Herod sees her:

How she sees Herod:

How everybody else saw Strauss after the premiere:

Wagner's dream is streaming for free

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:34:00 -0400

Though April 6th on the Met website, here. It’s about the making of the Robert LePage production of the Ring cycle. Enjoy!

Oh, I love opera! Andrew Lloyd Webber is my favorite composer!

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:34:31 -0400

wheninmusicology:

When I listen to the presentation of the rose

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:30:00 -0400

(make sure you’re sitting down)

Poor Alberich

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:22:55 -0400

If Cavalleria Rusticana had a happy ending

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:11:00 -0400

NOOOOOOOOO FIGHTING!

Il Matrimonio Segreto: Elisetta is definitely like

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:07:08 -0400

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Pamina's subtext

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:57:12 -0400

I really feel that this post never got enough love and attention…

If La Wally had a happy ending

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:32:58 -0400

Ping Pang and Pong

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:04:06 -0400

are often staged like

The Rhine maidens toy with Alberich like

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:03:02 -0400

When disguised Almaviva has to tutor Rosina in singing

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:31:11 -0400

he’s like

When Wagner plots sound suspiciously like Lord of the Rings

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:28:09 -0400

all the nerds are like

Peter Sellars brings you Don Giovanni

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:41:14 -0400

wheninmusicology:

Shirley Apthorp of the Financial Times: “It’s penis week in Berlin opera…!”