Opera
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Happy Birthday, Giuseppe Verdi! 1813
Join us in celebration of the great opera composer! Come to the Birthday and Celebration Club, at 1:15 pm EST, on Clubhouse.
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Invitation to a music room for Camille Saint-Saëns.
Join us in listening to the music of Camille Saint-Saëns, in celebration of his birthday — October 9 1835 — at the Birthday and Celebration Club, October 9, at 1pm EST, on Clubhouse.
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Lucia di Lammermoor
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Salvador’s Cammarano, based on “The Bride of Lammermoor” by Walter Scott. It was premiered on September 26 1835, at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples. ACT IAn intruder has been spotted at night on the grounds of Lammermoor Castle, home of Enrico Ashton. Normanno, the captain of the guard,…
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“Das Rheingold”, by Richard Wagner, premiered on September 22 1869, at the National Theatre, Munich
“In the depths of the Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens guard the Rhinegold, a treasure of immeasurable value. The Nibelung dwarf Alberich is dazzled by the sight of it. The girls explain that whoever wins the gold and forges it into a ring will gain power over the world, but must first renounce love. Frustrated by…
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Happy Birthday, Jessye Norman! 1945
Jessye Mae Norman – Sep 15, 1945
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Come celebrate Angela Gheorghiu with us!
Join us listening to this exceptional soprano, at the Birthday and Celebration Club, 7:20pm EST, on Clubhouse.
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Happy Birthday, Kathleen Battle! 1948
Join us, listening to the lyric and coloratura soprano, on Clubhouse, today, August 13, at 10:30pm EST https://www.clubhouse.com/join/opera-blood-and-te/XZacnF3o/m2jRoGQD
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Wagner & Cigar
~Notes from this book on Richard Wagner — Wagnerism / Art and Politics in the shadow of music, by Alex Ross ~Listening to Jessye Norman, Plácido Domingo, and Kurt Moll in “Parsifal”, by Wagner ~The Royal Salomones from Davidoff
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Even a long cigar will not outlast a Wagner
Just finished listening to Parsifal, Richard Wagner’s last opera. The cigar I celebrated with — the Salomones Royal from Davidoff — lasted three hours. The opera goes for 4:30 hours. A long double pleasure.
Sila Blume 