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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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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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.
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“Parsifal” premiered on this day of 1882
ACT I Near the sanctuary of the Holy Grail, the old knight Gurnemanz and two sentries wake and perform their morning prayers, while other knights prepare a bath for their ailing ruler Amfortas, who suffers from an incurable wound. Suddenly, Kundry—a mysterious, ageless woman who serves as the Grail’s messenger—appears. She has brought medicine for…
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The Metropolitan Opera has generously extended their opera streaming one more week…
Tuesday, July 20Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s PagliacciStarring Tatiana Troyanos, Jean Kraft, Plácido Domingo, and Vern Shinall; Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, and Allan Monk, conducted by James Levine. Production by Franco Zeffirelli. From April 5, 1978. Wednesday, July 21Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de PerlesStarring Diana Damrau, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecień, and Nicolas Testé, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Production by Penny Woolcock. From…
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Love is Everything
Love is everything!Who can live without love?Love destroys… but no one dies until they have known it. Excerpt from“Elektra” Opera by Richard Strauss
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