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Operataurus commented 10 months ago

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Madame Butterfly Duet (Bimba Dagli Occhi & Vogliatemi Bene)

"Bimba Dagli Occhi" and its continuation, "Vogliatemi Bene"

Tenor as Pinkerton is Yu Jixing, and the Soprano as CioCio-San is Rosalind Sutherland....

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Operataurus said:

What a fine performance and utterly amazing given that it is by two students. Rosalind Sutherland went on to sing Butterfly in many important houses in the UK and in North America, including San Francisco Opera. A real testament to what the Royal Northern College of Music used to be.

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  Nixon in China (Adams) - Part 3 of 17

  Houston Grand Opera, 1987

  Music by John Adams

  Libretto by Alice Goodman

  Directed by Peter Sellars

  Choreographed by Mark Morris

  Conducted by John ...

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  Operataurus said:

  Most compelling opera of the last forty years. Adams' triumph that his music appeals to such a broad cross-section of people, way beyond the normal limits of opera - see the success of his contribuation to Io sono L'amore, for example.

  We need more of this -accessible, theatrical music that pac...

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  Nixon in China (Adams) - Part 2 of 17

  Houston Grand Opera, 1987

  Music by John Adams

  Libretto by Alice Goodman

  Directed by Peter Sellars

  Choreographed by Mark Morris

  Conducted by John ...

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  Operataurus said:

  @MrNoelJMIS

  I am not sure about "less care being taken". We have been seeking to be colour blind in the theatre for a long time. Otherwise no singer of a non-caucasian ethnicity could ever play a character in a historical opera set in Europe, apart from in a very few special roles. The Porgy a...

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Operataurus commented 1 year ago

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Matthias Goerne - Liederkreis, Op 39 Mondnacht

Quinta canção do ciclo Liederkreis de Robert Schumann,com poesia de Eichendorff,a interpretação é do barítono Matthias Goerne,um de meus favoritos ...

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Operataurus said:

That's already different! I must say, the more singers I hear, the more I appreciate the vast array of talent that there is. Still think it's very hard to compare a lyric baritone with, say, a dramatic soprano.

If you heard the news about Wotan from him, I am sure you must be right.

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  Matthias Goerne - Liederkreis, Op 39 Mondnacht

  Quinta canção do ciclo Liederkreis de Robert Schumann,com poesia de Eichendorff,a interpretação é do barítono Matthias Goerne,um de meus favoritos ...

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  Operataurus said:

  @singingisall

  the "best singer"? What on earth can that statement mean? For which repertoire? Don't think there are any plans for him to attempt Wotan.

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  BBC Proms 2009: (1/3) Mahler Kindertotenlieder - GMJO, Matthias Goerne, Jonathan Nott

  Prom 65 - 4 September 2009 Royal Albert Hall London Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Matthias Goerne, Jonathan Nott

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  Operataurus said:

  @sdfgdsgfsdfg

  What is this obsession on here with making comparisons?

  Both men are experts in the field of Lieder but they are profoundly different.....

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  Katherine Jenkins - "Gypsy song" from Carmen

  Katherine Jenkins - Mezzo soprano

  sings "Les Tringles Des Sistres Tintaient" (Gypsy Song) from Bizet's Carmen

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  Operataurus said:

  She may look like a sex bomb but this sounds more like a choir girl. Carmen is supposed to have the men salivating......

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