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operadivalover-blog
opera & diva lover
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French Art Critic. Huge fan of opera and classical music. You can follow me on twitter: OperaDivaLover You can also follow my husband 's blog' Historical singers
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operadivalover-blog · 10 years ago
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A daily dose of Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 - 2. Adagio
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
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operadivalover-blog · 10 years ago
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Your Sunday Bach Cantata for Rogate
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Work: In der Welt habt ihr Angst from Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen (1725)
Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Münchener Bach-Orchester; conducted by Karl Richter
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operadivalover-blog · 11 years ago
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Ei tarda ancor! … L’orror del tradimento from Verdi’s Oberto, sung by Simon Estes.
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operadivalover-blog · 11 years ago
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Tamino, halt, ich muss dich seh’n! … Tamino mein, o welch ein Glück from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, sung by Evelyn Lear and Fritz Wunderlich.
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operadivalover-blog · 11 years ago
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Joseph Haydn, Armida (1784), Overture Concentus Musicus Wien • Nikolaus Harnoncourt (2000) Armida Gazes on the Enchanted Rinaldo, Giuseppe Cades
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operadivalover-blog · 11 years ago
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Haydn: Symphony No.101 in D, ‘The Clock’ - II. Andante (07:32)
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operadivalover-blog · 11 years ago
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Beethoven 12 Schottische Lieder, WoO 156 11. “Auld Lang Syne”
Michael Clark et al.
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operadivalover-blog · 11 years ago
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“My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less—but in the end, doesn’t each person give his life for his calling?”
— Clara Schumann (Pianist, Composer)
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operadivalover-blog · 11 years ago
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Beverly Sills, Roberto Devereux. 
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operadivalover-blog · 11 years ago
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Tenor Lawrence Brownlee singing Donizetti’s “Mes amis” from La Fille du Régiment.
Test and translation here.
GORGEOUS. I had never heard him before and I just randomly clicked on this video. His timbre (tone quality) is BEAUTIFUL.
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Joan Sutherland/Met Debut/Lucia
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operadivalover-blog · 11 years ago
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Joan Sutherland sings Lucia di Lammermoor (1973)
Even people suffering from an unfortunate allergy to fabulous singing should watch this for the Muppets’ sake. “Joan, why didn’t you call me!”
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operadivalover-blog · 11 years ago
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Spirto gentil from Donizetti’s La favorita, sung by Nicolai Gedda.
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operadivalover-blog · 11 years ago
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Maria Callas, Lucia.
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operadivalover-blog · 11 years ago
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Il segreto per esser felici from Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia, sung by Alice Coote. Don’t be bothered by the slightly depressive setting and also the fact that they are drinking poison.
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operadivalover-blog · 11 years ago
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Anna Bolena, 1957.
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operadivalover-blog · 11 years ago
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Cheti, cheti immantinente from Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, sung by absolute buttheads Thomas Hampson and Luca Pisaroni.
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