Fatma Said sings "O mio babbino caro" (Puccini: Gianni Schicchi)

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(485) Fatma Said sings "O mio babbino caro" (Puccini: Gianni Schicchi) - YouTube

WORLD OPERA DAY 2025: Freddie De Tommaso sings 'Nessun dorma' by Giacomo Puccini

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Anna Netrebko & Elīna Garanča – Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle

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Giacomo Puccini: Music of the Heart

Very recommendable!

Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma! (Official Live Performance Video)

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Klima-Chaoten fliegen aus New York Oper

Bravo! Da capo! Geschieht diesen Chaoten recht!

Montiverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea "Pur ti miro, Pur ti godo" (Jaroussky, De Niese)

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Text:

Pur ti miro, pur ti stringo,

pur ti godo, pur t’annodo

piu non peno, piu non moro,

o mia vita, o mio tesoro.

Io son tua, tuo son io.

Speme mia, dillo di,

l’idol mio, tu sei pur.

Si mio ben, si mio cor, mia vita, si.

Translation:

I adore you, I embrace you, I desire you, I enchain you, no more grieving, no more sorrow, O my dearest, O my beloved. I am yours, O my love, tell me so, you are mine, mine alone, O my love. Feel my heart, see my love, see.

Lucy Worsley's Nights at the Opera

Very recommendable!

Part 1: 

Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea (the oldest opera still performed). Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" / "Fly, thought, on golden wings")

Ludwig von Beethoven: Fidelio (Beethoven's only opera)

Part 2

1. Puccini: La Boheme
2. Wagner: Die Walküre
3. Strauss: Salome

Lucy Worsley's Nights at the Opera Part 02 - YouTube

Lessons From Opera Un Ballo In Maschera

Posted: 7/20/2014

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Yesterday, I listened to a song from this opera by Giuseppe Verdi using the Internet.

Lessons

1. Giuseppe Verdi had to rewrite the score for his opera because of censors in Neapel and Rome who probably did not like the idea that this opera covered a regicide and an attempt to overthrow an absolute monarchy after the French Revolution and American Independence
2. Verdi had to change location and character names from the original Swedish to Italian
3. One of the opera’s main characters is a famous, female fortune teller who appears to have been quite influential on Swedish politics during her time, i.e. Ulrica Arfvidsson (She deserves a blog post of her own, see here)
4. On 1 January 1955, Marian Anderson (She too deserves a blog post of her own, see here), singing the role of Ulrica, broke the "color barrier" at the Metropolitan Opera, becoming the first African-American vocal soloist to appear with that company.