March 2012
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“Give me a laundry list, and I shall set it to music.”
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Rossini
(via leadingtone)
TRUTH
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Joyce DiDonato: Cancellation of European Ariodante... →
fuckyeahjoycedidonato:
“It is with great regret that Joyce DiDonato must cancel her upcoming tour of Ariodante with her long time collaborator, Alan Curtis and Il Complesso Barocco, March 4 – 17. Due to a minor, but necessary medical reason, she is following her Doctor’s orders to cancel the European travel and tour. Joyce looks forward to returning to the stage later in March in a series of...
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Don't forget!
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February 2012
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30 Day Opera Challenge - Day 2
Favorite Male Aria
I dunno why male aria comes before female. Random.
Anywhooo, I think that my favorite male aria is definitely “Pourquoi me reveiller” from Massenet’s Werther.
The first time I heard this, tears came to my eyes and I thought I would die from the sheer beauty of it. There is such deep pathos in it and I adore the orchestration.
It’s funny, because I...
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“Once you’ve had your life burn down, it takes time to be a phoenix.”
– Sharon Stone (via kavachai)
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Happy Birthday, Rossini, my beloved coloratura slave-driver!!
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The way Sherlock and Watson care about Mrs. Hudson always gives me the warm fuzzies :)
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“If I’m really scared, like on an airplane ride, I go through every recitative of...”
– Soprano Carol Vaness (via fyeahoperasingers)
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“I don’t want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a...”
– Renee Fleming
(via thekimbalina)
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jkimisyellow asked: i can't believe Parto is not in your top 5 mozart arias!
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30 Day Opera Challenge - Day 1
Favorite Composer
It should be obvious to everyone who knows me that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is my favorite opera composer.
Here are my top 5 favorite operas of his:
1. Le Nozze di Figaro
2. La Clemenza di Tito
3. Don Giovanni
4. Cosi fan tutte
5. Idomeneo
Here are my top 5 favorite arias:
1. Voi che sapete (Le Nozze di Figaro)
2. Deh, per questo (La Clemenza di Tito)
3. Porgi, Amor...
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Exoneration
highnotepoet56:
Last night I stood at the sink and stared rudely at my worn reflection- pale cheeks and red rimmed eyes gawked in heavy exhaustion.
Warm and wet, the water flowed- I washed the day off of my face, each scrub wiping away residual stains of sideways glances, echoes of unsaid words stuck to my soul.
I couldn’t stop scrubbing the day off of my face.
I couldn’t stop scrubbing,...
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phantomunmasked asked: It's Il Trovatore, i think. Act three! Check the wiki page!
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di-quella-pira asked: Hey so i was trying to find this one aria by this one dude but i cant remember any of it... The man singing was a tenor and super famous, but the aria was about how this man was about to marry the woman of his dreams and at the alter a man busts in and yells that the enemy army just captured his mother, from there he immediately starts singing a song about how hes going to kill them all, any...
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You're all crazy and I love you, thank you so...
astrejlau:
AHHH Lookie what Kim drew me on the train just now~!! fjaklfhkasdfjkasjfa <3
It just makes me really really happy so I had to share it with you wonderful people! Kim is the best!!! :D <3
Another one of my train doodles :)
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:D
Thank you guys for all the support! It means so much to me to have so many “toi toi”s in one day!
I just love having a supportive, opera-geek community here on Tumblr. I’m so blessed to have you all and I hope you stick around because YOU ROCK! <3
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My Friends Rock
astrejlau:
You’re lookin’ at the new Guided View Editor at ComiXology. Pretty neat! :D
I’ve said it a hundred times, but I’ll say it again: my friends are AWESOME!
Allison, I’m SO SUPER PSYCHED for you!!! <3 <3 <3 :D
showmeeverything asked: Where are you from!?! Good luck with your audition!
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I have an audition today with this company in NYC. I’m so excited to have the chance to sing for them and I’m also a bit nervous because this is legit. I adore early music ensembles (like, you have no idea…) and this is such an awesome opportunity.
I’ve been polishing up my Monteverdi repertoire and listening to tons of his work in the process. I always forget how much...
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NY Phil Podcast: Mark Travis talks with Joyce... →
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Watchiloveitwhenyoucallmebigpapagena:
Stephen Colbert and Placido Domingo sing “La Donna e mobile” on the Colbert Report.
Sometimes I wish Placido was my grandpa. It’d be all laughing and singing and really long dinners with good bread and “oh grandpa, you’ve been conducting again!”
So many smiles right now.
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