O/T Opera

[Kaiser]

OK, now, I am prepared to get slammed by some numbnuts for starting this thread, but just for the hell of it, I will anyway. For those who appreciate all music and appreciate opera, what are your favorite tenors/singers and their pieces? Two right off the bat for me are:

Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partirò (Time To Say Goodbye)
Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma

 

[hawkmoon]

Not an opera fan per se, but I can listen to Mozart's reqium mass for days on end. Always enjoyed classical- particularly the early Germans
Do you have suggestions alonｇ with the above Kaiser?

 

[Kaiser]

If you like classical, then you would love those two pieces, *probably*.


Time To say Goodbye - YouTube - Time To Say Goodbye Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman.flv

Nessun Dorma - YouTube - Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma (The ending is the best part, to me)

 

[mindstar]

Caruso is my fav, though it's hard to find good recordings.

 

[machola]

i haven't listened to opera in a long time. but here are a couple good ones that i remember

Pavarotti- Ridi Pagliaccio is a good one
Maria Callas- ave maria

 

[gridlock]

if you're talking best opera IMO is Bizets Carmen.

the above are just Arias in Operatic Suites

 

[Kaiser]

if you're talking best opera IMO is Bizets Carmen.

the above are just Arias in Operatic Suites

I don't know what that exactly is, so you know more than me about it, as I am kind of new. I will look it up though.

 

[mindstar]

an opera is the whole show...an aria is a song within the opera...

 

[Kaiser]

an opera is the whole show...an aria is a song within the opera...

Ah, OK, thank you.

 

[gridlock]

an opera is the whole show...an aria is a song within the opera...

yup

I think Nessun Dorma is from turando or turandot or something. Havent got a clue who it was written by though.

 

[Kaiser]

yup

I think Nessun Dorma is from turando or turandot or something. Havent got a clue who it was written by though.

Yes Turandot is the whole opera. As for Arias, that is why I said "piece", as I know it is not the whole opera as a show. I just was not familiar with the term.

 

[gridlock]

Yes Turandot is the whole opera. As for Arias, that is why I said "piece", as I know it is not the whole opera as a show. I just was not familiar with the term.

one that you'll probably know and like is Figaros Aria from the Barber of Seville.

 

[fsm]

If you're just getting started with opera, I highly recomend the Russion operas such as Boris Gudinov. The Russian tradition of acapela singing really comes through.

 

[Huge_C2]

I love the opera... however i did once fall asleep during one of the best operas in the country.. Quite embarassing.. For some reason listening to music in italian in person puts me out.. lol... However i have a Pandora station that plays nothing but and i really enjoy it... Giacomo Puccini is a very good composer..

 

[dropshot001]

i'm not a huge opera fan and really don't know much about it, but i do like boccelli. i also don't know if he is opera or fits into the genre, but josh groban has a hell of a voice too.

 

[Pekkerwood]

OK, now, I am prepared to get slammed by some numbnuts for starting this thread, but just for the hell of it, I will anyway. For those who appreciate all music and appreciate opera, what are your favorite tenors/singers and their pieces? Two right off the bat for me are:

Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partirò (Time To Say Goodbye)
Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma

Kaiser:

Saturday at 3:00pm while most "losers" are enjoying the college football games, eating wings, drinking beer etc, I will be watching the opera "Elixer of Love" by Gaentano Donizetti. So there.

One of the by products of a girlfriend from Rome is a participation in viewing opera and soccer. I have gone kicking and screaming, but have started to enjoy both.

PWood

 

[gridlock]

for Kaiser

YouTube - Rossini: The Barber of Seville ~ Figaro's Aria.

 

[gyno]

YouTube - Step Brothers Singing Scene HD

 

[Phidias]

Die Walküre.
Richard Wagner.

Here's the most famous extract (or aria ):

YouTube - Wagner, The ride of the Valkyries

 

[Phidias]

Bolero.
Maurice Ravel.

YouTube - Maurice Bejart- bolero de ravel( last part)