opera?
opera?
#0opera?
Posted: 1/5/06 at 5:40pm
hey guys!
Is anyone else here interested in opera? This past year I've been listening nonstop to Carmen and Madama Butterfly (which I saw at the met for my 16th bday) No one at my school listens to it, so if you're interesed, share!
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duroc
Broadway Star Joined: 12/25/05
#1re: opera?
Posted: 1/5/06 at 6:20pm
I am. Carmen is a great opera. I saw it with my school a few years ago. If you haven't been to the Met. Opera House, I recommend going. It is a gorgeous theatre.
Updated On: 1/5/06 at 06:20 PM
#2re: opera?
Posted: 1/5/06 at 6:43pmYep, $25 or $35 student rush tickets available at the box office usually 2 weeks in advance at the met. It's a great deal for usually good seats.
duroc
Broadway Star Joined: 12/25/05
#3re: opera?
Posted: 1/5/06 at 7:17pmyeah, w/ my school the tickets were only like $30 and they drove us in, in a charter bus.
#4re: opera?
Posted: 1/5/06 at 8:03pmI love Opera, I am trained/training to sing both Opera and Musical Theater. Another amazing Opera is Tosca, I personally love it, as well as Turandot.
Sporti2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/04
#5re: opera?
Posted: 1/5/06 at 8:05pmi saw la boheme at the met for my 16th birthday present...it was absolutely incredible. :)
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LilMiZBroADwaY23
Broadway Star Joined: 8/11/04
#6re: opera?
Posted: 1/5/06 at 10:35pm
I'm going in to Opera, and I just saw my first show recently.
It wasn't an Opera, it was just a bunch of songs from Madama Butterfly, La Boheme, and different ones by Verdi sung by AMAZING people.
I looked at my mom after the soprano sang, and I'm just breathless and said 'I want to do that'.
But I need to get more Opera recordings, I don't usually listen to it on a regular basis, though I love me some Anna Netrebko.
#7re: opera?
Posted: 1/5/06 at 10:40pmI saw my Domingo in the premier of Cyrano de Bergerac last May, he and the rest of the cast were excellent. The music is more modern than most operas previously mentioned on this board, but it's still pretty good, just atypical. I also saw M. Butterfly, Il Barbiere de Seville and Carmen there in the past; it's always a treat.
#8re: opera?
Posted: 1/6/06 at 12:52amOh, my school has such amazing opera... I love it. I adore the romance, the drama of good opera. To me there's no better date night than to see and show and hold a special someone's hand during the lovely arias. *sigh*
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#9re: opera?
Posted: 1/6/06 at 6:24am
I'm seeing Tosca at the Met in May, I can't wait. On pbs a couple days ago, they had Angela Georghui singing "un bel di" from Madama Butterfly, and it was Amazing. Right now I'm training my voice to be more operatic, but I'm not quite there yet, but I stil love it
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#10re: opera?
Posted: 1/6/06 at 7:09am
I grew up in the opera. Both my parents are musicians and are in the orchestra for operas and musicals. From the time I was two years old I've been going with my mom to rehearsals.
I was in Carmina Burana and Carl Orff this spring. So much fun!
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#11re: opera?
Posted: 1/6/06 at 9:56pm
I am probably starting to train in it soon. I would kill to sing the one aria from "La Wally". . . I can't recall its name but I have always been fascinated with it.
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#12re: opera?
Posted: 1/7/06 at 12:53amI saw and opera version of Aida it was awesome. I really want to see Carmen
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Isabella2
Broadway Star Joined: 10/6/05
#13re: opera?
Posted: 1/11/06 at 12:26ami haven't been into any of the opera's mentioned but i'm a big fan of anything Mozart... The magic flute, the abduction from the seraglio, le nozze de figaro, don giovanni... i also really like ariadne auf naxos. i wanted to be an opera singer my freshman and sophmore year but now i more want to be a broadway actor in musicals. who knows?
Shay Jericho
Understudy Joined: 9/8/05
#14re: opera?
Posted: 1/11/06 at 8:09pm
I sang a song from Le Nozze de Figaro for my senior recital.
As a baritone, I always notice lower songs, and Beethoven's Fidelio has a bass aria that is just beautiful.
#15re: opera?
Posted: 1/11/06 at 9:49pm
Some singers came to our school two years ago and sang songs from Carmen for us. While everyone around me was falling asleep, I loved it. I'm going to be seeing a friend in La Boheme in March, and I can't wait.
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#16re: opera?
Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:37pmI did a scene from Don Giovanni at a camp junior year, and it was so much fun! and then i realized: there is always a part for a baritone/bass! so i'm going into opera. I love Man of La Mancha, but i refuse to play Don Quixote all my life.
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GypsyRoseLee
Broadway Star Joined: 7/5/04
#17re: opera?
Posted: 1/16/06 at 11:41am
Choirboy, Placido Domingo played Cervantes/Don Quixote, and there is a great recording of it. If you're interested in both opera and a fan of 'Mancha', definetly check it out.
Don Quixote is a pretty high part...if you're a baritone/bass I'd say it would refuse to play you! lol, I loves me some puns!
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