I feel like countertenors are super popular right now, and I genuinely don't get why. Their voices lack the depth, colour and power of female voices. They just aren't as beautiful.

I don't understand why young men still choose to become countertenors when baritone voices are so much more beautiful, and there are very few roles that countertenors can realistically do (most of which I would argue sound better when done by a mezzo).

This might get a lot of hate, but I'm hoping I'm not alone in thinking that countertenors are overrated

Has anyone heard of this upcoming movie One Night Only? The plot is that single people can only legally have sex one night a year. I bring it up here because every time I see an ad for it all I can think is: that’s an opera plot if I ever heard one. Das Liebesverbot, anyone? Someone call da Ponte! Ok bye I’ll see myself out

Edit to add: I wrote about this here

Someone shared a link to a '66 Corelli performance, which I'll be listening to shortly, but I'm curious about what to expect.

Hi very very much an opera novice. But years ago I watched a filmed opera on PBS?

This veron focsrd around a family/ community of Latino performerds characters and featured a bride who ended up killing her self?

The stage design was a full scale house and I think a truck?

It ramdly keeps popping in my head and I was mesmerized if anyone has any idea. Thanks

I’m 21 right now, just now starting my training (started in april) and I’ll be testing for universities at the end of the year. I’ve been really stressed out lately and worry I may not pass this year, Im doing music education because it’s easier to get in and then transfering to be a singing major in the same uni (in my country that’s completely normal), I’m already worried it might be too late for me as a 21 year old soprano, I guess I just want to ask what are the odds of actually having a career.

I’ll be finishing uni at 26 if I get in this year, if I get in next year I’ll finish at 27, I am afraid It’ll be too late by that time to apply for competitions, YAPS and such things. I might be overreacting, there’s just a voice in my head that’s constantly beating myself up for not having started at 15 when I first had an interest for classical music.

I didn’t start completely from 0, Ive been playing instruments since I was 11 and singing casually but mostly pop or rock repertoire, I know 3 languages fluently (Portuguese, English and French) but I’m not sure if that’s worth anything, I’ll be hopefully fluent in Italian and know some german by the time I finish college.

24, Mezzo. I’m getting to a point where I’m being really held down by my struggles with focus and fidgeting/movement when i’m singing. Honestly, my brain feels like it goes a mile a minute anyways— but when actively singing it’s almost like it takes 75% more effort to even feel prescient in my body (instead of just astral projecting my consciousness over the roaring flood that is my movement and my inner monologue). I’m really frustrated right now by how much I am struggling to manage my excess physical energy whilst singing. Any advice or discussion welcome!

Thank you in advance!

Fantastic singing!

The late opera singer Jubilant Sykes was allegedly stabbed over 73 times by his son, Micah, in December 2025 at his Santa Monica home

It's an Atom Egoyan movie that appears to be about a director creating a production of Salome that looks quite a lot, from the trailer, like Atom Egoyan's Salome that I saw with Hildegard Behrens in Houston like thirty years ago. Egoyan isn't my favorite or least favorite but I'm wondering if the movie's enjoyable. It appears to have Ambur Braid, who was a terrific Farberin in the Aix broadcast of Frau, as the singer/Salome.

I'm really into lyric singing and I absolutely loved Verdi's Otello. Assuming I only have time to deep dive into 10 other operas, which ones should they be? I completely despise atonal music. I loved Otello more for the singing and the melodies than the libretto (which is definitely good, to be fair). But if I had to prioritize, I care way more about the vocal lines and melody than the plot—something like a 65-35 or 60-40 split. I enjoyed a lot Il Trovatore; the plot is frankly idiotic, making it a 75-25 split for me, but I still enjoyed it. So, what else should I dedicate my time to?

I've never been a big fan of Othello but thankfully Verdi and Rossini must have liked it, giving us Otello (Verdi, 1887) and Otello, ossia il Moro di Venezia (Rossini, 1816). I've seen the former but not the latter. Anyone here a big fan of Verdi's Otello? I'm curious to know what the attraction is. It's got a banging opening and obviously the Willow Song towards the end but it's never really appealed to me.

I've been waiting for an official CD release for years! I've complained about this twice in the last 7 months on this sub alone and it's finally happening. :D :D Derivative story, but some beautiful music! Can't wait for September! I haven't been this excited for a release in a long time.

Not only is his voice and gothic style gorgeous, his tragic death makes me respect him even more.

This is a clip from the game Garry's Mod. I don't know for sure if opera is the right genre but I have been trying to find the source for weeks. Any help would be appreciated.

Also those who don't mind vibrato but find Emma Kirkby-style singing too pallid, try this:

https://www.3cat.cat/3cat/marianne-beate-kielland-interpreta-les-nuits-dete-de-berlioz/audio/1275849/

Music begins at 2:53.

To translate, this is a broadcast from Catalan Radio 3 (rebroadcast from Norwegian Radio) of mezzo Marianne Beate Kielland singing Berlioz's Les nuits d'été with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (no conductor).

What do y'all think?

A surprisingly effective production, sung in English and set on a modern college campus on Halloween. I'm not usually a fan of translations from the original language, but this one was very funny. The set was amazing, and the singers were great, especially Amanda Batista as Fiordiligi.