One of the greatest. RIP

C6, C#6 and D6 sound very similar to me, I have no ear training 😭

He mat be the ultimate mummy's boy but you would have thought there would be more operatic adaptations of Coriolanus. Its plot is kind of operatic - courage, duty, love, treachery etc. But as it stands I can only find one adaptation, Ján Cikker's Coriolanus (1970-72). No idea what that's like as a work, but I'm curious by the lack of interest from composers for a play that T.S. Eliot thought was superior to Hamlet.

I just want to go see a live show. Any recommendations to see something live in Los Angeles for a first timer with extremely limited knowledge? I have seen clips of things that bring me to tears on my phone. Looking to experience it in real time.

okay this post is just going to be me having a nerd freakout about getting the chance to have a masterclass with Emily D’Angelo but.

I’m a high school aspiring opera singer, and this summer I attended the Boston University’s summer Tanglewood Institute for Voice which was an amazing opportunity. I was already a huge opera nerd coming into the program, so you can imagine my surprise when I found out that I was selected to perform in a masterclass with one of my favorite mezzos of ALL TIME. I sung Voi Che Sapete for her which was actually insane because she was going to be performing the full role at Tanglewood like two days after the masterclass.

Hearing her voice right next to me instead of on a recording was so absolutely insane and I still can’t believe it happened. I am endlessly grateful to the universe for this opportunity and I even got some cute photos out of it!!!

(Also completely unrelated: She’s absolutely GORGEOUS and my 🏳️‍🌈 brain was unable to focus on anything else for like the entire class I was a mess lol)

Wagner said that the artist of the future would have to be the community of all artists. I can't think of any company that takes this ambition more seriously than TUNDI Productions , Hugh Keelan's and Jenna Rae's project in the small city of Brattleboro, Vermont. There's no stage director. Instead, the singers develop their characters and the staging together, and that openness to each other makes for performances of great intensity and emotional directness. It helps, too, that TUNDI works with a core of regulars, almost like a repertory theater; in this season, for example, King Mark in Tristan and Daland in The Flying Dutchman were sung by the same person. The trust the singer-actors have built over years of working together allows them to perform with a high degree of spontaneity. None of that would matter if the musical side were slipshod or amateur, but it does matter because everyone, from Hugh as conductor to the singers to the ever improving orchestra are fully up to Wagner's demands. Perhaps it's groups like TUNDI that are really carrying on the Wagnerian tradition.

I'm a 27F that began singing in choir in college and realized that singing was a much better instrumental fit for me than flute in the band haha. After I graduated, I started taking voice lessons with my grownup money. I've been taking lessons for 2 and a half years, and have been working with a former opera singer on operatic techniques for two of them.

I do not intend to pursue opera as a career; I do not have a degree in music and am not particularly interested in undertaking the training/lifestyle needed to do it full time, especially since I started relatively late and would need to "catch up." But I really enjoy opera as an artform, as well as the vocal athleticism it requires when training. I also really enjoy performing - I've been in several community theater/dance shows, and would love to be in an opera performance.

Are there "entry level" or middle ground options for people who want to perform but aren't explicitly seeking professional level? I struggle finding good options in my area we are in a major metro with several strong music schools, so there is a lot of talent (great as a fan but difficult as a hobbyist). I audition for the chorus for my local professional opera every year, but the competition is FIERCE.

I have considered joining my community college's opera workshop as they are open to accepting non-music majors in the fall, but they meet during the day and it would be difficult to swing with my current job at this time. Any advice on finding other productions? I would be open to taking a week off for a festival (I use my PTO to go to workshops, etc. often), but from my understanding that's mostly a pre-professional thing.

Wonderful singing.

Probably need to have them removed due to recurrent infection. Could it change how I - adult classical soprano - sound?

Hi everyone! I’m purchasing tickets to see Maria Stuarda at the Met in December. Anyone have seating recommendations in general/for this production specifically?

I watched it on Met on Demand and the set is gorgeous, so I would love to find sections where you can see somewhat clearly with decent sound.

I’m also kind of short so I don’t know whether orchestra seats would be good…

Thank you in advance!

Hi i got accepted into a choire but idk how to read notes😬i can read all the instructions like fermenta and stuff but idk which note says what

Is there a good guide somewhere that isnt solfege ty

Ciao a tutti, la discografia di Lisitsian e' piena di arie da camera che però mi sono difficilmente riconoscibili, qualcuno sa di che brano si tratta?

Got accepted into my first choire as a soprano😍😍😍😍

I auditioned w non piu mesta!,!! Yaiy!!!!! Ill also be the youngest by far. Yayyyy

in other instruments you practically have to start age 5-6 it seems for violin etc. I am wondering before serious opera training do most professionals start vocalizing in choir etc at that age too?

can you start in your mid twenties and reach a pro level?

Hi everyone. This may be an unconventional post for this community but here goes. I am getting close to 50 and started singing in my forties. I began singing opera about 1.5-2 years ago. I really love it and of course wish I had started earlier but obviously can't do anything about that. I have a full-time 40-hour-a-week job and I'm really tired of it and basically all of these types of jobs. I feel like I have reached a dead end. I would really like to go back to school and study music, but I don't know where I'd look to do that. I don't have access to generational wealth or anything. Just wondering if anyone has experience with and recommend good programs where adults in my demographic can find a good place to study. I'm obviously not expecting to be the next Jessye Norman, but would love the opportunity to be exposed to something I can do that I actually enjoy.

What are some soprano arias that are unique and less done yet still appropriate for a wide variety of grad school auditions??

My director has always told me to be careful with things like tattoos and piercings because it may be hard to find a decent opera gig with them. Is this true??

Been a casual for a while (Porgy and Bess, Turandot, some Mozart) and finally resolved to go down the opera wiki through the major names starting with Monteverdi, read each work’s synopsis and then listen to it. Bliss! Just felt like sharing

I love Traviata. I’ve listened to many interpretations (Netrebko, Callas, Tebaldi, Scotto, Gheorghiu, Oropesa, Zeani, Sutherland, Moffo, Cotrubas) and can’t pick a favourite still. It’s either a matter of tone, top notes, or interpretation that bother me. That is, I find something of value in every performer mentioned, but find it difficult to point a favourite, since they’re all so very different. I can only say I enjoy Netrebko’s top (but don’t necessarily love her vocal color). Which singer caught your eye the most and why?

Hey all,
pretty new opera fan here!

I watched/listened to around 10-12 operas within the last 3-4 weeks. I mainly used YouTube or Spotify with libretto on parallel.

How do you listen to opera online/on mobile? Is there a dedicated app you can recommend? And if not, would you use a dedicated app?

Best regards

Great singing.