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Calling all opera enthusiasts. Guide this poor soul into a wholly fulfilling music genre, please? Version 2.0?
About two month ago I was listening to my personalised Classical playlist in Pandora radio. Then, for the first time in my life, I was graced with "good" opera(the song in question was "Song to the Moon" from the Czech opera "Rusalka" by Antonin Dvorak). Although I have loved Classical music (with particular a infatuation with Luigi Boccherini), I have never heard an Opera that I considered excellent, until I heard that song. Since then, I took an interest in the genre, but I don't know where to start. Simply searching Youtube doesn't cut it, I want to hear the best of the best. So this is a request, a challenge, to all you classy, Opera-loving bastards out there:
Give me all the greatest pieces you can name; any language, any style, I want to love and appreciate this amazing genre of music that I have foolishly shunned.
P.S; I've asked this question before, but all I got was a smarmy answer that read:
"I enjoy opera, but I can't answer your question because I'm not a "bastard". My parents were married when I was born."
So that leads me to say: No, you don't have to fulfill the bastard criteria.
This person thinks (s)he is a riot. You might want to check with your mum again, you certainly are fulfilling the bastard criteria. I even said you didn't have to. Too funny.
Thanks for all the helpful replies thus far; though, oddly enough, I'm not particularly a fan of Nessun Dorma when it is performed by Pavarotti. Many people say that he covers it well, but I don't like it. If you were to recommend a tenure, who would it be.
P.S - To my darling Anna Fransson : I certainly want to give you a nice big kiss right now, a Glasgow one that is. Stop trying so hard, you stopped being funny after the first time. And was I supposed to feel bad about your mum? I'm no stranger to tragedy, and I lost any sympathy I would otherwise have for you after your double troll against me. 2 FOONY U R HAHEHAHEHAHEHAHEHA /sarcasm (because you are too thick to understand, hm?)
I apologise to all else for my unsightly message.
Ah yes, an insult to my intelligence and a display of illiteracy. You certainly show that you are a bastard (not literal, you are presumably a woman), but not a classy one. Are you offended that I don't care for your dead mum? That I expressed that I would LIKE to headbutt you? I'll have you know that I have never wanted to hurt a woman until today, and only because you won't shut up and answer the bloody question. In real life, this wouldn't happen because I can just simply walk away the first time and leave it be. However, the blasted internet not only makes people rage, I have to revisit this so I can find beautiful music.
I'll also have you know, I didn't threaten you (not that it matters if I did anyways). I expressed that I would LIKE to, but never said anything like "I will/going to". Not the same. It's like saying "I really hate that man. I want to knock him over the head, his arrogance is astounding." is a death threat. Of course you don't "sweat the small stuff" (oh look A
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- 10 years agoFavorite Answer
La Traviata
Marriage of Figaro
Carmen
Also u might like some of those Gilber and Sullivan things like Pirates of Penzance and Mikado.
- 10 years ago
For a beginner to opera I recommend anything Mozart. His music is very "user friendly" but simultaneously of outstanding musical caliber. Cosi Fan Tutti is a favorite of mine...the trio- Soave Sia Il Vento, is a thing of beauty.
- ?Lv 610 years ago
I recommend The Barber of Seville (in Italian, Il Barbiere di Siviglia) by Rossini and Carmen by Bizet to anybody who wants to explore opera. They're both great operas, it's easy to find recordings (including DVDs of performances) of them, and they're quite accessible to newcomers.
Happy listening.
- 10 years ago
My first opera was Puccini's "Turandot" (you know, the one with "Nessun Dorma") and it made me fall in love with the genre. Other people's favorite first operas include Puccini's "La boheme", Verdi's "Rigoletto" or "Aida", and Rossini's "The Barber of Seville".
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- europeLv 45 years ago
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