Opera Bubbles

Привет всем! Среди моих читателей  неоднократно высказывалось пожелание увидеть мои посты на русском, что ж... теперь у меня появился русскоязычный блог " Оперные посиделки" ! Это не будет точной копией моего англоязычного ресурса, все-таки, я хотела бы сохранить его уникальность, но возможно некоторые статьи будут перекликаться по своей тематике.  Почти год я делюсь с вами моими музыкальными пристрастиями и за все это время моей самой популярной статьей стала "My first bubble or new start for Anna" , поэтому для вас я решила опубликовать свой русский вариант этого поста ,  который был посвящен вышедшему тогда альбому Анны Нетребко с ариями из опер Верди. Заходите, читайте, подписывайтесь! P.S. I'm starting my new blog about opera in Russian! Visit  http://opernyeposidelky.blogspot.ru/ .

Hey! I have been writing no CD reviews for a while and I kinda miss it on my blog (yeah…that sounds weird)…anyway I have something to tell you. Recently I’ve listened to solo recordings of the talented mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato. Joyce is a successful American opera singer. She regularly appears on stages like Royal Opera House, Metropolitan Opera etc. It’s very interesting to follow her career and I always look forward to hearing new materials from her! I already posted about her CD «Drama Queens» (which is my favorite!), here I wanna share my impressions of her other recordings: «Furore» and «Rossini: Colbran, the Muse».

What’s new, guys?))) I wanna add an information component to my blog…at least I’ll try:). I always track the latest releases of different artists. And I think, writing this type of posts, I can help other operafans to get to know about them. So I’d like to inform you about upcoming CDs, DVDs of the most interesting singers (in my opinion) every season of the year. Today it's Summer Edition!!! CD RELEASES: June 2 – Verdi «Giovanna d'Arco» by Deutsche Grammophon Anna Netrebko · Plácido Domingo Francesco Meli · Johannes Dunz Roberto Tagliavini Philharmonia Chor Wien Münchner Rundfunkorchester Paolo Carignani

Oh men! In the second post I’d like to share my thoughts with you about male fashion in the opera world. Now I understand why this topic is not so popular for discussing as men’s wear…let’s say… is not as various as women’s. It’s hard for them to stand out. And to be honest, they don’t want to, they appreciate practicality of their clothes, basic colors like white, black. I’ve picked 4 singers to my taste who look great almost every time I see them! Let’s start with low voices:)

Let’s talk about fashion!!! It’s pretty obvious that being a girl I notice not only vocal and artistic skills of opera singers but also their outfits:). I consider that when you are on stage you must look presentable cause, whether you like it or not, we all judge people from their appearance (at least at the beginning). You make a certain impression of yourself just walking into a room.  Reading the posts on the blog «Operafashion» which is one of my favorite, I’ve become very inspired by this whole theme. And I’ve decided to dedicate a double post to the most fashionable persons of the opera world using as basis their everyday style. In this first part I’d like to discuss women’s looks!

I’ve been thinking a lot before writing this post but then I decided: «I’m impressed TOO much to keep it all inside!». So I’m gonna tell you about the gorgeous, exciting, beautiful, amazing ballet «Spartacus» composed by Aram Khachaturian and choreographed by  Yury Grigorovich . At the beginning, I wanna say that I’m not an expert of this entire ballet thing and I can’t call myself a ballet lover. I mean I like this art form but I don’t enjoy it as much as I enjoy opera. I like a particular ballet if I like its music. Usually I watch 2-3 ballets a year at my local theatre of opera and ballet. As a rule they are premieres or with invited famous dancers (from The Bolshoi Theatre, for example). This year I’ve broken a record…I’ve literally attended 7 ballet performances! Wow!!! I’ve rewatched most of them but there were some new ones for me including «Spartacus»! "Spartacus". Photo by ChelOpera

As you might (or might not) have guessed from the title, today I’d like to talk about Mozart’s wonderful opera «Cosi fan tutte» or «Thus Do They All» in English.   Photo by Deutsche Grammophon