Opera Bubbles

Hey, opera lovers!!! How are you? I feel good cause I was born on this very day!!! You know, for me B-Day, beside celebration, is a moment of pondering about life. The older you get, the more you look back on what you’ve done so far and think about how much you’re satisfied with your life. Now I’m 24 years old (oh gosh! I wrote it out loud!:)) and I can say that I have a lot of goals for the future that I’d love to achieve. Hope they’ll come true:). As for my blog, I like running it a lot and I’m amazed that I’ve managed to «stay afloat» for such a period of time! That was not my first try to blog, so I hardly believed that I would have made it so far. Now I know that if you find your passion, it won’t be a problem for you to write about it on the Inet:). I hope you like reading my posts as much as I like writing them:). So today, I’m gonna do my own original «The OperaFan TAG» !

Hey! Hey! Hey! New March releases are here! Check it out! CD RELEASES March 2 – Bryan Hymel « Héroïque - French Opera Arias » (Warner Classics) Tracklist: [1] GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868) - Guillaume Tell Ne m’abandonne point… Asile héréditaire…..Amis, amis secondez ma vengeance [2] HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869) - La Damnation de Faust Nature Immense [3] GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901) - Jérusalem L’Emir auprès de lui m’appelle…. Je veux encore entendre ta Voix [4] GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901) - Les Vêpres siciliennes ‘ ‘C'est Guy de Monfort….’ O jour de peine et de souffrance [5] HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869) - Les Troyens Inutiles regrets [6] CHARLES GOUNOD (1818-1893) - La Reine de Saba Faiblesse de la race humaine….Inspirez-moi, race divine [7] GIACOMO MEYERBEER (1791-1864) - L'Africaine Pays merveilleux…O Paradis …Conduisez-moi vers ce navire [8] JULES MASSENET (1842-1912) - Hérodiade Ne pouvant réprimer les élans de la foi [9] ERNEST...

Hey opera lovers! Today I’m gonna talk with you about one of my favorite topics ever aka new Live in HD season 2015-16 at Metropolitan Opera! The other day Met has officially announced the schedule of the next season including operas which will be broadcasted . That day of the announcement is like Christmas to me! I breathe faster, I can’t talk about anything else, I search the Net for official photos and there are a lot of other symptoms which you can observe in me on that special day:). So now when finally I can think and speak rationally, let’s discuss the glorious season 2015-16 together! We will be presented 10 operas in cinema theatres: six absolutely new productions and four well-known stagings.   The revivals include Verdi’s «Il Trovatore», Wagner’s «Tannhäuser», Puccini’s «Turandot» and «Madama Butterfly». 

I’ve heard many opinions but I personally believe in a new generation of opera singers! I don’t agree that we have no voices today or bad voices. Not all people can become great but that doesn’t mean there is nobody! That’s why I try to keep up with new talents in the opera world. I’ve decided to introduce you very talented female opera singers of today who are just reaching their top but who have already had a lot of success on their way. They are three sopranos Nino Machaidze, Marina Rebeka and Julia Lezhneva.

Hey, opera lovers! Today it's time to speak about upcoming February releases in the world of opera! Yeah!!! CD RELEASES February 2 – Bellini «La Straniera » (Nightingale)  Recorded in November 2012, Baden-Baden, Germany Edita Gruberova , Laura Polverelli , José Bros, Luca Grassi, Kay Stiefermann, Thomas Michael Allen SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg & Orpheus Vokalensemble, Pietro Rizzo

Hey, opera lovers! How are you getting on after holidays? I’m fine. Since the beginning of January I’ve been spending my time doing what I like that is watching opera:).  As I had a lot of days off I decided to watch something big that I hadn’t had much time for before. And I chose «Der Ring des Nibelungen» or «The Ring of the Nibelung» by Richard Wagner.    Honestly, I was really afraid of «The Ring» cause it’s 16 hours of opera based on the ancient epos! I was not sure if I’d like it or not cause I wasn’t a big expert in Wagner. I’d listened to just one opera of him before - «Lohengrin» (I’d enjoyed it a lot, by the way). But that с ycle is without parallel in the opera world! It’s sort of an operatic «Lord of the rings». You have four operas where the plot develops during each part. And I gave it a shot and watched four operas in five days. And I liked it! I have to say that you need to be mentally ready for it and be open to this fantasy world and th...

Few days ago the opera world lost one of the brightest mezzos of our time - Elena Obraztsova. I'm just speechless...It all happened so suddenly, I'm still shocked by these news and I can't believe it... Elena Vasilyevna was a great woman of a great talent! She'll always live in our hearts as one of the best (or maybe even the best) Carmens of all time! Not so long ago I watched Zeffirelli's movie "Cavalleria rusticana" with Obraztsova and Domingo. Russian diva was splendid Santuzza! I wanna share with you the extract from this opera that again proves us what an amazing artist she was!   Prima Forever!