Opera Bubbles

Hey everyone! Here are the hottest November releases!!! Check them out and let me know what you are mostly excited about in the comments below! Enjoy! CD RELEASES November 6 – Natalie Dessay «Baroque» (Erato) Tracklist: CD1 01-04 BACH Cantate n°51 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen 05 MONTEVERDI Lamento della ninfa 06 BACH Magnificat "Suscepit Israel" 07-08 HAENDEL Il Delirio Amoroso "Un pensiero voli in ciel" - "Per te lasciai la luce" 09-10 HAENDEL "Ahi, nelle sorte umane" - "Ma le speranze vane" 11 HAENDEL Mi palpita il cor "Ho tanti affanni in petto" 12-13 HAENDEL Dixit Dominus "Tecum principium in die virtutis tuae" - "De torrente in via bibet" 14 RAMEAU Les Indes galantes "Forêts paisibles" CD2 HAENDEL 01-03 Alcina "Tornami a vagheggiar" - "Ama, sospira" - "Credete al mio dolore" * 04-07 Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno "Fido sp...

Hi! It's already October but I haven't posted anything about its releases yet! So quickly I'll go straight to the point!:) CD RELEASES October 2 – Verdi «Aida» (Warner Classics) Anja Harteros (Aida) Jonas Kaufmann (Radamès) Ekaterina Semenchuk (Amneris) Ludovic Tezier (Amonasro) Erwin Schrott (Ramfis) Marco Spotti (King of Egypt) Paolo Fanale (Messenger) Eleonora Buratto (High Priestess) Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Ciro Visco (Chorus Master) Antonio Pappano (Conductor)

Hey! The harvest time is coming! Of course, I'm talking about new releases in the opera world! As always there will be a bunch of great stuff this autumn, so I've divided all releases into three parts (for each month) to make it in a way more accessible for you. Enjoy!

Hey, everyone! Today you’re gonna learn more about my non-operatic interests which I’m listening to on my mp3 player at this moment. What’s surprising about them is that both music bands are from YouTube. I have to admit that earlier in my life I was too sceptical about so-called «YouTube stars». I thought they were mostly untalented. But about 3 years ago I discovered «the other side» of YouTube and it changed my mind completely. Now I’m open to unknown and gifted artists who make music just because they love it. The most successful of them are now releasing their own CDs and even going on tours! And that’s incredible and proves that the real talent will find its audience anyway!!!

Hey! Hey! Hey! Finally, I enjoy having good weather in my city, I hope you do too:). Very, very soon I'll be on my vacation, taking sunbaths, swimming in the sea far from home...So as you can guess, my blog will have a rest as well:). But before leaving you for a while, I'm gonna tell about the hottest summer releases that we as operalovers can't miss! (Some of them have already been come out).  Enjoy this crazy cocktail of music impressions!!!

Hi, everyone! Today I am going back to our favorite topic in the world aka opera! As you might have noticed, I haven’t written any kind of review for a long time. And the reason is that there was no production which inspired me for that. But now I have a perfect opera and a brilliant staging that I really, really wanna talk about with you!!!  And it’s Handel’s «Giulio Cesare» from Metropolitan Opera!   Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

Hey, opera lovers! As April was a poor month in the opera market, I decided to omit the "What's new?" post last month. May is not enriched with operatic releases either but, nevertheless, it has some exciting discs to offer you:). Enjoy!   CD RELEASES May 5 – Verdi «Simon Boccanegra» (Delos) Dmitri Hvorostovsky  (Simon Boccanegra), Marco Caria (Paolo), Kostas Smoriginas (Pietro), Ildar Abdrazakov  (Fiesco),  Barbara Frittoli  (Maria/Amelia), Stefano Secco (Gabriele Adorno), Eglė Šidlauskaitė (Ancilla), Kęstutis Alčauskis (Capitano) Kaunas State Choir,  Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra ,  Constantine Orbelian