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Arias come in different shapes and sizes but in essence they are ‘songs’ in an opera and are used by the composer to communicate what characters are thinking and feeling. Many arias are lyrical and not unique to opera, as they also appear in oratorios, cantatas, and other vocal genres. In Conversation focuses on some of the well known and best lived arias in the operatic repertoire https://lnkd.in/gJ7XBvx9

Now Available: "Contemporary Opera in Flux" edited by Yayoi U. Everett is a collection of essays examining operas that push the conventional boundaries of opera and advance the work of underrepresented composers. This book is #OpenAccess! Start reading here: https://lnkd.in/gb5jqdZn

The most performed opera worldwide and after seeing LA Opera's recent production, it's no wonder. My review: https://lnkd.in/gTPVTwtH #opera #verdi #performingarts #fashiondesign #costumedesign #classicalmusic #setdesign #literature #frenchliterature #paris

>>study of characters for the illustrations of the next text published in Civiltà Poetiche.... the story is set in the Prague Opera House... #danielescarpakos #pittura #malerei #praga #racconto #pintura #teatro #art #stateopera #statniopera #statnioperapraha #pragueopera #pragueoperahouse #nationaltheatre

Sadly,for most of the UK opera watching or indeed just listening is viewed, like fox hunting, as for toffs only. Hence the current malaise… Opera’s decline SIR – Nicholas Kenyon’s penetrating analysis of the continuing decline of opera in Britain (Arts, March 12) lays bare the relationship between economics and cultural values. However, to put it simply, if opera lovers are alienated by productions, they won’t pay for seats. Increasing subsidies simply extend the life of a doomed system. Once a regular attender of performances, I now rarely go to an opera house. This is attributable to the emergence and dominance of what is benignly referred to as “director’s opera”. This means that every work has to be reinterpreted according to the socio-political or psychoanalytic whims of the director. The photograph that accompanied Mr Kenyon’s article, showing the Welsh National Opera’s current production of Death in Venice, a work I love, would lead me to strike it off the list of productions that I’d otherwise be motivated to attend. The first step in arresting this tragic decline is to stage productions that opera-lovers actually want to see. But opera companies don’t seem to have grasped this.

Want to know more about the business side of the opera world? Read below to learn what INO Artistic Director, Fergus Sheil, will be addressing at this years' Business of Opera Summit...

OPERA LOVERS TAKE NOTE The “PERFORMANCE-LINKED” Kindle e-book has been invented! Hear and see performances of opera stars you have only heard of, but never actually heard. Listen to excerpts or the entire operas they sang. You can put this book on your Iphone or Android as well as a Kindle or your laptop to hear and see them sing as you read about them! You say you’ve never heard of Selma Kurz? She was better known than Nellie Melba--in Vienna, certainly! Worldwide? Not so much. From Meyerbeer to Mozart, you can listen to Selma Kurz perform more than twenty-five different operatic selections. Over 700 Internet links and 200 hours of performances by famous and not-so-famous artists that author Limansky evaluates—their biographies, history, performances, and voices are described in technical detail. You can even get a Performance-Linked PRINT EDITION of "Early Twentieth Century Opera Singers." You say you can't click a link on a printed page? That's true, but we've devised the way to do that. Included in the price of the print edition you will get a PDF of the links, arranged in the order in which they appear in the book. You mount that PDF on your phone or laptop and click away as you read--just like the e-book. Buy it so you can see it and hear it as you read about it--Performance-Linked print and e-books by YBK Publishers. https://bit.ly/3vzws4X

The "Opera Queen" discusses (among other things) my article "Scylla and Charibdis" in her blog, an interesting read: #operaqueen

OPERA LOVERS TAKE NOTE The “PERFORMANCE-LINKED” Kindle e-book has been invented! Hear and see performances of opera stars you have only heard of, but never actually heard. Listen to excerpts or the entire operas they sang. You can put this book on your Iphone or Android as well as a Kindle or your laptop to hear and see them sing as you read about them! You say you’ve never heard of Selma Kurz? She was better known than Nellie Melba--in Vienna, certainly! Worldwide? Not so much. From Meyerbeer to Mozart, you can listen to Selma Kurz perform more than twenty-five different operatic selections. Over 700 Internet links and 200 hours of performances by famous and not-so-famous artists that author Limansky evaluates—their biographies, history, performances, and voices are described in technical detail. You can even get a Performance-Linked PRINT EDITION of "Early Twentieth Century Opera Singers." You say you can't click a link on a printed page? That's true, but we've devised the way to do that. Included in the price of the print edition you will get a PDF of the links, arranged in the order in which they appear in the book. You mount that PDF on your phone or laptop and click away as you read--just like the e-book. Buy it so you can see it and hear it as you read about it--Performance-Linked print and e-books by YBK Publishers. https://bit.ly/3vzws4X

"Farewell My Concubine" is a traditional Chinese opera. It tells the story of the Chu-Han contention period. The main characters include Xiang Yu, Yu Ji and Liu Bang. This play has a very high status on the Chinese opera stage and is known as "the best of Chinese opera". In terms of performance form, "Farewell My Concubine" is usually presented in the form of Peking Opera, but some local operas also have corresponding performance versions. The performance of this play is usually very intense. The actors express the emotions and storyline of the characters vividly through singing, acting, reciting, fighting and other skills. In addition, "Farewell My Concubine" is also a play with very cultural connotations. It is not only a historical story, but also a heritage of culture and tradition. This play has an important position in China's cultural life. Many people know about it and have a high evaluation of its performance and storyline. In short, "Farewell My Concubine" is not only a drama, but also a heritage of culture and tradition. Through the performances and storylines of the actors, people can feel the charm and essence of Chinese traditional culture.