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Paul Appleby – Ah! je vais l’aimer from Berlioz’s BEATRICE ET BENEDICT

Posted on June 9, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

I saw a live production of this opera once, adapted for the Cleveland Institute of Music. I believe this is the song in which Benedict is tricked into believing that Beatrice is in love with him and resolves to be … Continue reading →

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Theodora (Händel) – Krisztina Szabó, mezzo-soprano

Posted on April 8, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

Once again, I share a singer from the performance of Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor and also singing Handel.  She sang the mezzo soprano role.

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Joélle Harvey sings “V’adoro pupille” from Handel’s Giulio Cesare

Posted on March 8, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

I heard Joelle Harvey sing the soprano part in Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor.  She has a lovely voice.

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“His Name is Jan” sung by Kiera Duffy

Posted on July 17, 2019 by emmasrandomthoughts

I saw Kiera Duffy make her Cleveland Orchestra debut.  She didn’t sing this; she actually sang Exsultante Jubilate by Mozart. But I wanted to share a a sample of her singing.

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Glitter and Be Gay Natalie Dessay

Posted on February 3, 2018 by emmasrandomthoughts

  This is a very good recording of Glitter and Be Gay from Candide by Leonard Bernstein.  The coloratura is really very pretty.  I love the way the song swings between the flashy, exuberant coloratura and the slow, sad portions.

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Winterstürme Wichen Dem Wonnemond by Joans Kaufmann

Posted on December 26, 2017 by emmasrandomthoughts

I am not a fan of Wagner.  Jonas Kaufmann eloquently said that, as a child, Wagner’s music resembled shouting giants.  He is not wrong.  And yet, Jonas Kaufmann can make shouting giants sound appealing.  It may even make me look … Continue reading →

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Se quel guerrier io fossi! … Celeste Aida by Placido Domingo

Posted on October 4, 2017 by emmasrandomthoughts

Gotta love Placido.

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“Parto, ma tu ben mio” by Elina Garanca

Posted on September 7, 2017 by emmasrandomthoughts

Another aria from the famous mezzo soprano.

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“Vecchia zimarra, senti” by Ildebrando D’Arcangelo

Posted on August 19, 2017 by emmasrandomthoughts

I saw a small, but lovely, production of La Boheme at the Ohio Theater in June.  This is an aria sung by one of the characters, who is going to sell his winter coat to provide Mimi with a muff … Continue reading →

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Ach, Ich Fuhl’s by Genia Kühmeier

Posted on July 13, 2017 by emmasrandomthoughts

We return again to Die Zauberflote, which has some wonderful music wasted on a terrible story. Seriously, I do not care about Tamino’s search for Masonic enlightenment.  But, this is a very famous aria, and for good reason.  It is … Continue reading →

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