I’d very much like to believe I am no longer “fresh to opera”, but I still found Tyler Cowen’s post on how to get started with opera extremely informative. In fact, I regret not having had such a “guide” when I first got interested in opera.
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Vesti la giubba
Haven’t written anything for a while now, but among many other things that somehow impeded me of doing this, I have seen/listened to Leoncavallo’s amazing Pagliacci (see here a short synopsis) in the even more amazing Arena di Verona!
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Somewhat dramatic for my usual taste (sic!), but certainly one of my favourites from this absolute phenomenon called Yann Tiersen. Since today I’ve listened all day to Tiersen’s albums, here are the lyrics for Monochrome (you should listen to the song though, otherwise the effect is not even 10%- and here’s the complete videoclip on YouTube- very very well done, btw!).
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… or rather not entirely new- objectively speaking- but recent impressions from my part, so to say. This time about classical music, economic research and some new scientific highlights…
→ Read more I ran into an excellent resource of classical music online that has, among other things, short informative biographies of many composers and- particularly- complete librettos for a few hundreds of the most famous world operas.
Din lume adunate…
Prins in prea multe lucruri care nu pot fi deloc amanate sunt nevoit sa o las mai moale cu frecventa entry-urilor in blog pentru o perioada. Totusi, din cand in cand, in fuga, niste impresii.
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