I've never seen the show America's Got Talent, but I was reading an article in the Missourian yesterday morning and it mentioned a former University of Missouri student who auditioned for the show by singing a portion of the song, "Nessun Dorma." It is from Giacomo Puccini 's opera Turandot. It was an absolutely amazing performance. The emotion before, during, and after the song added even more to this already incredible audition. I've always had an interest in opera ever since singing an opera song or two in my high school choir years, but never really got into that type of music too far, but after hearing this I think I might go out an buy one of Pavarotti's albums or something by him and the other two tenors (known as the Three Tenors.) Time to start searching for some of this fine music. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld2fdY3aNkk
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2008/06/30/mu-opera-grad-sings-spotlight/
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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It's probably too late to comment, but in case you read it.
From an opera fan - opera is first and foremost musical theater. Arias aren't just songs, they are part of a story. Listening to some of the albums which features selected arias only gives a partial impression of opera. So why not try to watch and listen to a real full opera on a DVD? You could even start with any of these beautifully produced movie versions of popular operas, such as La Traviata with Placido Domingo and Teresa Stratas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcKdnkGBSgA
Or Carmen - also with Domingo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljv0zDATu3c&feature=related
Both of these operas are full of beautiful melodies and would provide an excellent introduction to opera.
Just an advice...
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