Monday, 9 April 2012
A Verdi playlist
Below are some of the major "highlights" from Verdi's operas. As before, some are audio, some are video. Hopefully by now you will be familiar with some of the singers.
Sunday, 8 April 2012
Viva Verdi and Va, pensiero
We began with Puccini and have looked at his major operas. From there, we looked at his contemporaries in the verismo school and some of the 19th century Italian operas on the edge of the repertoire. The mid to late 19th century Italian opera is, though, dominated by one name: Verdi.
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