Nick's Opera

Who doesn't love opera?

[operanick]

Sleep

There’s a truth not many know, 

About the world while you’re asleep: 

That the wind slips through your window, To steal the secrest that you keep, 

And if you don’t believe me, 

Then you’re welcome to your doubt, 

But have you never stopped to wonder,

 What it’s whispering about? 

What else in the world, 

Could make the treetops bend and sway, 

But the weight of all the words, 

That no one ever dared to say? 

And since it’s while you’re sleeping, 

Secrets are easiest to take, 

It’s not surprise those with the deepest, 

Are the ones kept wide awake.”

[silverhawk]

never have i wanted to read an article less in my life.

[shapingthewater]

Suddenly I forgot how to read…

[unclefishman]

[elizabethplaid]

The Shape Of Water Review: The Problem With Inter-Species Romance

The review is from Gamespot, by the way.

[wardencommanderrodimiss]

“It’s one thing to ask audiences to suspend belief for this fairy tale, and it’s a whole other thing to ask them to consider for one moment that an otherwise sane woman would be so desperate as to fall for a creature who can’t even survive on dry land–not when there are actual men in this town.”

Haha man someone tell this dude that he is not the hot commodity that he thinks he is and personally speaking I for one am eager to get away from actual men and be whisked into the loving arms of a fishman.

[skarchomp]

motherfucker you work for a video game publication in 2017 and you somehow didn’t notice that everyone and their grandpa wanted to get rawed by the giant fish man from breath of the wild

[operanick]

Features Renée Fleming in the soundtrack!

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Martina Arroyo 36th Annual Kennedy Center Honoree 2013

If you look closely, you can spot Renée Fleming in the audience (beginning of the clip). 

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“You’re a loser!” -Judge Judy

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500 Miles

Very moving music video with such a great song! 

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Anna Larsson, contralto, performs Dalila's aria "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" from Camille Saint Saëns' opera Samson et Dalila. Mats Rondin conducts the Roya...

Besides Anna Larsson singing this great aria, did anybody notice Renée Fleming in the audience? 

[operanick]

La forza del destino (Remastered) : Act II: Scene 3: La Vergine degli angeli

Provided to YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment La forza del destino (Remastered) : Act II: Scene 3: La Vergine degli angeli · Thomas Schippers · Giuseppe Ve...

Cannot believe I just found out about this piece! This is good music!

[silk101]

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Yikeß

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Madame Butterfly by Puccini

Madame Butterfly by Puccini November 8, 2015

A great production of Madama Butterfly that I got to work on with an amazing cast!

[operarocks]

HELLO OPERA ROCKS SUPERSTARS!!!!!!

I know you all are planning your costumes for Halloween, but DO NOT MISS OUT this weekend on the chance to watch my master classes from Carnegie Hall - LIVE on Medici TV!!!!  (They finish early enough for you to get to your Halloween parties!!!)   http://www.medici.tv/#!/joyce-didonato-master-class-carnegie-hall-day-1-2016-october

I’ll be working with 4 wonderful, young singers from around the world.  What I encourage you to do is to try and watch along to follow the progress from one day to the next ~ always mindful of the fact that our exploration of singing is about the PROCESS, not the ARRIVAL!!!!  I’m a student, just like you - a student of art, of singing, of life!  Let’s take the journey together!

I recently had the incredible opportunity to work with 8th Graders as part of the “Count Me In” program at Carnegie Hall, helping them prepare for their Performing Arts High School auditions ~ learning things like how to present yourself when you walk in the room, how to CONNECT TO THAT BREATH, how to ALLOW THE EMOTION to come through via your COMMITMENT TO THE TEXT!!!

Take a look at a few of these pictures, and remind yourself how BEAUTIFUL it is when you let your light SHINE!!!  Remember every time you open your mouth to sing, you have the opportunity to pour beauty into the world … something which is MOST welcome in these times, no?  

So let that light shine, bring YOUR UNIQUE beauty to the world (yes, YOUR beauty … you! Yes, YOU! Not hers …. YOURS!!!), and sing your hearts out!

See you from NYC this weekend … and Happy Halloween! (Be safe!)

~ Joyce

[operanick]

Cannot wait to go tomorrow!

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JENUFA Leoš Janáček: - Její Pastorkyňa

Jenufa - Nina Stemme Kostelnicka Buryjovka - Eva Marton Starenka Buryjovka - Viorica Cortez Laca Klemen - Jorma Silvasti Števa Buryja - Par Lindskog Stárek R...

Just the best right here.

[operanick]

L'Italiana in Algeri Finale Act 1

Rossini L'Italiana in Algeri Focile, Soffel, Gambill, Serra, von Kannen; Weikert Schwetzingen

Saw this show (not this production) at The Met last night. It was so funny! Totally in love!!!

[currentvibes]

[chainsawpunk]

[amorroso]

[banana-milk-tea-deactivated2021]

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So excited to see Renée Fleming in May for Der Rosenkavalier! 

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Walking into finals like:

[vanessafehn]

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Signore Ascolta

“Turandot”