#aurelio aureli

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Erismena moments

Festival D'Aix-en-Provence, 2017

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Operablr Pride Month 2024 Week #3 (June 15-21)

Can't believe we're already halfway through the month!!

Erismena (Cavalli/Aureli)  Keywords: Baroque opera, trouser roles, sapphic, GNC character, genderbending, Italian opera

The Hours (Puts/Pierce) Keywords: Opera in English, historical opera, lesbians, queer characters

Lucio Silla (Mozart/Gamerra) Keywords: Italian opera, trouser roles, sapphic, MLM, poly, opera seria

Summaries, libretti, recommended productions, and more under the line! (Disclaimer: I have not necessarily seen all the productions recommended here. Most of them are those that have been recommended to me.)

Erismena

Libretto: (Another obscure one I can't find!) Summary: Starts on page 7 of this PDF Productions: Aix 2017 (English subs) Opera on Video search link: Erismena Cavalli - Opera on Video Bonus: We have a lot of Cavalli this year! Some info on "the most important Italian composer of opera in the mid-17th century." And here! Francesco Cavalli | Opera World (opera-world.net)

The Hours

Libretto: (too new. Not having luck with libretti this year lol) Summary: Metropolitan Opera | The Hours (metopera.org) Productions: Can find on Met on Demand or on VK Bonus: 2024 performance program!

Lucio Silla

Libretto: Lucio Silla Libretto | Mozart | Opera-Arias.com (Italian-translate enabled) Summary: Lucio Silla - Wikipedia Productions: Salzburg 2006 (English subs) Part 1 Part 2 Opera on Video search link: Lucio Silla Mozart - Opera on Video Bonus: Not as clement as our fave Tito perhaps but this guy sure led an interesting life: Sulla - Wikipedia

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Operablr Pride Month 2024 Week #4 (June 22-28)

I can't believe it's the final full week of the month!! Hope everyone is having as much fun as I am!

Eliogabalo (Cavalli/Aureli) Keywords: Baroque opera, genderbending, GNC character, historical opera, opera in Italian

Hadrian (Wainwright/MacIvor) Keywords: Canadian opera, gay characters, MLM, historical opera, historical Rome

Billy Budd (Britten/Forster/Crozier)

Summaries, libretti, recommended productions, and more under the line! (Disclaimer: I have not necessarily seen all the productions recommended here. Most of them are those that have been recommended to me.)

Eliogabalo

Libretto: unfindable Summary: help Productions: Paris 2016 (French subs) Opera on Video search link: Eliogabalo Cavalli - Opera on Video Bonus: A very unfiltered look at the historical Eliogabalo's life: Eliogabalo: Obscure Emperor, Obscure Opera (westedgeopera.org) A slightly more detailed (and filtered) look: 147. Eliogabalo (Cavalli) – The Opera Scribe

Hadrian

Libretto: guess Summary: Hadrian – Rufus Wainwright Productions: Toronto 2018 (English subs) (^the only video I could find was on VK. You need account but it is free--it looks sketchy but isn't. If anyone knows of another video let me know!) Bonus: A panel with the creators! World Premiere of Hadrian: A New Canadian Opera | Hadrian Opera | Talks at Google (youtube.com)

Billy Budd

Libretto: English (Translate enabled) Summary: English (Translate enabled) Productions: ENO 1988 (English subs) Des Moines 2017 (English subs) Vienna 2001 (German subs) Opera on Video search link: Billy Budd Britten - Opera on Video Bonus: Some info on the original source material for the opera: Billy Budd - Wikipedia Bonus bonus: A (very long) analysis of the opera and its themes: Sea-changes: Melville - Forster - Britten (oapen.org)