#opera nerd

[vanityxfairgrounds]

Our favorite opera nerd.

[dichterfuerstin]

Most people: Spent an hour to choose what to watch on Netflix.

Me, an opera nerd: Has been logged into Medici.Tv for thirty minutes and still doesn’t know wether to watch Die Tote Stadt, L’elisir d’amore, Macbeth or Meistersinger

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so I probably should have watched the Met Carmen and Don Giovanni because who knows when I’ll be able to see them again and I’ve seen people raving about them all weekend but did I? I did not. Rather, I continued to re-watch what has become one of my favorite things in the world.

like seriously this is dope for my brain. I don’t think there’s anything in the opera world that sweeps me off my feet like two mezzos falling in love who also just so happen to be portrayed by two of my favorite mezzos on the planet

So many of my favorite things: fairy tales, gorgeous music, flowery romantic poetry, angst with a happy ending, so many mezzos, fantastic divas, phenomenal acting

like it’s ridiculous, even the way they BREATHE in this scene shows us so much about their characters

also those eyes. Those eyes. Lord.

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS

and I feel this music and this singing to my very soul it’s surreal in the best way

and pair that up with two ridiculously amazing singing actors and I genuinely forget how to breathe

like all those little micro-expressions that maybe no one in the audience is even going to see but they’re there anyway

so yeah I’ve watched this scene maybe fifteen? twenty? --so many times since I saw this one week ago.

like it’s not even my favorite opera, or my favorite production, but holy sweet mother of pete

I’m never going to get over it 

[beckmessering]

most opera-nerdy things i’ve done so far

[ will be updated ]

- gotten unreasonably excited about a simple aside mention of favorite opera in school music text

- mentioned five times the different operas written about Faust when reading Faust

- guesses what piece the listening example was and scared the living daylights out of music teacher when finding out that guess = correct

- sang along to largo al factotum and tried to nail the fast parts (when not a baritone)

- quoted die meistersinger in casual conversations

- read the entire ring cycle libretto when class got boring

[la-madamina]

A quick short update on life

I got to sing in my first fully staged grand opera this summer! No, edit: I got to go live in Berlin, Germany to participate and perform in my first fully staged grand opera this summer. I got to sing Puccini. As an undergrad. In Germany. No, I still don't believe it myself, but it was heaven. Pure heaven. Now, I am preparing for my senior recital. The hearing is next week, and after my rehearsal with my accompanist today, we're having another rehearsal this weekend to make sure that we're as ready as possible because, well, nothing seemed to be clicking. I'm a little bit terrified of what will happen next Thursday at the hearing. It was an early hearing/recital date, anc combined with the fact that my teacher had me change 50% of the rep on there only 2 weeks ago, I am a tiny bt freaking out.

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These two either invented bromance or are the gayest not-couple ever.

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Because this week the Met is airing the 2010 Don Carlo on Thursday (I’m not counting down the days) (5 days) I might be a bit more obsessed with this opera than usual (which if you know anything about me is saying something)

So expect a lot of chatter, possibly some screaming, random thoughts/info, and, on the day of, tears.

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Don Carlo and Die Zauberflote are the two operas I can get halfway through before realizing I forgot to turn the subtitles on