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Endlessly intoxicating night of ecstasy

  An endlessly intoxicating night of ecstasy eh? The night is still young … I’ve chosen Nuit d’ivresse d'extase infinie for today’s track on the opera playlist because it is simply exquisite. This version sung by Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto…
Del
December 27, 2016
BlogOpera

What excels the pleasure of the chase?

Boxing Day and that British tradition - the meet of the hunt. I have no idea where we are in terms of the legislation on this, as there are so many loopholes, exceptions and workarounds, as well as artificial trails…
Del
December 26, 2016
BlogOpera

Beautiful daughter of love

No, not me … but Maddalena. I’m dedicating today’s post to my Dad - we still miss him so much.  His love of opera was instrumental in the acquisition of my own passion for the genre. When he lived in Vienna,…
Del
December 25, 2016
BlogOpera

Tell me faithful

Following on from yesterday’s post … The miserable Friedrich is going to punish anyone who participates in the carnival, all part of his plan to ban fun. And a bit of word association soon gets us from carnivals to masks…
Del
December 23, 2016
BlogOpera

The ban on love

Today’s track is from a little known opera by Wagner. The purists dismiss it as trivial, but being a trivial sort of person, I don’t mind admitting I like it; in fact, I like it a lot. The justification for…
Del
December 22, 2016
BlogOpera

Have they gone?

As it is the shortest day, I had intended to add something from the shortest opera to the playlist. Research shows that the honour of writing the shortest opera belongs to Peter Reynolds and his four minute opera The Sands…
Del
December 21, 2016
BlogOpera

Then I’m the One

I always feel terribly excited when I see the first fall of snow. I don’t know whether the excitement is rooted in childhood memories of sledging and snowmen or whether it’s just how different the world looks - there’s often…
Del
December 20, 2016
BlogOpera

I’ve made a vow …

‘Richard Strauss’ and ‘comic’ are not normally heard in the same sentence, but when it comes to Der Rosenkavalier, they are.  There isn’t really a back story to today’s post, apart from the fact I love this trio. And I did…
Del
December 19, 2016