This is a tumblelog, kinda like a blog but with short-form, mixed-media posts with stuff I like. Scroll down a bit to start reading, or a bit more to read more about me.
Joyce DiDonato - Diva, Divo (by emiclassics)
In this video, mezzo-soprano discusses her 2011 release Diva, Divo. Viewers will hear excerpts from arias on the recording. Diva, Divo is one of five Grammy nominees for Best Classical Vocal Solo Recording.
Bach wrote such incredible music and this is just another example of his genius.
The lovely mezzo Christa Ludwig singing “Erbarme dich, mein Gott” from Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
Mezzo Elina Garanca as Charlotte in Massenet’s Werther
If you haven’t seen this production then you have to watch it! It’s on DVD and you can order it here. Oh and the styling on Garanca is retrolicious!
Maurice Ravel (1875-1973)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1973)
Shéhérazade II. La flûte enchantée
Maurice Ravel (1875-1973)
Shéhérazade I. Asie
and another one…
Does enjoying mean comments about Katherine Jenkins make me a bad person? I simply can’t help myself.
Mezzo Magdalena Kozena sings “Parto, parto” from Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito
She is such a great performer and I have been seriously neglecting her. This is a crime.
Those coloratura faces! hahahaha.
