Music, and more particularly singing is always with us. A certain day we may find ourselves moody and with a melody from La forza del destino playing over and over again in our head. Or maybe we feel like a superhero as we've doing great at work and then we feel like Calaf solving the 3 riddles that Turandot has proposed. First, we would like to build a place where we can talk about our passion for singing in a positive way. There is already too much of those toxic places where we criticize ...
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Send us a Text Message. In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from Turandot by Maestro Puccini? At the end of the last century Luciano Pavarotti made this a regular in his concerts. By far, one of the most beautiful melodies ever written for the tenor voice. Most tenors would like to have it…
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Dissecting...Dalila's aria: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
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Send us a Text Message. In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from Samson et Dalila by Maestro Camille Saint-Saens? Ceertainly one of the most beautiful melodies ever written for the mezzo soprano voice. There is no mezzosoprano who doesn't want to have it in her repertoire. But it is also a…
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Dissecting...Traviata's Brindisi - Libiam, libiam, n'è lieti calici!
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Send us a Text Message. In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this duet from La Traviata by Maestro Verdi? By far, the great favorite to close a concert. There are times when even other tessituras join it and make it a superb experience for the public. In this season we talk about the author, and we a…
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Dissecting... Di Provenza il mar il suol from La Traviata
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Send us a Text Message. In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. This time another great favorite from La Traviata: Giorgio Germont's aria. By far, one of the most beautiful melodies ever written for the baritone voice. There is no soprano who doesn't have it in her repertoire. In this season we talk about the author, an…
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Callas Centennial: Time travel to Mx Citi 1952: The Farewell
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Send us a Text Message. In this last time travel to Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, year 1952, we will witness a good variety of titles that show the wide range of roles and the versatility of her voice. Achievements that would add to would later be known as La Divina. The result is a little uneven, with Rigoletto standing on the way and wh…
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Dissecting... La donna è mobile from Rigoletto
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Send us a Text Message. In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from Rigoletto by Maestro Verdi? By far, one of the most well-known melodies ever written for the tenor voice. All tenors would like to have it in their repertoire. By far one of the melodies people have heard before even if they'…
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Send us a Text Message. In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from Rigoletto by Maestro Verdi? By far, one of the most beautiful melodies ever written for the soprano voice. There is no soprano who doesn't want to have it in her repertoire. In this season we talk about the author, and we ana…
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Dissecting.. il lamento di Federico from L'Arlesiana
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Send us a Text Message. In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from L' Arlesiana from Maestro Cilea? This incredible piece of music has been sung by tenors for decades already and for sure for many decades to come. This aria, as many in this season, is unfortunately very often overdone, with …
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Callas Centennial - time travel to 1951 Mexico City - Settling down
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Send us a Text Message. 1951 in Mexico City was for Maria Meneghini Callas a little different from the previous year, with only two titles. The cast was different, and Sigora Meneghini Callas would continue to make her path in this country that would never forget her. Some of the content here referred is based on The Callas Imprint book, for your r…
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3 Quick Updates: Live episodes recording in YouTube coming, Telegram and Google Podcasts
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Send us a Text Message. Three quick updates: We are starting as of this July 2024 the live episodes recording in YouTube. Follow our Telegram Channel for quicker updates, just a click away Google is shutting down Google Podcasts, please take action if you would like to keep following our content Support the Show. You can join our channel in Telegra…
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ChatGPT tells us about Maestro J Offenbach - Celebration in the Final episode of this season
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Dissecting Musetta's Waltz: Quando me'n vo' from La Boheme
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Send us a Text Message. In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this lovely piece from La Boheme by Maestro Puccini? A short, still very effective song if done correctly both technically speaking and in the interpretation. Easy to sing? Not really, you will listen in this program why. In this season we …
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Send us a Text Message. In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from Werther by Maestro Jules Massenet? By far, one of the most beautiful melodies and maybe saddest ever written for the tenor voice. There is no lyrical tenor who doesn't have it in his repertoire. In this season we talk about t…
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ChatGPT tells us about Maestro Tchaikovsky
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Maria Callas Centennial - time travelling to 1950 Mexico City: The Expectation
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Send us a Text Message. For this trip we need to put apart many things that we know now. We are travelling to a time where Maria Callas whas Meneghini Callas, she was not La Divina. She was not as famous as she came to be years later. We have no mobile telephones, meaning there is no way to learn immediately news from all other places almost at the…
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Send us a Text Message. In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from Giani Schicchi by Maestro Puccini? By far, one of the most beautiful melodies ever written for the soprano voice. There is no soprano who doesn't have it in her repertoire. In this season we talk about the author, and we anal…
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Nerves, nerves taking control of the singer
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Send us a Text Message. Nerves can make the life oa singer miserable. The psychological strenght and balance are factors playing here. Others are self-inflicted nerves that result from a poor processing of putting together a recital. You can always check our page in Ko-fi where we are posting more content related to the program and ourselves. We ar…
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We are moving to Ko-Fi effective immediately!
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Send us a Text Message. Security breaches were reported to the previous platform over the past week and no commitment for resolution or even a word in the status. Digital security is a priority for you and for us. All posts and content are being moved this week to our profile in Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/operawelovesinging Support the Show. You can …
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Send us a Text Message. Author of the Callas Imprint - Sophia Lambton joins us to talk about this book she released this December 2023. A lot has been said about Maria Callas, many authors have recycled the information on her, a good number of those books are poor in content and rich in speculations. Many of those books also are rich in sharing per…
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Take good care of your instrument with singing lessons
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Send us a Text Message. We invite you to take singing classes pursuing your own goals. No matter your level, the country you reside or your age. The importante piece is to take care of the instrument you were born with. If you or somebody you know would like to start this journey with Katia, here's the link https://ko-fi.com/s/3e421d933f You can al…
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ChatGPT tells us about Maestro Mozart
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Maria Callas Centennial - Program 4
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Send us a Text Message. Maria Callas, one of the greatest artist of the past 100 years will be a recurring subject starting December 2023 to celebrate the well known "La Divina". Callas is very often associated to bel canto roles and most of her works in French are unknown to most people. It is true that her later roles in this language are part of…
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ChatGPT tells us about Maestro Donizetti
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Maria Callas Centennial - Program 3
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Send us a Text Message. Maria Callas, one of the greatest artists of the past 100 years will be a recurring subject starting December 2023 to celebrate the well-known "La Divina". Sophia Lambton, author of The Callas Imprint - A centennial biography, which you can find in most of the world through Amazon. In this program we are taking a look at her…
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Maria Callas Centennial - Program 2
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Send us a Text Message. Maria Callas, one of the greatest artist of the past 100 years will be a recurring subject starting December 2023 to celebrate the well known "La Divina". In this second program we have Sophia Lambton joining us. She is the author of The Callas Imprint - A centennial biography, which you can find in most of the world through…
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Send us a Text Message. Is information provided by ChatGPT 3.5 worth reading it if I wanted to learn more about a given opera composer? In the quest of answering it, this series will ask ChatGPT to provide info that when scarce, vague, just a platitude or simply wrong, new questions will be asked to guide the IA to provide more relevant information…
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Send us a Text Message. Is information provided by ChatGPT 3.5 worth reading it if I wanted to learn more about a given opera composer? In the quest of answering it, this series will ask ChatGPT to provide info that when scarce, vague, just a platitude or simply wrong, new questions will be asked to guide the IA to provide more relevant information…
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Maria Callas Centennial - Program 1
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Send us a Text Message. Maria Callas, one of the greatest artists of the past 100 years will be a recurring subject starting December 2023 to celebrate the well-known "La Divina". In this first program we have Sophia Lambton joining us. She is the author of The Callas Imprint - A centennial biography, which you can find in most of the world through…
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Send us a Text Message. Is information provided by ChatGPT 3.5 worth reading it if I wanted to learn more about a given opera composer? In the quest of answering it, this series will ask ChatGPT to provide info that when scarce, vague, just a platitude or simply wrong, new questions will be asked to guide the IA to provide more relevant information…
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Parlons de ... Final episode of this series - Don Pasquale duet
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Parlons de... the Donizzetian Zarzuela: Marina
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Parlons de.. Let's celebrate for 56 countries listening with Die Fledermaus
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Parlons de... Les Contes d'Hoffmann
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