Opera On Tv From Covent Garden Roh Tonight.

[ladybirder]

If anyone's interested it's La Boheme by Puccini on BBC Four. I've seen it there a couple of years ago but I expect I'll still watch it.

https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-bxh3s9/la-boheme-from-the-royal-opera-house/

Any other opera lovers here? TB??

[douglas9401]

Not here. Utterly appalling art form.

[naomi24]

My absolute favourite!

[Toorak]

I think it is the same one that was shown on Boxing Day 2021 - if so, it is excellent. I will definitely watch it at some point while it is on iplayer.

[Canary42]

I was never into opera, but I did hear one song from this opera many years ago on an Encyclopaedia ad clip, and it set the hairs on the back of my neck on end, so perhaps I'll tune in.

[Toorak]

Was it this one Canary?

[ladybirder]

Which ones have you see Douglas? I think opera needs a careful introduction.

Probably mine too Naomi along with Cosi fan Tutte.

I think it is as well Toorak.

Is this it Canary? You have to listen to all of it to et the best bit LOL.

[The Builder]

Hiya LadyB.
I've never seen Sonya Yoncheva in action, so this is something to look forward to.

Dougie............. opera is an acquired taste alright. You have to work at it.
Maybe start with Rossini's "La Donna Del Lago". Only because one of the main characters is a highland chieftain called........ Douglas :o)
Sorry to hijack, LadyB, but I feel there's a little missionary work needed here.

Here's the opening aria.............. just for our Dougie :o)
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[nicebloke1]

Zzzzzzzzzz get me out of here:0>>

[ladybirder]

Ah, I bet it's O Soave Fanciulla? Fabulous.

[ladybirder]

Sorry tb, my last post was to Canary but I think I've wasted my time.

I've just listened to yours, it's a first for me and oh boy that's some voice! Don't think Douglas is interested. His loss.

[naomi24]

I agree with you, LB. Opera does need careful introduction - and television is never the best. On my first visit to an opera (La Boheme at the Royal Opera House) I went convinced I’d snooze throughout the performance. Did I? No way! It was gobsmackingly superb! I don’t like ALL opera - there’s no snobbery in it for me - but I would urge anyone to dip their toe in by seeing a live performance of either La Boheme or Carmen. Don’t knock it ‘til you’ve tried it.

[MissTerious2]

A few well known bits of opera are fine but in general I really don't like it, much like I really don't enjoy musical theatre or films. I've only been to one opera and that was The Bartered Bride at Covent Garden. I was 9 or 10 and it was a primary school trip organised by a very dedicated music teacher who chose the children who showed promise. It put me right off opera! But I could sing well. I can't now!!

[naomi24]

That’s a shame, lottie, but I can understand it. The wrong opera can put you off for life. If my introduction had been The Barber of Seville, for example, I’m quite sure I wouldn’t have bothered again. Not my cup of tea at all!

[naomi24]

*Cup of tea* (And talking drinks - the opera house in Prague does the best gin and tonic in the world!)

[MissTerious2]

However, I am enjoying Andrea's Bocelli's three part series on TV.

[MissTerious2]

What I don't like even more than opera is Gilbert and Sullivan!

[naomi24]

^Haha! That reminded me of the scene in Pretty Woman when Richard Gere took Julia Roberts to her first opera. Her description of her impression of it rhymed with The Pirates of Penzance. :o)

[MissTerious2]

All of those videos leave me cold. And I don't see the point of listening to words I can't understand.

Sorry. :0(

[MissTerious2]

I'm sticking with Radiohead!

[ladybirder]

Naomi I've just planned my first outing of the year IF I am well enough. Friend and I will try and get tickets for Glyndebourne. We will hire a wheelchair and she will push me around. Says she can't wait as it will be the first time she has ever been in charge LOL. She is the one who blacked her own eyes the last time we went. We want to see L'elisir d'amore. Seen it there before and it was wonderful.