any recommendations for an opera newcomer? (singer, classic, Lute)

lagios · 08-03-2007, 05:32 PM

Hello everyone! I would like to listen to opera (I've only listened to Purcell's Dido & Aeneas). Any recommendations for a nice start?

Music Man · 08-10-2007, 02:32 AM

Wagner--The Valkyrie
Wagner--The Mastersinger of Nuremburg
Mozart--The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart--The Magic Flute
Rossini--William Tell
Rossini--The Barber of Seville
Johann Strauss II--The Bat
Verdi--Aida
Puccini--Madame Butterfly
Tchaikovsky--Eugene Onegin

lagios · 08-10-2007, 05:46 PM

Thanks a lot.

jackhammer · 08-11-2007, 05:40 PM

http://www.musicbanter.com/classical...fans-here.html

A thread in the same forum for you opera lovers.

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lagios Groupie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Greece Posts: 3	Thanks a lot.