May 2013
38 posts
Crossdressing Opera's 52 Pick-Up
crossdressingoperasingersftw:
I never thought I’d get over 50 followers, but amazingly enough I did. So, in gratitude to those who follow this blog, a giveaway!
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I’m turning this off now because it is literally too sad.
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I’m listening to the farewell gala at the closing of the Old Met. This is possibly one of the saddest things I’ve ever heard, and I wasn’t even there. In fact, I was born over 30 years later. AND NOW THEY’RE APPLAUDING MARION ANDERSON AND OH MY GOD I CANNOT EVEN.
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Acerba Voluttà!: This needs to be said →
o-pera-is-life:
I Have to get this out of my system, so please Stick with me: I am A 17 year old singer: and I am tired.. Because The operatic world is changing. And Not in the most positive way.I haven’t been in this business long, But the fact that Body image aka “Being skinny and perfect looking” is…
THIS.
Crossdressing Opera's 52 Pick-Up
crossdressingoperasingersftw:
I never thought I’d get over 50 followers, but amazingly enough I did. So, in gratitude to those who follow this blog, a giveaway!
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helenakoonings asked: Birthday Asks: 7, 8 & 13
Crossdressing Opera's 52 Pick-Up
crossdressingoperasingersftw:
I never thought I’d get over 50 followers, but amazingly enough I did. So, in gratitude to those who follow this blog, a giveaway!
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je suis a toi: 13 Slightly More In-Depth Opera... →
helenakoonings:
Today’s my 22nd birthday.
I’M OLD.
So!
Here are 13 questions to celebrate, all slightly more elaborate than my previous ask-boxes. ;D
What would your dream cast for your favourite opera be? You may include both living and deceased singers.
Who’s operas are hardest for you to enjoy, or in other words, who’s operas do you hate? Why do you dislike this composer’s operas so...
cose-piu-notabili:
Hey, people! Today is the European Opera Day. Just saying
basedgodniall:
when you and your friends hate the same person
Poulenc's Les Dialogues des Carmelites Live from... →
janehoffmansoprano:
musicprag:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s5m2d
Marquis de la Force ….. David Pittsinger (baritone), Chevalier de la Force …. .Paul Appleby (tenor), Blanche de la Force ….. Isabel Leonard (soprano), Thierry ….. Keith Jameson (baritone), Madame de Croissy ….. Felicity Palmer (contralto), Sister Constance of St Denis ….. Erin Morley (soprano), Mother Marie of the...
helenakoonings asked: OMG YOU'RE ON TUMBLR. I was creeping your wordpress thing after I found that Maria Stuarda/Anna Bolena meme, hahaha. Do you mind that I posted it? I put your blog as a post source, of course. :)
Pros at work: Netrebko and Garanca
phantomunmasked:
fyeahgustavo:
What opera virgin friends see during performance:
What pops into my head during a lull in the performance:
^^
THIS.
OMG i just did a spit take at my computer hahahaha.
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Y'all, I just thought of something!
sudsyoperacat:
Renee Fleming has a teenage daughter right? Or possibly in her early twenties? What if her daughter is on tumblr? What if she looks up her mom?
Random Opera Stuff: Hey, Let's Stop Being Sexist... →
donna-elvira: Let’s just get this away with first: Anna Netrebko is one of my favorite singers. She was just hitting her stride when I first got into opera, and I essentially grew up with her becoming the reigning soprano that she is today. I can really credit her for getting me interested…
!!!!
cronuses:
EVERYONE who reblogs this will get a custom scalemate like this one;
based off their blog!!! i’ll start sending them out asap!!! Ends may 8th. uwu
I did not just email Anna Netrebko’s management and ask to come backstage after Onegin in October…
donna-elvira asked: 4, 9 and 16
janehoffmansoprano asked: 4, 6, and 9
dolcesuonoopera asked: 9, 10, 12, 14, 16
21 Kinda Personal Opera Questions (As an ask or a...
1. Which dead opera singer would you resurrect to hear them perform live?
2.What's the sexiest opera moment you've ever experienced?
3.What's your favorite freaky production?
4.If you were going to see one last opera (You'd NEVER see another one again), what opera would you see and who would the dream cast be?
5. What scene/aria/opera makes you ugly-cry?
6. Is there an opera you don't ever want to see set in a modern context? Why?
7. Pick the bits from operas you want to be played at your wedding and funeral.
8….so, ever been attracted to a mezzo in a pants role? Who do you find the most appealing?
9. What's your #1 shower aria?
10.You've got someone's attention for 5-20 minutes, just enough time for ONE aria/duet/trio/etc. What would you pick to introduce them to opera and why?
11. BAM. You wake up and you've got mega-pipes (if you don't already…). What role do you sing and why?
12.You wake up and you're a different gender. What role do you sing now and why?
13. What do other opera fans say that makes you want to just punch them in the face?
14. Any famous scene in opera that you weirdly aren't touched by and just don't get?
15. If your house was burning down and you could only grab one recording or DVD, which one would you pick and why?
16.What opera singer do you crazily fangirl over the most? (YOU CAN ONLY PICK ONE.)
17. Got anything against Live in HD, recorded opera, and the like? Defend your position
18. Choose between sitting through a Gounod opera or Einstein on the Beach.
19. Ever snort-laughed at an opera? What was so darn funny?
20. Does opera ever make you anxious/sweaty/nervous?
21. Tell us about the emotionally-getting-hit-by-a-mack-truck feelings your first opera experience induced (When you finally GOT IT)
I need some opera asks.
sudsyoperacat:
Hella halte mich fest!: donjuansrecklessdaughter... →
parmandil:
operateen:
parmandil:
donjuansrecklessdaughter replied to your post: donjuansrecklessdaughter replied to your post: …
Yes, some more accessible Bel Canto operas like L’Elisir D’amore (basically a Disney fi;m waiting to happen), La Fille Du Regiment, Il Barbiere di Sivilgia etc….
I actually LOVED Bolena from the first listen. I still can’t like Norma because Bellini...
Hella halte mich fest!: donjuansrecklessdaughter... →
parmandil:
donjuansrecklessdaughter replied to your post: donjuansrecklessdaughter replied to your post: …
Yes, some more accessible Bel Canto operas like L’Elisir D’amore (basically a Disney fi;m waiting to happen), La Fille Du Regiment, Il Barbiere di Sivilgia etc….
I actually LOVED Bolena from the first listen. I still can’t like Norma because Bellini just dissappoints...
April 2013
30 posts
2 tags
New tag for opera?
operaswag:
Phantom of the Opera REALLY needs to stop showing up in the Opera tag. All the other non-opera stuff needs to stop too. SERIOUSLY PEOPLE?!? SERIOUSLY?!?
I think we should all start a new tag. #opertag instead of just #opera?
Or, alternatively, #realopera.
sudsyoperacat asked: Hey operateen, do you have a twitter account?
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Ring Around the Rose
(indiscreet mumbling because the Lepage ring in completely on youtube with English subtitles)
Rheingold
Walkure
Siegfreid
Gotterdammerung
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Ildiko Komlosi Will be my New Best Friend
So I’m going to be on the WQXR radio show, Operavore this weekend and they posted a feature about me talking about my first opera on their website. I talked a lot about singer, Ildiko Komlosi and how her performance made me an opera fan. As a way to say thank you, I emailed her agent and attached the link. Said agent passed the note on to her and this morning I got en email FROM HER ON HER...
Send me a highly toxic chemical in my ask box.
Acetaldehyde: What did you used to have that you are happier without?
Bromine: What was your favorite food when you were a child?
Cyanogen: If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?
Diazomethane: If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?
Ethylamine: What sound do you love?
Formaldehyde: If you could be any fictional character, who would you choose?
Hexafluoroacetone: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Isopropylamine: What do you miss most about being a kid?
Ketene: What is something you learned in the last week?
Methacrylaldehyde: Would you rather be really attractive or really smart?
Nitromethane: What are your phobias?
Oleum: If one song were to describe your life, what song would it be?
Pentaborane: What is one habit of yours that no one knows about?
Sarin: What annoys you the most?
Trifluorochloroethylene: If you could change your first and middle name to anything, what would it be?
