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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭 𝗔𝗦 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗬 𝗛𝗜𝗠𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝟳 𝗔 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗨𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗺: 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗿 — 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟯–𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟰 Once 𝗛𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘇 had declared his intention…

Let's welcome the new members. Emma Dodwell, María Teresa Gao González, Bright Aheto, Freedom Freedom, Hindi Kita Kilala, Cemsi Kaya, Vali Ilie, Теодора Спасова, Jarosław Nowicki, Mourikis Theodore, Battuvshin Gantsooj, Marina Bondarenko, ნათია ასათიანი,…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭 𝗔𝗦 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗬 𝗛𝗜𝗠𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝟭. 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘇 𝗔 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗢𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀 Hector Berlioz began the story of his life with the…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗭𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝘆𝗽𝘀𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 — 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗟 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 / 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗩𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Kurt Eichhorn 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Arthur Maria Rabenalt 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘂𝘀 —…

𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗮’𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀 — 𝗔 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 Cimarosa composed more than sixty securely documented operas, although older catalogues sometimes claim over eighty by counting revisions, alternative titles, doubtful attributions and works written partly by…

𝗥𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗶 - 𝗜𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶 𝗦𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗮 (𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮 - 𝗔𝗹𝘃𝗮 - 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘆 - 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗮) 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗼 - 1972 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j_1dO4bxmI 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮 (Rosina) 𝗟𝘂𝗶𝗴𝗶 𝗔𝗹𝘃𝗮 (Il Conte d'Almaviva) 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘆 (Figaro) 𝗘𝗻𝘇𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗮 (Bartolo) 𝗣𝗮𝗼𝗹𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗼 (Basilio)…

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 — 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼 — 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗸𝗹 — 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽 — 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹 — 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8TQdnuCN4E&list=OLAK5uy_nBHIVPptiCp9gkXzhe5tBnywtyiPBpdpA&index=1 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗸𝗹 — Rigoletto 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽 — Gilda 𝗝𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹 — Il Duca di Mantova 𝗝𝗮𝗻-𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗸 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 — Sparafucile 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗧á𝗸á𝗰𝘀 —…

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 — 𝗜𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 — 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 — 𝗧𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶 — 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼 — 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹 — 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKnFPK7XHXE&list=OLAK5uy_k2wdw0OhnsCiBJpavdDP-cIIQfSrtXiGQ&index=1 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 — Manrico 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗧𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶 — Leonora 𝗚𝗶𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼 — Azucena 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹 — Il Conte di…

𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝. 𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟵 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗥, 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗧𝗬, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧 After 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀, there was no new creative dawn for 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵…

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFihwDIaKug&t=354s 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 — 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟵 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟭𝟮𝟱 “𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹” 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 conducting the 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 Recorded in 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟰 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗘 ════════════════════════════ 𝗜. 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗬 𝗔𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗬 The fourth chapter turns from the outward splendour of the Grand Journey to one of the deepest engines of…

Among those who went to Europe on the Queen Mary were 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶, noted symphony conductor, 𝗠𝗿𝘀. 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶 and their two grandchildren, 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶 and 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇. (Photo by 𝗝𝗼𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮/NY Daily News Archive…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟱: 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 — 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗛, 𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗬 (𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟳–𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟵) By the later 1730s, Handel had already known triumph, domination, rivalry, collapse, and physical exhaustion. The…

𝐇𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐳: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐀 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 There are composers who refine an existing language, and there are others who seem to arrive almost…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗢 𝗠𝗨𝗧𝗜 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗦: 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗔 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 https://vanguardia.com.mx/show/artes/2688911-una-orquesta-cuesta-menos-que-un-jugador-de-futbol-muti-BXVG2688911 (2014) Italian conductor 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝘁𝗶 expressed deep concern over the cuts that the arts are suffering across Europe, warning political leaders that…

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 – 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀 – 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗻: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2088572 𝗢𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼 – 1839 Premiered at La Scala, Milan, on 17 November 1839. 𝗨𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗼 𝗱𝗶 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗻𝗼 – 1840 Premiered at La…

**𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟰 — 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻: 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲** **𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺** When Mozart arrived in **Vienna in 1781**, he had at last…

𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐙 (𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟑–𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟗): 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) was one of the most radical and controversial composers of the nineteenth century. His life combined artistic genius, emotional…

𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭 — 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗘 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦: 𝗔 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗘 (1803–1826) Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) was born on 11 December 1803 in La Côte-Saint-André,…

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# **Handel - Alceste - Franck-Emmanuel Comte ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-alceste-146840665?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-alceste-146840665?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **1. Genesis and Historical Context (1749)** **Alceste** is one of the most fascinating *unfinished* dramatic projects by **George Frideric Handel**, composed in **1749** as **incidental…

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