Opera Daily
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Archive
About
More
return
;
Share this publication
Opera Daily
www.youroperadaily.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Opera Daily
An email that makes you love opera.
Launched 2 years ago
Subscribe
Login
About
Archive
Top posts
About
Archive
Authors
Login
Let me read it first
Opera Daily 🎶 — Teresa Berganza
A diva without being diva-like, a musician before being a singer
May 15
16
Comment
4
Opera Daily 🎶 — Mothers, the quiet heroes of history
A tribute to my mother
May 8
19
Comment
11
Let's talk: First opera memory?
Do you remember when you heard your first opera/aria? Bonus points for including the opera and composer! Please tell us—no matter how faint or v…
Feb 23, 2021
44
Comment
83
Opera Daily 🎶 — Not just another Mad Scene
Today we’re listening to French soprano Sabine Devieilhe sing Ophelia’s Mad Scene from Ambroise Thomas’s opera Hamlet. It is soothing for the soul to hear Sabine Devieilhe. She seems too good to be true.But creaminess of tone is not all that Devieilhe has to offer. Her voice…
May 1
7
Comment
2
Most popular
Curious about opera? Start here.
78
Comment
62
Opera Daily 🎶 — La Traviata “Brindisi”
29
Comment
Opera Daily 🎶 — Maria Callas, I vespri siciliani
23
Comment
11
Opera Daily 🎶 — Mirella Freni, When to know when to stop singing and how magic cannot be explained
10
Comment
4
Opera Daily 🎶 — Puccini's La Bohème
15
Comment
6
Opera Daily 🎶 — The Mistress of Joy
37
Comment
6
See all popular
New
Community
Opera Daily 🎶 — "Serenata"
The voice is the oldest of all musical instruments (although some might say that singing predates even the spoken word). Yet the context in which it is…
Apr 24
16
Comment
4
Opera Daily 🎶 — Rossini’s Biblical opera
Today we are listening to Mosè in Egitto by Gioachino Rossini. The opera premiered in 1818 at Teatro San Carlo in Naples. Set in ancient Egypt, it is…
Apr 17
19
Comment
3
Opera Daily 🎶 — "Baïlèro" from Chants d'Auvergne
Today we will take it easy and listen to the “Baïlèro” from Chants d'Auvergne (Songs of the Auvergne) — a collection of folk songs by Joseph…
Apr 10
14
Comment
6
Opera Daily 🎶 — An Opera by Verdi That Needs Name Tags
Today we’re bringing back one of Verdi’s most divisive operas. Many fans consider it among his greatest works, while others find it tedious. The plot is…
Apr 3
18
Comment
2
Opera Daily 🎶 — The sadness and simplicity of Purcell's best known aria
Today we are going back to 17th-century England.Dido and Aeneas is Henry Purcell’s first (and only) opera and contains Dido’s aria “When I am laid in…
Mar 27
19
Comment
2
Opera Daily 🎶 — Operatic Earworms
👋 Hello to the new Opera Daily subscribers who have joined us this week. A reminder that you can check out the complete Opera Daily archives and the…
Mar 20
13
Comment
6
Let's talk: Why do you think opera isn't as popular as it use to be? Is it just the US?
I'll go first to get us started…. New forms of entertainment have replaced opera (too many "easy" things to compete with) Lack of music educatio…
Mar 16
12
Comment
32
Opera Daily 🎶 — The man who brought opera to 80 million living rooms
👋 Do you enjoy this newsletter but hate email? Today is your lucky day! You can now read Opera Daily in the new Substack app for iPhone. New posts will…
Mar 13
18
Comment
2
See all
Most popular
Curious about opera? Start here.
78
Comment
62
Opera Daily 🎶 — La Traviata “Brindisi”
29
Comment
Opera Daily 🎶 — Maria Callas, I vespri siciliani
23
Comment
11
Opera Daily 🎶 — Mirella Freni, When to know when to stop singing and how magic cannot be explained
10
Comment
4
Opera Daily 🎶 — Puccini's La Bohème
15
Comment
6
Opera Daily 🎶 — The Mistress of Joy
37
Comment
6
See all popular
Opera Daily
An email that makes you love opera.
Subscribe
Opera Daily
Subscribe
About
Archive
Authors
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts