The #Drottningholm #Agrippina for #OperaVision is an utter joy musically, visually and dramatically. Top notch videography too. A great cast of singers incl. #Hallenberg and #DeSá and a wonderfully airheaded Poppæa from #Malemi. Watch "AGRIPPINA Handel – Drottningholm Palace Theatre" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/0K-l5bo7GBs

The beautiful irony of #OperaVision screening #WilliamTell on YT and saying in the live chat that there are English subtitles available if you turn on CC; in French.

(I didn't see the whole chat as I joined late, but only seeing it said in French amused me so in my mind they didn't say it in English- because that's funnier)

If you are looking for something special to watch tonight or tomorrow, check out this #Opera rarity on #operavision, #RimskyKorsakov “Christmas Eve”. It’s a magical piece and the music and singing is fantastic. Bravo #OperFrankfurt for staging this challenging piece. https://youtu.be/5Wk8aMW0YK8
#Gogol @classicalmusic #classicalmusic

@meganmariehart Thanks so much for that video. Great imagination and beautiful singing. Kudos. It's the kind of piece that shows what you can do with a few bars. I like to riff on it on the piano sometimes - so simple, but lots of possibilities. #Mozart could write like this too; maybe he learned it from #Handel e.g., "Ave Verum Corpus" or some of the slower Zauberflöte numbers. Anyway, my exciting opera day will include watching #Rimsky's "Christmas Eve" on #OperaVision tonight. A rarity!

Have been focusing my listening on #Monteverdi since seeing #OperaNorth #Orpheus on #OperaVision. And this new disc of the 7th Book of Madrigals is pretty sublime. So many riches, such invention and immaculate performances from #Alessandrini and #ConcertoItaliano.

https://open.spotify.com/album/4jwJFg3GiLjzJApvdn23pV?si=acnP9q6OSzKmF1Wnie1tAw&utm_source=native-share-menu

I saw Orfeo first in David Freeman's great prod'n at 80s
English National Opera at the Coliseum, London.

I still experience Monteverdi Syndrome, finding myself covered in goosebumps, & that's just the first half of Act I.

This free streamed prod'n
@GarsingtonOpera deserves its plaudits; v high g'bump count.

https://operavision.eu/performance/orfeo-0

Nuture ENO, #operavision

#decolonising as an act of love: I spent the evening watching this seamless blend of my cultural heritage (Indian) and passion ( #opera, amongst other things) and wept in joy at recognising myself. It is truly amazing how the creators have embraced the improvisational traditions of the early baroque and India, reflected the cultural mix of their community in and let everyone shine in this #Orfeo. A gift of a staging for performer and audience. #operavision #operanorth https://youtu.be/ybXylS_ux60.