Five questions from f4f3 . If you want to play, ask in comments.

1. If you could cast one opera, which would it be?

Part of me wants to say Peter Grimes but really only three of the roles are an interesting sing so I'll go with Don Giovanni. I think it has one of the most interesting mixes of voice types.

2. And with whom - fantasy cast from ( Read more... )

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day 28 - good character you would like to play in some opera

"Good" is a loaded term. Most interesting characters are at least a bit morally ambiguous and most overtly virtuous characters are dull as ditchwater. And who is "good" anyway? How, for example, would one classify Captain "Starry" Vere in Billy BuddWhat the Hell. I'm going to pick ( Read more... )

day 25 - aria that you would never be able to sing

That would be pretty much all of them. It's nice to have something in common with the contestants on Pop Star to Opera Star. On to the next...

day 26 - best classical opera composer

How does that differ from Day 1? On to the next...

day 27 - best lied composerPretentious way of putting it. ( Read more... )

day 24 - favorite operatic singer male/female with “huge” voiceThis is quite tricky as "huge" voices, it is said, are hardest to judge on recordings as the full timbre of the voice doesn't quite make it and volume can be balanced up. Overall, it makes mediocre singers sound 'bigger' than they are and doesn't do full justice to the best voices. So ( Read more... )

day 21 - perfect aria to describe angriness

Well duh! There's really no competition here is there. Surprise, surprise we are back in Mozartland.

Here's Diana Damrau at Salzburg in 2006 terrifying a suitably frightened looking Genia Kühmeier.

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Now for fun here's a still taken during the same aria at the COC Studio Ensemble performance at the ( Read more... )

day 19 - your favorite opera of all time

This is a bit like picking a favourite composer. It all depends on mood and situation. I still have abiding affection for Die Zauberflöte, Das Rheingold and Peter Grimes which were some of the first operas I saw live. I also have great affection for Dido and Aeneas, Le Nozze di Figaro and Iphigenie en ( Read more... )

Swiped from sabotabby.

Answer each question, plug your answer into Google search, and pick a picture from the first page of images from your search results.

( Twenty images )

Fun idea from nanila:

Based entirely on my personality (so block what I really look like out of your mind), hunt down a "played by" who you think would best represent me. Reply here with a picture or link.

One secret plan

If I told you it wouldn't be secret anymore...

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