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Conversations

Mariella Devia

Teatro La Fenice

Extracts Michele Crosera

Norma – Casta Diva

Teatro La Fenice Bellini

Operas Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Les Troyens

Dutch National Opera and Ballet Berlioz

For fun

How well do you know about Stabat mater compositions?

Operas English National Opera

Lucia di Lammermoor

Teatro Real Donizetti

Operas Michele Crosera

Norma

Teatro La Fenice Bellini

Conversations Opéra Comique

Violeta Cruz & Jos Houben

Opéra Comique

Operas

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Dutch National Opera and Ballet Offenbach

Concerts Enar Merkel Rydberg / Royal Swedish Opera

Birgit Nilsson 100 year Anniversary Concert

Royal Swedish Opera

Stories

Opera, a celebration of European Cultural Heritage

Backstage La Monnaie / De Munt

Time Lapse Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci

La Monnaie / De Munt

Extracts Roberto Ricci

La traviata – Amami Alfredo 360°

Festival Verdi

Articles

Opera Glossary

Small dictionary of operatic devices: R like RING

Felix Grünschloß / Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe

Opera for Beginners

Heroine or Witch

Karl and Monika Forster

Opera Spans Centuries

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Extracts

Alberto Ricci

La Traviata – Un dì, felice, eterea

Festival Verdi

The Double Night: Aida / Tristan

Teatro comunale di Bologna Verdi

Mark Douet

Le Nozze di Figaro – Contessa perdono

Garsington Opera

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

La Favorite

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Donizetti

Silent Night

Wexford Opera Festival Puts

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Stories

Opera North

The Ring Cycle

Opera North Wagner

Johan Persson

Fragments of a(n opera) lover's discourse

Fatal Attraction: Cinema and Opera

Opera North

Wagner and his Ring

5 things to know about Il corsaro

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

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Making Opera

OperaVision

Aix-en-Provence

Pop-up Opera

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

Scottish Opera

The Making of a Scottish Opera Costume

Opéra de Lille

Happy Day for Children

Opéra de Lille

Catherine Ashmore / Royal Opera House

Singing with the Royal Opera Chorus

The Royal Opera House

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Conversations

Polish National Opera

Rafał Kłoczko

Polish National Opera

Joyce DiDonato

OPERA America

Mariella Devia

Teatro La Fenice

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Interviews | Parsifal

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Opera America

Christine Goerke

OPERA America

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Films

Aix-en-Provence

Pelléas et Mélisande: a Dreamlike Vision

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence Debussy

Mein lieber Schwan

Violetta's Ghosts

Becoming an artist

European Opera-directing Prize 2016

Camerata Nuova Verdi

Kirill Bashkirov

Vocal Technique and Interpretation

Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía

Vincent Beaume

Mozart Residency

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence Mozart

Michel Cooreman

Waltzing and Singing

Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel

Annelies van der Vegt

Preparing Poppea

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Backstage

Behind the Scenes with the Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House

La Monnaie / De Munt

Time Lapse Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci

La Monnaie / De Munt

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For fun

How well do you know about Stabat mater compositions?

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Performances

Pierre Grosbois

La Princesse légère

Opéra Comique Cruz

Markus Gårder

Aida

Royal Swedish Opera Verdi

Annemie Augustijns

Parsifal

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen Wagner

Aleksandar Mijailoviu

L'Orfeo

New Belgrade Opera / Madlenianum Monteverdi

Miguel Ponce & Miguel Lorenzo

Il corsaro

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía Verdi

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