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Music & emotions: A mezzo-soprano's music blog
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Mezzo-soprano Rachel Curmi discusses life through music, bel canto, opera, sight singing and more. Aria interpretations are suggested; making the blog a reference to all lyrical singing connoisseurs.
- Author: Rachel
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Recent Posts
“Call centres are extraordinarily hideous places to work in”
Now I’m not the one who’s saying these words and I never worked in a call centre either. I was just doing some reading about opera and I came across an article that describes Brian Irvine’s latest opera. This is no common opera - it...
Beethoven’s 5th symphony
Mime it all out! One of my work colleagues pointed out the video below. It’s a black and white mute video but in the background we can hear Beethoven’s 5th symphony. I just thought it incredible how two people could mime for almost 6 minutes. And...
O del mio amato ben - Donaudy
O del mio amato ben Stefano Donaudy (1879 - 1925) O del mio amato ben perduto incanto! Lungi è dagli occhi miei chi m’era gloria e vanto! Or per le mute stanze Sempre lo cerco e chiamo Con pieno il cor di speranze? Ma cerco invan, chiamo invan...
Non t’amo più - Francesco Paolo Tosti
Non t’amo più Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 – 1916) Ricordi ancora il dì che c’incontrammo, Le tue promesse le ricordi ancor? Folle d’amore io ti seguii, ci amammo, E accanto a te sognai, folle d’amor. Sognai felice, di car...
I’ve got rhythm!
What do the following people have in common? A traffic policeman A musical director A ballet dancer Rhythm! In my previous post Is opera gaining popularity? I mentioned that classical music and opera are everywhere. To be more precise, it’s m...
Is opera gaining popularity?
Yesterday I was listening to Classic FM and I was delighted to hear that music from operas is ranking higher and higher in the Hall of Fame 2008. But is this a sign that opera is becoming more popular? I repeatedly ask the following questions to myse...
