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We’re diving into timeless arias from Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen. Georges Bizet died suddenly from a heart condition at the age of 36, a few months after the premiere of Carmen – he never had the chance to see how successful ..
We are continuing our exploration of 2nd movements of romantic piano concertos with Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. #PianoAdagios Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 is structured in four movements; thus the adagio ..
We are continuing our exploration of 2nd movements of romantic piano concertos with Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1. #PianoAdagios I have a complex relationship with Johannes Brahms’ music that reminds me of the famous ..
We’re diving into timeless arias from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly. Here’s “Addio, fiorito asil” (“Farewell, flowery refuge”) This is Pinkerton’s remorseful farewell to the home ..
We’re diving into timeless arias from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly. Here’s “Un bel dì vedremo” (“One fine day we shall see”) Butterfly imagines her husband’s ship returning to Nagasaki, ..
We’re diving into timeless arias from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly. Madama Butterfly is a tragic opera, composed by Giacomo Puccini and premiered in 1904. It tells the story of Cio-Cio-San (Madama ..
We are continuing our exploration of 2nd movements of romantic piano concertos with Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 #PianoAdagios In 1839, Franz Liszt began crafting his Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major. Liszt premiered it himself ..