It’s our tenth annual challenge to “Make Opera Your Valentine!”At Opera Bracelets we say our product is for fun-loving, passionate opera fans. As such, I encourage you this Valentine’s Day to share a favorite opera aria, moment or duet (it is not req…
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My love for the Ring and Gotterdammerung is a mystery even to me.My first time “seeing it” was on a DVD from the library. It had to be returned that day and I had to fast forward through a lot of it… I guess I totally missed the point.Then, I saw…
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The Das Rheingold Collection celebrates the first opera of Wagner's epic Ring Cycle of four interconnected operas. Here we are introduced to Wotan, Loge, Erda, the Rhinemaidens and others who we will see or hear about as the story unfolds.Check out t…
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People get intimidated by Wagner’s Ring Cycle, but I encourage you not to be!True, it is long; there are lots of interrelated characters and lots of interconnected music. It’s not your normal opera story, it’s trying to representing all of time. O…
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Are you like me? Probably not…I think I’m a little strange about this, but if I see people on the street with clipboards or papers, I pull the shades, shut the doors and pretend I have a hearing affliction. I will jump thru hoops rather than answer…
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This weekend Fulham Opera completes their series of two full Wagner Ring Cycles which they have pulled off with 29 cast members, 4 directors, only 8 instrumentalists and just 6 crew. Now you may or may not be into Wagner but you have to admire…
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