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Comic opera The Merry Wives of Windsor (by Otto Nicolai)Yōroppa Shitsunai Kangengakudan

Merry Wives of Windsor Gorin Popp Foster Hightower 1965

William Shakespeare’s comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor features an engaging, well-developed story, and the opera based on it by Otto Nicolai is renowned for its beautiful, graceful, and lively melodies.

It premiered on March 9, 1849, at the Royal Opera House in Berlin.

On a sunny dayRichia Arubanēze: Uta

Renée Fleming - Un bel dì vedremo (Madama Butterfly)

This is an aria from the opera Madama Butterfly.

Although her husband, Pinkerton—an American naval officer—has returned to his homeland and married his lawful wife, without knowing this, Madame Butterfly remains in Nagasaki, steadfastly and proudly singing of her unwavering belief that he will come back to her.

Tears unseen by anyoneRuiji Aruva: uta

Luciano Pavarotti – Una furtiva lagrima – L'elisir d'amore

It’s a song from the opera “L’elisir d’amore,” in which the peasant Nemorino sings after seeing the tears of the woman he loves, Adina.

Adina’s tears come from realizing Nemorino’s purity, regretting her own aloofness up to now, and resolving to win back his heart—which has grown distant—by taking a distant attitude toward him herself.

Witnessing this, Nemorino recognizes her true feelings, making it a romantic aria.

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (by Shostakovich)Roiyaru Konserutohebou Kangen Gakudan

Shostakovich – Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk – Jansons (Part 1)

Katerina, who married into the wealthy Izmailov family, lived in despair amid a loveless husband and a spiteful father-in-law, spending her days in sorrow.

Then Sergei began working as a new hired hand, and he and Katerina became lovers, setting her on a gradual path to tragedy.

It’s a distinctive work that draws you deeper and deeper into the world of the opera.

Opera Fidelio by BeethovenRōma Kagekijō Kangen Gakudan

From the New National Theatre, Tokyo Opera “Fidelio” – Fidelio – New National Theatre, Tokyo

The only opera Beethoven completed is Fidelio, whose musical ideas are beautifully interwoven with form and rules.

For opera singers, it is difficult to perform and requires advanced technique, so it is said that those who master the role with their vocal ability are assured of praise and success.

Opera: The Rescue of Ruggiero (by Francesca Caccini)Vuwadisuwafu Kuwoshievichi

Francesca Caccini 1/2 ‘La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina’ (1996) Pro Musica Camerata

Composed during the Baroque period, Francesca Caccini’s The Liberation of Ruggiero is regarded as the first opera written by a woman.

The work was also performed in Warsaw in 1628, making it a landmark as one of the first Italian operas to be staged abroad.

Matador’s SongHoriuchi Yasuo

Yasuo Horiuchi – “Toreador Song” from “Carmen,” 2001

From Bizet’s Carmen, Escamillo’s aria in Act 2.

This aria describes the blood-stirring, rousing atmosphere of the Spanish bullring, but its wide vocal range makes it extremely challenging for baritones.

In recent years, there has been a growing tendency to cast an especially handsome singer as Escamillo, in order to outmatch Carmen’s bold, masculine personality.