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I've just recently discovered your channel and I think it's great. I'm working my way through your historical videos and your demonstration of the difference between Hildegard's music and earlier chant is very interesting and new to me. Also, I like the fact that unlike some TH-camrs, you don't overdo the jokes or gimmicks - just enough humour. Great presentation.

Intro to Music, the book the college I attended studied/CUNY.

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In 100 years Beastie Boys will be forgotten, along with all the other crap music

I'm intrigued by the fact that the earliest opera you've chosen is 'The Magic Flute'. I know that it is a weakness of mine, but I have never been able to love singing which distorts the language to the extent that I can't understand it, no doubt because I'm an anglophone, and the style in which opera is sung is Italianate. Strangulated vowels. Absent consonants. So I quite enjoy operas where the singing might as well be an instrument. I was taken to 'Der Freischutz' as a teenager and found it deadly dull. Tried some Verdi in my twenties, where I found the chorus were effectively directed to (of necessity) upstage the Principals. Monteverdi, however, fascinated; -so different! Opera is a weird art form, so when people in them act unrealistically, I find it more, counter-intuitively, convincing; certainly more engaging. Alessandro Scarlatti's all right. Haendl great fun, because no effort is made to conceal the fact that the conversing in song is odd.

I watched this at school and now all my band can think about is please clap and let it ring... Like the phone rang after we watched this and literally everyone was like Let it ring....

I’m on a deep Howell’s run right now, but i’ll definitely check back for the Amy Beach. You described Howells, and captivated the essence of his music and career so very well. Looking forward to the Beach!

Howells changed my life in a glorious way. Something happens to you when you're a fresh ten year old treble in the Cathedral choir and learning something like the Coll Reg services, Gloucester Service....No surprise I ended up a Cathedral Organist and Choirmaster myself with those stunning influences amongst many others!!!

The very first opera I attended was Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, performed in English. All the singers' diction was excellent: I understood every word and found the entire opera very funny and captivating. I've been hooked on opera ever since, and have since become.a singer myself! Love the arias of the Countess, Susanna, and Cherubino. BTW: Throughout my first hearing, I was waiting for Figaro's famous aria, only to find out later that was in another opera. Both operas are based on Beaumarchais's Trilogy.

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Great list. I actually saw all of these in my first few years of operation-going.

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Having seen Lucia di Lammermoor and enjoyed it I was introduced to an English language version of Butterfly with a Chinese actress/opera singer in the title role. It was incredibly accessible to a 13 year old and I was hooked on the exquisite music and the tragedy. Then Tosca- which took my breath away with its chillingness and shockingness and amazing music. Then I longed to hear Boheme and was able to follow it on a recording and found the music gorgeous, sweet and just food for the soul. On hearing Turandot I was again astounded. Incredible music and colour and Puccini - but different - powerful, epic yet still personal and sweet. Meanwhile I discovered the edelightful Magic Flute and Figaro, Rigoletto and Traviata - and was truly hooked. And then Monteverdi's Orfeo and his others - a whole new experience, So yes - I can say opera is a wonderful art form and enriching to those who are exposed to it and fall under its spell!

Years ago a former student was singing (sort of) the Largo al Factotum. When I learned that he had never been to an opera, I decided to take him to the Met production of Il Barbiere (which I think is the funniest opera ever). After purchasing tickets, my closest friend tried to convince me that Carmen would be a better first choice. I attempted to point out the absurdity, given that the young man was clearly familiar with and fond of Rossini's music; he is a European born polyglot, who is extremely well-read (when I first taught Animal Farm he taught his classmates about the Russian Revolution allusions); and the tickets had already been purchased. He loved the opera. That memory of my confused but dearly missed friend (who subsequently passed away), came back to me today, shortly before stumbling upon this video.

My first opera was the barber of Seville and it was great!

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The first opera my father took me to was Pagliacci. He read the libretto with a small flashlight while in the house, which sort of embarrassed me, but I loved Cornell Macneil's voice. Der Rosenkavalier was an opera I saw in a Minnesota Opera production; it was captivating. I don't like artifice, just singing and acting with period sets The trio at the end of the opera brought ecstasy.

Great video--but, please-- don't call the Middle Ages the Dark Ages! It's a thousand years of so much religious, cultural, and political history.

For anyone who's afraid of Wagner: Tannhäuser! Lots of wonderful and memorable tunes, lots of action. Especially the first two acts.

I've started more than one person off on Monteverdi - Poppea. Runners up Britten Billy Budd and Midsummer Nights Dream, and Rossini - Barbiere.

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Im absolutly agree about the Monopoly 😂😂 And, I would like thank you for this wonderful video.

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Impressive diction and presentation style. You held my full attention.

I had been listening to classical music since I was little but the first opera I saw was on tv at age 11. It blew my mind. Britten’s “A turn of the Screw” (Based on Henry Jame’s ghost story” )

Im gonna be honest, why is this so easy-? 😭 i feel like if u can sing quite good, you’ll get opera. And i just became 13.

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Guys, hear me out, the keep ot classical dude

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Good operas to start with are 1. Orphee et Euridice by Gluck 2. Le nozze di figaro by Mozart 3. Falstaff by Salieri 4. The magic flute by Mozart 5. Carmen by Bizet 1. Orphee is a wonderful drama, good melodies, reform opera, great stuff 2.Le nozze di Figaro is full of energy, immerges you into the playfulness 3.Falstaff is a masterpiece of musical comedy. Enough said. 4. Allover the place, masonic stuff, very nice! Madness 5. I dont know. It's just very enjoyable..... And for kids, Der Schauspieldirektor would be a good choice. Short comedy in 1 act. Mostly spoken. Easier for kids

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this is where I have to cry BULLSHIT. I am a professional concert pianist with over 50 years on the concert stage with 40-50 concerts each season. Kids are ALWAYS welcome at my concerts. I provide a special family rate to ensure this tradition stays alive. I have had babies as young as six months. guess who causes the problems at my concerts. the stupid adults who should know better. we say we don't want the classical tradition to die out and then we have THIS fuckwit saying to leave the kids at home. SHAME ON YOU!!!

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My first Opera was Don Giovanni and I don't regret it 😁

Hold up He's talking about pop music and the first band that comes to mind is Nickelback

actually, i think you and that game show guy pronounce these names much better than most Americans

Thoroughly enjoying your work, thanks.

Would always recommend to start with "Don Giovanni", also perhaps "Hänsel and Gretel". Then "The Magic Flute", and also "Carmen" would be on my list for beginners. "Aida", as well as "Turandot" might be interesting ones, too, for opera novices.

and look at the world today and the lack of beauty in music and you will realise what augustine meant especially in this world which has favored madness over the beauty of God Jesus Christ KING OF KINGS.

"Opera is when a man gets stabbed but instead of dying, he sings ..." Lol!

I've enjoyed your series and began to post them, thanks!

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The day of Pentecost Was called pentecost Since about 3480 years ago. The day Moses received the stone tablets on mt Sinai.. 50 days after the passover .

The Daughter of the Regiment was my first and it was stellar. The recent staging at Lyric in Chicago