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I’m specifically looking for singers that not just sing, but make you feel like they are performing the role,like you are inside the story.
Maria Callas is the one that comes up most often when this is discussed , and,I believe it’s one of the factors that contributed to her legendary status.
I don’t want to start anything controversial here, it’s a highly subjective matter anyway, I’m only hoping for some recommendations.

Is there a website like that for operas?

As a new fan of the medium, it’s important to me to have access to the best possible recordings so that if I like something Iknow why and if I don’t, then it’s not because it was badly conducted,badly sung ,or someone was having a bad day, but I simply didn’t like.

It would be helpful to have a database for critically acclaimed recordings.

Seriously though,how come there is no opera about how they met? I can’t believe we don’t know the love story of Opera s greatest wingman/couple.
I want to see how Figaro would act when it’s his turn to fall in love.

I want to see him serenading his lady, or do you think his style would be different?

Somehow, I can’t imagine their courtship being conventional in any way.

My pick would be Anna Anderson woman who claimed to be Anastasia, and the only Survivor of the Romanovs after the massacre of 1917.
It has been turned into ballet, but her story is a good candidate for an opera, and Russia is already a giant in operatic world.

There not being an opera about such a person seems like a missed opportunity.

Usually,how long is the “prime“of each voice type (male and female)?

Which voice types tend to stay fit for longer and which ones are known to have short spans at the peak?,and in general are singers having longer careers and maintaining their quality of voice longer than singers of the past?,has it stayed the same? or do singers decline faster nowadays?

Personally, I think it’s option number three but Don Jose irritates me so much so I’m team Escamillo.

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So in film or TV you see a lot of actors either hating or absolutely loving being associated with the character that made them famous, I know that the primary focus of opera is the quality of the music and singing, it’s still also a storytelling medium so are there any examples of opera singers getting attached or hating on their signature characters?

For the experts/professionals here ,is the best performance distinct from favourite for you?
Is your favourite always also the best? or do you also find yourself gravitating towards performances that might not be technically perfect,but still appeal to you to the point of being your favourite?
Are there any examples of performances that are of high-quality that you don’t like?

It has everything you would expect from an epic operatic tale, death, war, love, deception ,tragedy.

Does it have anything to do with the fact that the story has never been turned into a stage play?,that seems to be the origin of a lot of operas.

Does the writing style of stage play make it easier to write a libretto and set it to music?

Had the book it been written 70 years earlier,Wagner would have turned it into an opera.

Where do you stand on this subject?
Do you think that as the customer you have a right to boo if the product paid for is not your liking? Or do you prefer to applaud for the effort anyway?
I’ve never been to life performance before, but there were some productions that I saw what I thought to myself. If I had been there, I would’ve loved for a way let the director know that I was not happy without having to boo the performers because it’s usually not their fault.
I think it’s important for the audience has to be able to give immediate feedback on stage because being polite about it and applauding when you really don’t feel like it is first dishonest and risks decline in quality ,so I guess the solution would be an alternative to booing that is still signal to whoever is in charge that people are not happy.

Is it the musical style? The setting? The libretto?
Can an opera be of two genres at once?
Would appreciate more insight into this aspect.

She’s the most active character in the story, making choices that move the plot forward and overall just being the better protagonist.

Edit: I guess you could count the title as a name for the household, so including both of them? but still she’s the one that deserves most of the credit.

I watched the Queen of spades yesterday and was totally team Prince Yeletsky he was so understanding and sweet, deserved better than Lisa.

Almost cheered when Herrmann died. didn’t like him one bit.