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This week, a very different Opera Online, in honor of Independence Day. This week we'll hear several opera singers in traditional American songs and in patriot music, too.
Youtube Clip of the Week
First baritone Eric Green, who sang in our recent production of Turandot, sings the National Anthem in Virginia.
Leontyne Price, from Laurel, Mississippi, was one of the most important opera singers of the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Here she came out of retirement at the age of 74 to sing God Bless America.
Philadelphia native, Marian Anderson, had one of the most striking voices ever recorded. The famous conductor Arturo Toscanini said that a voice like her's only comes around once in a lifetime. Here she sings the spiritual Deep River.
Next, legendary American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne sings Aaron Copland's arrangement of the folk song Simple Gifts.
Baritone Thomas Hampson appeared on ABC's Good Morning America program and championed American song. Here he sings the American song Shenandoah.
From the Gershwin's ever-popular Porgy and Bess, soprano Kathleen Battle sings Summertime. The image and sound are perfectly synchronized together, but the singing is lovely. Enjoy!
Opera on the Radio this weekend
This weekend WRTI, 90.1 FM features Howard Shore's new opera The Fly in a performance taped live from the Los Angeles Opera. It stars Ruxandra Donose and Daniel Okulitch. Don't forget to tune in on Saturday at 12:30 PM, or click here to listen to WRTI on your computer!
Don't forget to invite your friends to sign up to receive these alerts by emailing their name, school, and age to us at outreach@operaphila.org. Again, if you have suggestions of things you'd like to see, please let me know and I'll find a few clips as well.
Until next week...
This week, a very different Opera Online, in honor of Independence Day. This week we'll hear several opera singers in traditional American songs and in patriot music, too.
Youtube Clip of the Week
First baritone Eric Green, who sang in our recent production of Turandot, sings the National Anthem in Virginia.
Leontyne Price, from Laurel, Mississippi, was one of the most important opera singers of the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Here she came out of retirement at the age of 74 to sing God Bless America.
Philadelphia native, Marian Anderson, had one of the most striking voices ever recorded. The famous conductor Arturo Toscanini said that a voice like her's only comes around once in a lifetime. Here she sings the spiritual Deep River.
Next, legendary American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne sings Aaron Copland's arrangement of the folk song Simple Gifts.
Baritone Thomas Hampson appeared on ABC's Good Morning America program and championed American song. Here he sings the American song Shenandoah.
From the Gershwin's ever-popular Porgy and Bess, soprano Kathleen Battle sings Summertime. The image and sound are perfectly synchronized together, but the singing is lovely. Enjoy!
Opera on the Radio this weekend
This weekend WRTI, 90.1 FM features Howard Shore's new opera The Fly in a performance taped live from the Los Angeles Opera. It stars Ruxandra Donose and Daniel Okulitch. Don't forget to tune in on Saturday at 12:30 PM, or click here to listen to WRTI on your computer!
Don't forget to invite your friends to sign up to receive these alerts by emailing their name, school, and age to us at outreach@operaphila.org. Again, if you have suggestions of things you'd like to see, please let me know and I'll find a few clips as well.
Until next week...
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