#morninglistening to #JeanBaptisteLully's Phaéton w/@talenslyriques & @christophe.rousset.officiel on @apartemusic. Terrific, lively, and extra points of you can make the connection to Hindemith!

#nowplaying #FrenchOpera #BaroqueMusic

Ah! mon fils, composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer. A heart-wrenching moment from Le prophète, this aria demands emotional depth and vocal control.

Listen to Regina Resnik: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6e5...
View the text on IPA Source: www.ipasource.com/product/ah-m...

#DramaticMezzo #FrenchOpera

ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #Goddess by #KellyGardiner. Fictional biography of the swashbuckling swordswoman/opera star, #JulieD’Aubigny.
suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-...
#17thCenturyFrance
#FrenchOpera
#SwashbucklingHeroines
#GenderBendingHeroines
#AmReading
#Bookstagram
#SkyBooks
#BookReviews

July 24th – Music Of The Day Thomas Pitts Europe, France, Music Adam, If I Were King, July, Si j'étais Roi

🎼 #ComposerOfTheDay: 24 July
Born in 1803, Adolphe Charles Adam was a French composer best known for O Holy Night. His opera Si j’étais roi (“If I Were King”) features an overture full of charm.
🎧 Listen: Si j’étais roi Overture – graceful, bright, and full of flair.
#FrenchOpera

BOOK REVIEW: #Goddess by #KellyGardiner. Disappointing fictional biography of a swashbuckling swordswoman/opera star.
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#17thCenturyFrance
#FrenchOpera
#JulieD’Aubigny
#SwashbucklingHeroines
#GenderBendingHeroines
#AmReading
#Bookstagram
#SkyBooks
#BookReviews

Paris, Opéra Bastille 20.06.2025 Massenet: MANON (2d visit to the revival of Vincent Huguet) cond:Pierre Dumoussaud with Amina Edris, Roberto Alagna, Andrzej Filończyk, Nicolas Cavalier, Régis Mengus, Nicholas Jones etc #operalover #Massenet #Manon #opera #RobertoAlagna #Amina Edris #frenchopera

#morninglistening to more #CharlesGounod: Faust, also in #MichelPlasson' recording which I definitely prefer over Prêtre. (Though Rizzi 1st got me interested in this opera.) There's no dearth of alternatives; which one scratches your itch?

Amzn: amzn.to/3HvggHV

#FrenchOpera #Faust

#celestial #sunking #uzh #roy #frenchopera #choral #choralmusic #frenchmusic #musique #frenchtouch #royal #regent #imperial #sun #dub

Jacques Offenbach - "Contes d'Hoffmann": Barcarolle "Belle nuit ô nuit d’amour"

Fatma Said (sop.) & Marianne Crebassa (mezzo)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo/Sascha Goetzel

#opera #frenchopera #offenbach #fatmasaid