I'd recommend Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas for beginners. It's relatively short, in English and fantastic.
@VivsGreen
6 жыл бұрын
Definitely! I think I will make a new one of these soon. So many things I should have added. Just so many good operas out there.
@danielmark4869
6 жыл бұрын
@@VivsGreen I just showed Dido & Aeneas to a friend of mine who has never seen an opera before. He enjoyed it. Having both experienced depression and suicidal thoughts we could both relate to the sentiments so perfectly expressed in Dido's Lament. Every time I hear it I get that 'hair standing up on the back of the neck' sensation. I think I may have made a convert out of him. ;)
@VivsGreen
6 жыл бұрын
I think all opera is so relatable but I am also an opera singer. haha. I am currently learning the whole Dido role and I think she is an amazing character with so much more back story that sadly couldn't make it into the opera. But if you would like in this video. You can hear me sing some of it. kzitem.info/news/bejne/pq9nsYGecHOemKA
@danielmark4869
6 жыл бұрын
@@VivsGreen Thanks. I just subscribed to your channel. I wasn't previously aware of what a masterclass was. I don't know how you manage the nerves. It's one thing to perform once you know you've got your act down, but to do it with all your imperfections on display I couldn't imagine doing. As for the story of Dido I guess that's to be expected. I had to read The Illiad back in my university days so when I discovered Purcell's opera I was at least familiar with the background story of the Trojan War, but I still haven't read Virgil's Aenead that tells the full version of the story of Dido and Aeneas. That's the one aspect of the opera that makes it a little less beginner-friendly. It does assume the audience already knows the back story of the Trojan War. Most people unfamiliar with opera would likely also be unfamiliar with classical literature.
@annak.3206
4 жыл бұрын
"... aaand everybody dies. What more could you ask from an opera?" XD nothing, literally nothing. You made my day! regards! :D
@VivsGreen
4 жыл бұрын
Hehe! I have a pretty dark sense of humour! glad you I made your day! :)
@annak.3206
4 жыл бұрын
@@VivsGreen so do I ! Regards, you did, indeed!😀
@theroboticgiraffe
4 жыл бұрын
Tosca was my "gateway drug" into opera. When my grandmother died, she left me her opera collection: fifteen operas on CDs and "A Beginners Guide to Opera". Tosca was the first one I listened to all the way through and I've never looked back.
@VivsGreen
4 жыл бұрын
Tosca is an AMAZING (!!!!!) gateway drug!! It's my all time favourite! Your grandmother left you a really great hobby! (f it's not anything more...) ❤️❤️❤️
@robinhahnsopran
3 жыл бұрын
This is delightful! I almost always start opera newbies with Barber of Seville, and if it's not that, it's always one of these suggestions. LOVE this vid!
@timnahurwich4159
7 жыл бұрын
Vivs, we've not met (yet), but you've become my Sunday smile. Grazie mille ...e brava!
@VivsGreen
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I hope to meet you soon :) So happy you're enjoying them!
@JacobMinger
4 жыл бұрын
My gateway drugs into opera were Motzart’s Don Giovanni and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (which was also the first opera that I saw in a theater when I saw it in my local Cinemark theater years ago).
@VivsGreen
4 жыл бұрын
both great gateway drugs! yeah I wish they did cinema relays when I was growing up.. (in my town.. I'm sure they did them somewhere but I didn't know about them)
@akechijubeimitsuhide
6 жыл бұрын
My first ever opera was Il trovatore, and it's still one of my favourites. I was about 12 :D Handsome Italian guest baritone walked in, started singing, and a lifelong obsession began :D Also a lifelong wondering why Leonora wants the tenor.
@VivsGreen
6 жыл бұрын
CaiusCassiusLonginus I WAS 12 as well when I saw my first opera. (That I can remember) Ahh, the age old question, home come the tenor always gets the girl. Haha!! Il trovatore is one of those operas that just sucks you in. It has it all !! Thank you so much for sharing!!
@akechijubeimitsuhide
6 жыл бұрын
My theory is that Don Giovanni got so many, now the other baritones are not allowed to or it would break the balance of the universe :D
@VivsGreen
6 жыл бұрын
HAHAHA!!! I like that theory! Well Don Giovanni isn't still burning in hell I think, even though it's been about 250 years.
@nikhildeo5998
2 жыл бұрын
La Boheme is also a recommended first watch!
@rosaliegolding5549
3 жыл бұрын
I’m sorry but your choice of opera is to confronting for a beginner it would have been for me I’m 70 and have been listening to the Art from age 5 when my Dad used to whistle the Arias and he used to take my Mother Sister every year to Europe to see theses beautiful operas my first was Boheme so I was very lucky ,I know them all off by heart and you have to do it slowly light ones first like Puccini( Verisimo ) yes definitely” Tosca “but out of his operas it should come later 1 La Boheme Madame Butterfly Tosca all his other will follow later 2 you can go for The Magic Flute it’s a completely different form of opera as they sing then stop using words that is not lyrical then burst into song again , but it all depends if that suits the listener . 3 You have to keep experimenting and to hold the listener and for my money I’d go for “Cavalleria Rusticana “/“ Pagliacci” they are together 1hr each and the Chorus is to die for .4 Carmen so many well known music that you can sing in the shower later 5 Now your going slowly into the hard core of Opera La Traviata it’s the semi lightest of his operas and a good start with this composer ,then ilTrovatore onwards so many he wrote just go on experimenting , most people go to Wagner later as they mature and appreciate the art it’s like Mahler in Classical music but we are all different and must choose to suit our character Rome wasn’t made in a day , people who say Opera is awful is because they did not listen to the right Opera with all that fancy trill they sing it’s enough to put you off .So from all of Puccini works (don’t forget Manon Lescaut) Giordano “A Chenier,”Celia “A Leocouvreur ,”Tchaikovsky “Eugene Onegin,”they are the lighter ones ,Bizet “Pearl Fishers “the list goes on maybe in between try some more Mozart ,Rossini ,Bellini and of course Wagner .VERY HAPPY LISTENING 🤗
@spokeydoke
4 жыл бұрын
your channel is really helpful, thank you!!❤️
@VivsGreen
4 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad!!! Thank you!! 🥰❤️🧡💛💚
@bonneeshafner9425
2 жыл бұрын
Omg, you have the most beautiful voice, just when you speak. 😳
@djalice
3 жыл бұрын
Great selection! I always take Opera virgins to ‘Gianni Schicchi’ when it is on as it is only about 50mins and contains one of my favourite arias ‘O mio babbino caro’. After that ‘La Traviata’ is so beautiful and entertaining while having my favourite overture. I’m crying before the curtain rises!
@LeiaThePrincess1
3 жыл бұрын
The first consciously chosen opera (not the first in general in my life), with which I began to deepen into the genre, was Pagliacci. I chose the first opera based on how much I was interested in the topics raised in them.
@VivsGreen
3 жыл бұрын
That's a very good point! story lines are really want get you hooked on the opera in the end
@filipenevescurral
7 жыл бұрын
Any fave recordings u might have to suggest to us opera newbies? 😃
@VivsGreen
7 жыл бұрын
Filipe Neves Curral I linked some in the bio/description box thing ☺️
@wnose
5 жыл бұрын
This will blow your mind: kzitem.info/news/bejne/0ZWhx4OPfJF3qqw
@LetsFacetheMusicandDance
4 жыл бұрын
Just watched La Traviata as our first opera experience! Cannot wait for the others on this list to show up in Vancouver.
@VivsGreen
4 жыл бұрын
This warmed my heart in so many ways! keep me posted on what you get seen next!
@LetsFacetheMusicandDance
4 ай бұрын
@@VivsGreen It's been a while. But finally we got some more Operas (plural?) on the list. The Magic Flute last year, and Carmen this year! Always get reminded of your channel. :)
@dorian07109
5 жыл бұрын
La Boheme should have been #1!!!! Don Giovanni also should have made the list.
@VivsGreen
4 жыл бұрын
There is a lot that didn't make it to the list! hahaha!!!
@TrolithFlint
4 жыл бұрын
When I first watched Carmen it blew my mind how many songs I was familiar with without knowing they were we originally from that opera hahaha
@VivsGreen
4 жыл бұрын
I felt the same! It's crazy how they are so intertwined in our culture without people knowing where the music comes from!
@TrolithFlint
4 жыл бұрын
Avi Green I left feeling like a knew a big secret and would 1000% point out the songs to my friends whenever we heard them in other things hahaha
@VivsGreen
4 жыл бұрын
@@TrolithFlint HAHAHA!!! I would do that too!!!
@detectiveassassin7937
3 жыл бұрын
I just watched my first opera last night in form of The Magic Flute.
@bengruetter
Жыл бұрын
La Boheme!!!
@joeherald7319
2 жыл бұрын
La Boehme and Madame Butterfly are always in lists like this.
@psalm23sheep53
4 жыл бұрын
I hit that like button for your shirt
@VivsGreen
4 жыл бұрын
hahahaha!! Unfortunately I don't have it anymore but it's from Zara. from like 2017. Probably can find it on Depop.
@ADarkandStormyNight
3 жыл бұрын
I got to be the torturer in the Vancouver Opera production of Tosca about five years ago. There are incriminating photos
@samueljaramillo4221
3 ай бұрын
You should start with Wagner’s Ring that includes Four operas then the fifth, Wagner’s Flying Dutchman. Ha, ha I’m kidding.
@peggy1127
5 жыл бұрын
hola,saludos desde Mexico!!,i have a really big problem; I love opera,and i want to learn how to sing,but i don´t know how,becauce when i try to practice, i start feeling insecure,also,ti seems like nobody supports me.What can i do?
@VivsGreen
5 жыл бұрын
Hola! The first thing I would recommend always would to be to find a singing teacher and start taking lessons. If that's not possible I would recommend joining a choir. Learning to sing by yourself is near impossible and the best way to get more confident is to just do it. Having a teacher around can really help guide you to what you need to work on. :) Hope that was helpful!
@peggy1127
5 жыл бұрын
@@VivsGreen thank you so much for your advice,in fact ,i already told my music teacher about it, and he told me that he will try ti help me,i hope he will. Thank you so much once again,hace a nice day.°∆° T
@ashhmmll
3 жыл бұрын
The song which is shaviniya like type can someone please tell the name
@VivsGreen
3 жыл бұрын
If you are talking about the song from carmen 'seguidilla' here it is... :) hope this is what you meant 😉 kzitem.info/news/bejne/1H6g1IqwcHOqrKw
@mymarginalia8349
3 жыл бұрын
Does everyone that views they know the language?
@shashatan5974
4 жыл бұрын
Ive been staring at the screen thinking that she's in a split screen
@brodyharlan1331
3 жыл бұрын
throwing out all those terms and composer names and random singing at like 120 mph has actually made me MORE scared to try opera, thanks
@VivsGreen
3 жыл бұрын
It's safe to say this video in from 3 years ago and there is a lot more to find on this channel that is slower paced. hope it didn't put you off forever. :)
@canalesworks1247
3 ай бұрын
Beutiful pronunciation of the titles. I've taken newbies to Tristan and they've reacted well. In addition to the ones you named I can also suggest La Boheme Rigoletto Don Giovanni Marriage of Figaro Pagliacci Cavalleria Rusticana Wagner is actually easier than the other heavy Germans. He knew how to write tunes. Verdi and Puccini can't be beat for great melody, but Mozart is a wonderful experience for an overall balanced evening with great arias, ensemble set pieces and instrumental music. Plus, Mozart is funny. A good laugh is always nice. I hope you won't get too upset for me saying that I prefer Carmen with the recitatives cut and French dialog restored. The opera works better than way and goes by at a faster pace. It gets to be a long evening otherwise.
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