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caitlinvincent.bsky.social
I heard writers are supposed to do unboxing videos…did I do it right?

ps. My galley copies of OPERA WARS have finally arrived! Don’t lose your head—you can pre-order your own copy now. 😉

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...

#operasky #booksky #operawars @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
joelhumann.bsky.social
#NowPlaying
Monteverdi, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (Teldec / Das Alte Werk, 1971)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Concentus Musicus Wien | Recorded in Vienna, 1971.
One of the first historically informed Monteverdi operas on record, and quietly revolutionary
#OperaSky #Monteverdi #Harnoncourt
CD cover: image is Odysseus and Calypso from a Greek vase painting c. 425 B.C.
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
valerianforrest.bsky.social
OK, that was a really interesting production. Katie Mitchell's interventions, as well as exploring the work from a feminist perspective, actually added a lot of humour to the original material.

#Opera #Operasky
valerianforrest.bsky.social Valerian Forrest @valerianforrest.bsky.social · 5d
Fascinated by what I've heard about this production. I'm expecting a bold, feminist interpretation of the material.

#Opera #Operasky
A red theatre programme with text reading "Royal Opera. The Makropulos Case". The background is a slightly blurred view of the Royal Opera Horse as viewed from the amphitheatre.
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
caitlinvincent.bsky.social
“[I]f we cannot raise enough money, or sell enough tickets in there, we have to consider other options…The two things that support a company financially, because of the takeover, have been severely compromised.”

#operasky #wno

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Washington National Opera may move out of Kennedy Center due to Trump ‘takeover’
Ticket sales at about 40% unsold compared with before president made himself chair of US performing arts center
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
valerianforrest.bsky.social
Fascinated by what I've heard about this production. I'm expecting a bold, feminist interpretation of the material.

#Opera #Operasky
A red theatre programme with text reading "Royal Opera. The Makropulos Case". The background is a slightly blurred view of the Royal Opera Horse as viewed from the amphitheatre.
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
hotchi1idog.bsky.social
Champagne check-in for tonight’s convoluted Czech shenanigans at Covent Garden #OperaSky
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
joelhumann.bsky.social
#NowPlaying
Verdi, Rigoletto (Deutsche Grammophon, 1980)
Giulini & the Wiener Philharmoniker | Cappuccilli · Domingo · Cotrubas · Ghiaurov · Obraztsova | Recorded at Musikverein, Vienna, 1979.
#OperaSky #Verdi #Giulini
CD box and booklet cover is predominantly black. A central photograph shows Rigoletto kneeling on stage, spotlighted.
November 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
hotchi1idog.bsky.social
Glyndebourne…more than an opera house. Stunning place #operasky #sussexdowns
November 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
hotchi1idog.bsky.social
Waiting for Mimi and Rodolfo…..#operasky #glyndebourne #laboheme
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
marco-place.bsky.social
Richard Wagner's "Parsifal" is rocking San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House!

#OperaSky #SFO #BrandonJovanovich #FalkStruckmann #MatthewOzawa #EunSunKim #Wagner
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
caitlinvincent.bsky.social
What does it mean to be believable in an opera role? And who gets to decide? 🤔

Let me know what you think! And don’t forget to order a copy of OPERA WARS, coming January 13.

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...

#opera #operawars #operasky #booksky #nonfiction
October 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
joelhumann.bsky.social
Starting the day off right with the Original Gangsta:
Claudio Monteverdi, L'Orfeo
#OperaSky #nowplaying 🤘
John Eliot Gardiner & The Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Archiv Produktion, Cat#: 419 250-2 (Germany) Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, December 1985. Released in 1987. The cover art: an Etruscan fresco from the Tomba dei Leopardi. The two dancers depicted evoke the mythic story of Orpheus and the pastoral world, perhaps in the moment of invocation or invocation of the Muse (La Musica). A stylised tree between them could symbolise the axis between worlds (life/death) or the path to the underworld that Orpheus must traverse. Coloured garments, red for the female-figure, blue for the male-figure, contrast and animate the scene. The background’s parchment look connects to the 1607 origin of the opera. The dancing figures hint at the masque-like, pastoral, ceremonial aspects of the work.
October 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
locriansax.bsky.social
I need some help spreading the word about an initiative from the White Snake Projects theidms.org - "White Snake Projects is taking a major step in decolonizing opera and returning control of Indigenous stories to Indigenous people... #operasky #opera #native #indigenous
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October 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
marco-place.bsky.social
R.I.P.

#RIP #BenitaValenti #OperaSky #Soprano
Death of a radiant US soprano - Slippedisc
The glorious, unassuming American soprano Benita Valente died...
slippedisc.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
caitlinvincent.bsky.social
At what point does an opera become a bait and switch? What do you think? 🤔

Let me know in the comments. And don’t forget to order a copy of OPERA WARS, coming January 13!

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...

#operasky #booksky #nonfiction #opera #regietheater
October 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
marco-place.bsky.social
"One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating." ~ Luciano Pavarotti
#botd #OperaSky #Pavarotti #Tenor #Music #Food
October 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
hotchi1idog.bsky.social
Well deserved bows for a very dramatic and beautiful evening at The Royal Opera House. The Sicilian Vespers was superb. #OperaSky
Quinn Kelsey, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Joyce El-Khoury and Valentyn Dytiuk take their bows at the principal cast members of Verdi’s grand French opera The Sicilian Vespers at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
October 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
hotchi1idog.bsky.social
Two more acts to go. Fantastic production of The Sicilian Vespers, things are about to get messy. #OperaSky #ROHVespers
October 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
hotchi1idog.bsky.social
Four hours of Sicilian revolution and family complications await. Some bubbles before Verdi #OperaSky
October 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
marco-place.bsky.social
Dramatic soprano Maria Jeritza - "The Moravian Thunderbolt" - created the roles of Ariadne in "Ariadne auf Naxos"; the Empress in "Die Frau ohne Schatten", and Hariette/Juliette in "Die tote Stadt".
#botd #MariaJeritza #OperaSky #MarieJedličková
October 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
amndw2.bsky.social
OperaSky! Is anyone else seeing Kavalier & Clay tonight?
October 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
hotchi1idog.bsky.social
music.apple.com/gb/album/puc... Inspired by the week’s Only Murders In the Building going to give this Callas Tosca a spin. An absolutely stellar opera. #NowPlaying #OperaSky
Puccini: Tosca by Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano & Victor de Sabata on Apple Music
Album · 1997 · 30 Songs
music.apple.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social
#MusicSky #OperaSky
I found this great multi-media way to get to know Wagner's Ring Cycle. It's a staged performance film with subtitles and story notes and useful images that makes Wagner easily accessible to modern audiences.
Das Rheingold | The Ring Cycle youtu.be/4EYW49Ru_F4?... via @YouTube
Das Rheingold | The Ring Cycle
YouTube video by Opera North
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
caitlinvincent.bsky.social
Important book update! Scribner has officially added a horned helmet to the title page of OPERA WARS.

(I feel seen).

#operasky #writersky
September 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
caitlinvincent.bsky.social
I had a great conversation with Fran Kelly on ABC Radio National, discussing the economic pressures facing opera companies and the battle between opera and musical theatre.

Have a listen! (I'm the one with the American accent.🤓)

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

#operasky #musicsky
Can Julie Andrews save opera in Australia? - ABC listen
Will the musical My Fair Lady and the star power of Julie Andrews help revive opera's popularity in Australia?
www.abc.net.au
August 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM