RIGOLETTO on PBS!

I was late to liking opera, twenty something years ago. My cds of Verdi are not whole operas but compilations of singers doing various bits.
I'll put one on now. The rigoletto goes for 34 minutes, approx.

I love Woody Woodpecker's version of Barber of Seville.

I was also...but once I got the bug, it was huge.

If you have Pavarotti doing the tenor's arias from Rigoletto...they are gems. The final quartet is one of my favorite pieces of music from opera. The cast on PBS was second-class at best...and that particular piece went over like a lead life jacket.

Hey...they tried...and did much better than I would have, but I sing like a New York Taxi does.

I musta missed that one, Edgar. But I do like Woody. (And we have a great redheaded woodpecker who visits our yard every day.)

I have a couple of them on my compilation discs. My treasure though is a tape of the 3 tenors at the Terme di Caracalla.. but those were Puccini arias.

I cannot abide operas with these Recitative segments. Its a singing commercial in a foreign language. The Arias and orchestral interludes are enjoyable but I dont think Id actually GO downtown to see an opera.

Ive kept operas on Sat radio as bakground music in my workshop or studio but getting ready to see one NAAAH.

I've trouble with the recitatives too - boredom, strong frustration, shut that thing off! I only have one cd set for a whole opera, La Boheme.

Have either of you seen the movie "Tosca's Kiss"? both Diane and I loved it.

If an opera song was as short as a 50s pop song I would like it better.

no I havent but Ill have Mrs F add it to our Netflix que.

How do I hear it?

Hear what? Tosca's Kiss is a film, and you can order it from Netflix.
La Boheme is a whole opera, which you can buy a disc for, or possiby see a filmed version of.