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My Favourite Opera Scenes & Arias

David Buchler

I have a list of approximately 20 opera scenes & arias that are amongst my favourites in the operatic repertoire. For my audience purpose, I have taken this list from YouTube, so not all my favourite recordings are in the list, but it is an extraordinary list with extraordinary singers and musicians and I hope you can take as much enjoyment from this group as I have in compiling them. I am dividing my list into groups of approximately six over the next few weeks to give you between 30 and 45 minutes of musical relaxation. Enjoy!

La Boheme – Puccini – Royal Opera House

La Boheme – Puccini – Royal Opera House

David Buchler
Royal Opera House

The intimacy of Richard Jones’s production of La Boheme is well conceived.  However, the rooftop apartment shared by the writers and artists is rather lacking in 19th century Marseilles style.  It has clean lines and beautiful fresh pinewood sets.  There is no hint of atmospheric old town accommodation and even the ladder through the sky roof, constantly open to the elements, does not really make sense, nor does the smoke from the chimney when there is no working fireplace.