After a brief 7 hour flight from Dublin, I have arrived back in NYC, and am doing my best to fight off jetlag.
My main ally in this effort has been the meticulously constructed lego operas- shortened versions of classic operas as played out by legos. Check out some clips here:
Act I of Carmen
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p9lzLLT4A8&hl=en&fs=1]
Act II of Tosca-with Lego [...]
Apparently, Mr. Juan Diego Florez did the impossible last night…again. 18 high C’s! Check please.
I would like to take this moment to travel back in time, to a era before the mighty Juan Diego Florez hit the boards- and those craaazy high notes:
The first opera production I ever saw was a taped PBS version of [...]
Something I discovered the other day with the help of the Grandi-tenori forum:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgmX1CsUNUc&hl=en]
This is amazing. End of story.
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