operaswag:

This would be Lisette Oropesa singing through this aria for the first time ever.  I wonder if she’ll sing it somewhere down the line, eh?  

“I SING IT IN THE SHOWER!!!” 

Sempre Libera, and I’m sure in it’s somewhere on the to-do list. Not soon, though. But look at her being adorable <3

elretratodeisabela:

Carlo del Monte and Victoria de los Angeles sing the ‘Brindisi’ from “La Traviata”
Orchestra e Coro dell`Opera di Roma
Tullio Serafin, conductor
Roma 1959

Not sure how I feel about the New Year. Have a classic. 

This is my 1000th post.  Maria Callas and Alfredo Kraus sing ‘Amami, Alfredo!’ from the Lisbon Traviata, 1958.

I’m not sure it can get any better than this.

Ah forse lui - Sempre Libera (La Traviata)

I love Anna Netrebko’s performance in this.  It’s stunning.

Soprano Anna Netrebko in what I think is the second Princess Diaries movie and singing a bit of ‘Sempre Libera.’

Soprano Anna Netrebko and Tenor Rolando Villazon sing ‘Libiamo ne’lieti calici’  from Verdi’s ‘La Traviata.’  Salzburg, 2005.  Yes, I went there.

Happy New Year!  Brindisi responsibly!

Baritone Sherrill Milnes sings Germont’s ‘Di Provenza il mar, il suol’ from Verdi’s ‘La Traviata.’  From this recording.

Soprano Anna Moffo sings Violetta’s ‘Folie… Sempre Libera’ from Verdi’s ‘La Traviata.’ Telecast, 1960.

So many people seem to have ideas about what I should do with my life and who I should be. I want to blast this in their faces.