Circa 1900, Lina Cavalieri embodied Italian glamour. She was born Natalia Cavalieri in Viterbo on 25 December 1874. She grew up in Rome amid hardship. She sang in café-chantants by the 1890s. By circa 1898, she appeared at the Folies Bergère in Paris. Her beauty drew painters, photographers, and journalists. In 1900, she debuted at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. She trained seriously as a soprano. Critics noted her limited range but striking presence. She performed in Saint Petersburg and Monte Car

3.3K views · 4.6K reactions | Proclaimed “a watershed moment for American opera” by The Washington Post, Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones recently made history as the first opera by a Black composer to be performed by the Metropolitan Opera. On October 23, this groundbreaking new work will be transmitted live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide. | The Metropolitan Opera | Facebook

19 reactions · 11 shares | Joyce Arleen Auger (September 13, 1939 – June 10, 1993) was an American soprano, admired for her coloratura voice and interpretations of works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Monteverdi, Gluck, and Mozart. From a conservative and Catholic family, Auger was born in South Gate, California and lived for many years in Europe in Vienna and Frankfurt, finally returning to the U.S. | Great Opera Singers | Facebook

10K views · 912 reactions | Opera singers gathered in the center of Lviv in western Ukraine on Sunday to sing the country's national anthem. The brief but moving performance took place hours after Russian missiles pounded a military training base in the region, killing 35 people. https://cbsn.ws/3i9itsz | CBS Sunday Morning | Facebook

2.7K views · 47 reactions | Matching the scream from my last single to opera singers and animals is my new favorite pastime Full song: https://fanlink.tv/andrewhuang-fuck | Andrew Huang | Facebook