So as my local track-count closes near 30,000 songs I realized I’ve never really “gotten” opera, never really gave it a chance. But now that the equipment is there, I was wondering if someone has any good live-performances to recommend to someone looking to cut their teeth on the genre?
Anything that truly stands above the rest, kinda like the Hans Zimmer’s Live In Prague-of-opera?
“Live” is the way to go but Wagner’s Der Ring Des Nibelungen conducted by Sir Geoge Solti (Decca, 1965) is one of the most celebrated classical recordings ever. It was the first opera to be recorded in a studio and it took 9 years to record; we when to the moon in 8. It may be the best sounding recording in the history of recorded music and I am not an opera buff. I first became aware of it when I learned the it was Judge RBG’s favorite recording