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Le Printemps est enfin revenu (Spring is finally back) Posted by on Mar 25, 2012

Oui, it is finally here, and it could never come back too soon: La saison du printemps est de retour! (Spring season is finally back!) Why don’t we all celebrate the happy event with some of les plus belles voix (the most beautiful voices) of l’opéra français (French Opera)? For many, Maria Callas has de loin (by far) delivered the best Delilah…

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Si je t’aime, prends garde à toi – Bizet’s French Opéra: “Carmen” Posted by on Apr 26, 2011

Thoroughly inspired from the Spanish composer Sebastián Iradier, “Habanera” is a famous aria from the French opéra “Carmen” by Georges Bizet If you thought at first that the title of today’s post is somehow related to the KISS song (You know, the one that goes “You better watch out, cause I’m a War Machine”), then you’re…

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Opéra: Printemps qui commence (Spring Blossoms) Posted by on Mar 25, 2011

Retour à l’opéra français (Back to French Opera)! For many, Maria Callas has de loin (by far) delivered the best Delilah performance à ce jour (to this day) * * * Many a great opera singer has chanted the célèbre (famous) French aria that you are about to listen to today: Think of la Roumaine (Romanian) Elena…

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