The LGBTQ Opera Club of New York City

Men can be seduced and abandoned as well. Here is Georges Thill as the blinded Samson in Act III of Saint-Saëns' "Samson et Dalila" done wrong by Delilah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06XqbSa9XvM

Dear club members, the social distancing order has been extended until April 30th (and likely into May since April looks like it will be rough). That means that the LGBT Center will be closed through the end of April and we will not be able to meet. This has given me the idea to do a virtual opera club meeting on Facebook. March the theme was "Seduced and Abandoned" and I think we will post selections here that we might have played at the club had fate not intervened. I ...am going to start the ball rolling with a few selections: Magda Olivero singing "Dio Pietoso" from Alfano's "Risurrezione" based on Tolstoy. Peasant girl Katiusha has been impregnated and abandoned by her aristocratic master. She tries to plead with him at the train station but sees him with his wealthy fiancée and crumples to the ground. A 1950 recording conducted by Alfredo Simonetto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUaDqr7MBVk See more

Hello Everyone: This Friday's Meeting will be canceled... While there is no need for panic and it is probably still safe for us to travel and gather here in New York a number or our members have health concerns and are uncomfortable attending meetings at this time.... Please let me know how you feel about this now and how you feel going forward.. Would you be interested in having make up meetings over the summer? Do you have any other suggestions? Here is a useful web address to get updated comprehensive information about the corona virus-- https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Please join us on Friday, February 14th at 8:00 pm for our potpourri program "My Favorite Aria". Bring a selection of five minutes or less. Entrance fee of $7.00 for rent and food. LGBT Community Center on 208 West 13th Street. See you there!

Dima - never forgotten: Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1 - No.2 Cavatina: "Largo al factotum" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2AmQx9VA6g

Nicolai Gedda "Immer nur lächeln" Das Land des Lächelns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYxyLavuxLs

In memory of Carol Neblett, Golden Girl: Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Act 3 - Le tue parole sono di Dio Carol Neblett Jonathan Summers Plácido Domingo Sherrill Milnes Zubin Mehta cond. https://www.youtube.com/watch

Nicolai Gedda; "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz!"; Das Land des Lächelns; Franz Lehär: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehYhHcq9Iqk

Addio Marcello Giordani - who was always more impressive live than on the radio or recordings. Il pirata: Nel furor delle tempeste Marcello Giordani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdoX0m6SONE

More Montsy: Il Pirata, Act II: Qual suono... Oh Sole! ti vela (1992 Remastered Version) Montserrat Caballé Flora Raffanelli Coro Della Radiotelevisione Italiana, Roma Gianni Lazzari Orchestra della Radiotelevisione Italiana, Roma Gianandrea Gavazzeni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLisaASnoK4

In memory of Montserrat Caballé: Tosca, Act 2: "Vissi d'arte" (Tosca) Montserrat Caballé London Symphony Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7YzVFhxQIM

In remembrance of Roberta Peters "Son Vergin Vezzosa" from Bellini's "I Puritani" recorded in 1953: https://youtu.be/BYUsBfwQU80?t=474

In memory of Cesare Siepi: Meyerbeer: Robert le diable / Act 2 - "Nonnes qui reposez" Cesare Siepi Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Alberto Erede https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qktPLW9JLcY

Maureen Forrester sings "Re dell'abisso, affrettati" from Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" from a Metropolitan Opera broadcast from December 1975 with Henry Lewis on the podium. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbSUVgt6CY4