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María Katzarava y Alejandra Ávalos unen ópera y balada en la Cdmx

María Katzarava y Alejandra Ávalos presentarán La Noche de las Divas el 26 y 27 de septiembre en el Teatro Varsovia, con homenajes a José José y Juan Gabriel.

Por Brenda Aguilar | Reportera                                      

La soprano María Katzarava y la intérprete Alejandra Ávalos unirán ópera, bolero y balada en La Noche de las Divas, concierto que llegará al Teatro Varsovia el sábado 26 y domingo 27 de septiembre, en la colonia Juárez de la Cdmx. Las funciones serán a las 19:00 y 18:00 horas, respectivamente.

El espectáculo plantea un encuentro entre el bel canto y la música popular mexicana mediante duetos, interpretaciones solistas y un repertorio que incluye canciones asociadas con José José y Juan Gabriel, dos figuras fundamentales de la música en español.

La presentación también amplía la línea artística que Katzarava ha desarrollado durante su celebración por 25 años de trayectoria, etapa en la que ha incorporado bolero, jazz, pop y otros géneros a su trabajo vocal, sin abandonar su formación operística.

Un encuentro entre ópera y música popular

La Noche de las Divas parte de una idea central: poner frente al público dos formas distintas de abordar la canción y permitir que la técnica lírica y la interpretación popular dialoguen sobre un mismo escenario.

El repertorio contempla temas del cancionero romántico como “Contigo en la distancia”, “Verdad amarga”, “Reloj” y “Sabor a mí”. La propuesta también incluye piezas como “Encadenados”, “Piel Canela”, “Flor de azalea”, “Tu hombre, yo niña” y “La nave del olvido”, de acuerdo con la información difundida sobre el espectáculo.

Uno de los segmentos centrales estará dedicado a José José, con canciones como “Amar y querer”, “Te quiero así”, “Lo que quedó de mí” y “Vamos a darnos tiempo”. El programa contempla además “El Triste”, una de las piezas más reconocidas del repertorio del cantante mexicano.

El homenaje a Juan Gabriel incluirá “Amor eterno” y “De mí enamórate” en formato de dueto, mientras Katzarava interpretará “Ya lo sé que tú te vas” y “Abrázame muy fuerte”. El encuentro de ambas voces también contempla “¿Quién será?”.

María Katzarava amplía su repertorio

La participación de Katzarava forma parte de una etapa de exploración artística que ha llevado a la soprano mexicana a trabajar con repertorios alejados de la ópera tradicional.

Durante 2026, la cantante ha desarrollado proyectos en los que ha combinado su técnica vocal con géneros como el jazz, el pop, el bolero y la música popular. En abril compartió escenario con Alejandra Ávalos dentro de una residencia artística dedicada a distintas vertientes musicales.

La soprano ha explicado que esta apertura hacia otros géneros no representa una ruptura con la ópera, sino una ampliación de las posibilidades de su voz y de los repertorios que desea explorar. –sn–

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I recommend you check out this little gem while it's still available on Vimeo. Geir Jenssen (aka Biosphere) has shared the footage of the first live performance by his former band Bel Canto from 1986.

Singer Anneli Drecker was only 17 years old at the time. Most of the songs on this setlist made their way onto their upcoming debut album.

Since Bel Canto is one of my favorite bands it was a magical experience for me to discover this concert.

https://vimeo.com/38701399

#BelCanto #DreamPop #NewWave #Biosphere #80smusic

Bare én til fra Bel Canto. Tror jeg aldri blir lei av syngingen til Anneli Drecker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLagWxmFEYE

#norsktut #belcanto

Litt mimring fra nitti-tallet i kveld: Bel Canto - Shimmering, Warm & Bright https://youtu.be/QlgXzxnsvEA #belcanto #norsktut

Quite the contrast to yesterdays watch that's 100x the cost 😅

And both are incredible! 🤍🖤🩵

#MechanicalWatch #ChristopherWard #BelCanto #BelCantoLumiere

Here are four very different subreddits that I created.

1.
Old Opera
This is a subreddit for those who love, or are even curious about, opera and its singers from the 1950's and earlier. Feel free to ask questions, share reviews and links, and discuss this wonderful genre of music and the singers and composers who brought it to life. Everyone, from beginners to experts, is welcome.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OldOpera/

2.
Blind and Fine
If you want to join apositive subreddit for the blind, try r/BlindandFine. The subject matter is far less strict than at r/blind, since not everything needs to be related to blindness. This is more of a place where we can get to know each other and have fun. We allow sighted people to join as well, and we welcome questions about blindness if they are genuine, requests for feedback on surveys or technology about/for the blind, etc. However, I do ask that you join only if you are eighteen or older. Please also note that this is not a therapy/support group. If you need that, then r/blind is for you. I am not an administrator there, only of Blind and Fine.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlindAndFine/

3.
FrozenDinnerReviews
This is the place to talk about tv dinners and other frozen foods. Share opinions and recipes, ask questions, etc. If you must post pictures, please describe them or write a post containing text so that those of us who cannot see will know what it's about. Even something like "box of X brand pizza) is fine.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FrozenDinnerReviews/

4.
EscargotFamily
This subreddit is for those who use the Escargot client to access Windows Live/MSN Messenger. This is a place where we can get to know each other and share contact information strictly for adding each other to Messenger (no real addresses, phone numbers, etc.). Please only join if you're over eighteen.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EscargotFamily/

#accessibility #BelCanto #blind #blindness #composers #EscargotChat #food #friendship #FrozenFoods #hobbies #MSNMessenger #music #opera #records #Reddit #singers #subreddits #technology #TVDinners #Windows #WindowsLiveMessenger #WindowsXP #Windows7

Update on ***The Legend of Rosy Clouds***, iQIYI’s belatedly released adaptation of the Japanese novel series ”Saiunkoku Monogatari” (彩雲国物語) by Yukino Sai (雪乃紗衣) set in an imaginary ancient China, better known to English speakers the 2 season anime of 20 years ago.

It looks like it’s an iQIYI exclusive, with YOUKU the only other streaming service offering the show. That said episodes 1-3 are currently available to watch with ads on YouTube in North America on iQIYI’s English subbed channel. It’s enough to get a taste of this 40 episode series and decide if you’d be up to subscribing to iQIYI for a month.

My own take so far is that it’s a bit rougher in the post production than one would expect, but after being benched for more than two years due to an IP issue, it’s unsurprising. The main leads are unexpectedly dubbed by voice actors when both have well recognizable voices. It’s still kicking off with a lot of fun, and its own take on the original light novels.

MDL translation of the Synopsis
*In the legendary Nine Cities, Fan Yun, a fallen noblewoman, crosses paths with Qi Zheng, the cunning and ambitious city lord. What begins as suspicion soon turns into an alliance as they navigate power struggles, hidden schemes, and shifting loyalties. Together, they must face challenges that test their convictions and discover trust, friendship, and love along the way.*

There are some great original songs for this drama. *Dreamlike Life* is by contra tenor Zhou Shen (aka Charlie Zhou).

Trained in Bel Canto in Lviv, Ukraine, Zhou Shen has an incredible voice.

Here’s a multilingual lyric video from Peachey Blossom — I’ve seen an official music video but it doesn’t seem to be have been officially posted outside Mainland Chinese social media as yet.

https://youtu.be/2B36kzf9Nbw

#cDrama #OST #ZhouShen #BelCanto
#television #anime #manga

Here are four very different subreddits that I created.

1.
Old Opera
This is a subreddit for those who love, or are even curious about, opera and its singers from the 1950's and earlier. Feel free to ask questions, share reviews and links, and discuss this wonderful genre of music and the singers and composers who brought it to life. Everyone, from beginners to experts, is welcome.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OldOpera/

2.
Blind and Fine
If you want to join apositive subreddit for the blind, try r/BlindandFine. The subject matter is far less strict than at r/blind, since not everything needs to be related to blindness. This is more of a place where we can get to know each other and have fun. We allow sighted people to join as well, and we welcome questions about blindness if they are genuine, requests for feedback on surveys or technology about/for the blind, etc. However, I do ask that you join only if you are eighteen or older. Please also note that this is not a therapy/support group. If you need that, then r/blind is for you. I am not an administrator there, only of Blind and Fine.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlindAndFine/

3.
FrozenDinnerReviews
This is the place to talk about tv dinners and other frozen foods. Share opinions and recipes, ask questions, etc. If you must post pictures, please describe them or write a post containing text so that those of us who cannot see will know what it's about. Even something like "box of X brand pizza) is fine.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FrozenDinnerReviews/

4.
EscargotFamily
This subreddit is for those who use the Escargot client to access Windows Live/MSN Messenger. For now, please disregard the references to other services that Escargot no longer offers. This is a place where we can get to know each other and share contact information strictly for adding each other to Messenger (no real addresses, phone numbers, etc.). Please only join if you're over eighteen.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EscargotFamily/

#accessibility #BelCanto #blind #blindness #composers #Escargot #EscargotChat #food #friendship #FrozenFoods #hobbies #MSNMessenger #music #opera #records #Reddit #singers #subreddits #technology #TVDinners #Windows #WindowsLiveMessenger #WindowsXP #Windows7

🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
📻 Vortex Abyss 🕳️ (Dark ambient, neofolk, shoegaze, immersive)
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🎵 Bel Canto - Rumour

▶️ Écouter / Listen : VorteX [Radio]
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💬 Join us on Discord:
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#VortexWave #BelCanto #DreamPop #NewWave #80s

Yeah, she looks goooooood (photo taken under UV light) 🤤

#MechanicalWatch #ChristopherWard #BelCanto #BelCantoLumiere

A thing happened... I will be taking many more (and much prettier) photos of this watch. It's stunning

#MechanicalWatch #ChristopherWard #BelCanto

#BelCanto (My Mesmering) Uniforn
https://youtu.be/xO15bGlidl8?is=l-WsH0rygr6j7Nio

Here are two very different subreddits that I created and administrate.

This is a subreddit for those who love, or are even curious about, opera and its singers from the 1950's and earlier. Feel free to ask questions, share reviews and links, and discuss this wonderful genre of music and the singers and composers who brought it to life. Everyone, from beginners to experts, is welcome.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OldOpera/

If you want to join apositive subreddit for the blind, try r/BlindandFine. The subject matter is far less strict than at r/blind, since not everything needs to be related to blindness. This is more of a place where we can get to know each other and have fun. We allow sighted people to join as well, and we welcome questions about blindness if they are genuine, requests for feedback on surveys or technology about/for the blind, etc. However, I do ask that you join only if you are eighteen or older. Please also note that this is not a therapy/support group. If you need that, then r/blind is for you. I am not an administrator there, only of Blind and Fine.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlindAndFine/

#accessibility #BelCanto #blind #blindness #composers #friendship #hobbies #music #opera #records #recordings #Reddit #singers #subreddits #technology

This is a subreddit for those who love, or are even curious about, opera and its singers from the 1950's and earlier. Feel free to ask questions, share reviews and links, and discuss this wonderful genre of music and the singers and composers who brought it to life. Everyone, from beginners to experts, is welcome.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OldOpera/

#BelCanto #composers #opera #music #questions #Reddit #reviews #singers #singing #subreddit

🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
📻 Vortex Abyss 🕳️ (Dark ambient, neofolk, shoegaze, immersive)
──────────────
🎵 Bel Canto - Shimmering, Warm & Bright

▶️ Écouter / Listen : VorteX [Radio]
https://lesonduvortex.net

💬 Join us on Discord:
https://discord.gg/d82hJZBeDE

#VortexWave #BelCanto #NewWave #DreamPop #80s

The palace in an Italian village where two retired US sopranos ‘repair’ broken opera voices.

Voice coaches Lisa Paglin and Marianna Brilla have transformed an old palazzo in Osimo into a ‘bel canto’ sanctuary where promising young artists and established opera singers alike come to retrain their vocal cords.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250910-the-palace-in-an-italian-village-where-two-retired-us-sopranos-repair-broken-opera-voices?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Opera #Italy #Singing #VocalCords #Voice #Culture #BelCanto

Musical Interlude: I don't know why this piece has echoed through my head today; it just has. So I'm sharing it.

"Casta Diva," performed by Renee Fleming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg4L5tcxFcA

#MusicalInterlude #Opera #ReneeFleming #Bellini #Norma #BelCanto #PrayerToTheMoon

For those who are curious as to my research reguarding Tito Schipa and Alceste Gerunda, here is the full story, along with what I found. I still have to tie up a few loose ends, but mostly, it's to satisfy my own curiosity and learn what else can be found, particularly in anyting unpublished, as I love anecdotes and whatnot. If anyone is in or from Lecce and could help me, that would be great. I am seeking more recordings by Gerunda's students, and anecdotes about him, as well as those about Schipa and his own teaching methods.

https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/252932.html

#anecdotes #AlcesteGerunda #BelCanto #history #Lecce #lessons #opera #singing #Schipa #TitoSchipa #VocalPedagogy

Since I am pinning this to my profile, I am shortening it dramatically. To read the post in its entirety and understand exactly what I am seeking and the research I have done so far, please go here.

https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/249903.html

I love opera singers from prior to the 1950's. My favourite is Tito Schipa, and I am attempting to learn what he taught and how he learned. I have his ten vocal exercises but not the booklet that came with them. I wrote to Seth Riggs, who studied under him, but he never responded. I am now researching one of Schipa's most famous teachers, Alceste Gerunda (1847-1917) since he studied with him for six years. Gerunda's teacher was Saverio Mercadante. Gerunda himself taught at the Convitto Palmieri, which now olds the Bernardini Library, prior to opening his own school in his home. I wrote to the library but never heard from them. They have two books that interest me, namely "ALCESTE GERUNDA E LA SCUOLA LECCESE DI CANTO" by Silvia Mandurino (ITES 1969) and "IN MEMORIA DEL MAESTRO ALCESTE GERUNDA NE L'AVVIVERSARIO PRIMO DE LA SUA MORTE" by Giulia) Lucrezi (Palumbo. (I found the first online, and while it is fascinating, it doesn't contain what I need.) What I am seeking is anecdotes regarding his lessons, notes he may have written, books he may have used, the pedagogy he followed, etc. I am totally blind and live in New Jersey, America, so it's not possible for me to travel to Lecce. I posted to their subreddit, but I will leave this here in case anyone in the wider community can help. If you or someone you know teaches real bel canto (no scientific or modern ideas), I would love to hear from you.

#AlcesteGerunda #Apulia #BelCanto #education #Lecce #lessons #Italy #opera #music #pedagogy #Puglia #research #SaverioMercadante #singing #teacher #teaching #TitoSchipa #VocalPedagogy #VoiceLessons

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Hello. For the sake of honesty, Georgiana Brummell is not my legal name, but it is what I use online. I live in New Jersey and am forty-two years old. Some of my interests include studying dandyism, nineteenth-century English grammar, Upper Received Pronunciation, the Italian language, the Regency, opera, and MS-DOS. I like coffee, tea, wine, cooking, British literature, nature and historical documentaries, gardening, cats, hot weather, and playing cards and dice. I love opera (particularly singers from the early 1900's through the 1950's), classical music (from Baroque through early Romantic), and popular music (from the 1950's through the 1970's). I prefer antique menswear and accessories. I love wit, wordplay, and dry humour without vulgarity. I am a happily childfree atheist. I love cats. I have been totally blind since I was two months old, due to Retinopathy of Prematurity. I am single and prefer men over sixty, though more so over seventy.

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To make a very long story short, I am forty-one and became interested in opera in February of this year. I had been listening to operetta for several years by this point, with special attention to the works of Ivor Novello and Franz Lehar, always preferring original cast recordings, or at least older ones, when possible. Even now, all of the opera singers I like were born prior to 1923. I am interested in learning how to sing for pleasure, and possibly for performance, though not in full operas, as I am totally blind and I wouldn't feel comfortable doing that. I would most likely be singing Neapolitan songs, Italian art songs, a few English parlour songs, and some arias that I enjoy. I am untrained and my voice type has not yet been designated. However, , this is a post that I made reguarding my own discoveries about my vocal range. To summarise, I am a woman, but I feel most comfortable singing in the tenor range and would prefer to stay there. I don't like how high composers force contraltos to sing.

reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1k…

I adore the tenore di grazia voice type and also enjoy lyric tenors. My favourite singer is Tito Schipa, and I wish to learn what he taught, or at least, what he learned. I have the ten exercises that he recorded, including short narrations for each. I wrote about them here, with a transcription of the Italian and an English translation. This way, you will know the school of thought that I am attempting to follow. The one thing I cannot find is the booklet that came with said exercises, which offers more guidance than the record.

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Since Schipa left little behind, I began researching his teacher, Alceste Gerunda. It is true that he technically started with Giovanni Albani, but hardly anything is written about him at all in Schipa's biography, and it seems that Gerunda was the one who gave him all of the exercises in any case.

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I learned that Gerunda was born in 1847, and that his teacher was Saverio Mercadante. Neither left books, exercises, or published notes. But I found the school where Gerunda taught prior to opening a private one in his home. It has since become a library. They have two books on him that I want and that may shed light on some of his teaching practices. These are "ALCESTE GERUNDA E LA SCUOLA LECCESE DI CANTO" by Silvia Mandurino (ITES 1969) and "IN MEMORIA DEL MAESTRO ALCESTE GERUNDA NE L'AVVIVERSARIO PRIMO DE LA SUA MORTE" by Giulia) Lucrezi (Palumbo.

biblioteche.regione.puglia.it/…

Perhaps, there are anecdotes within them that can help me. They may also have the books that he used to teach, assuming he used any. I have written to them asking if they could assist me, but haven't yet received a response.

In the meantime, I am trying to find information about the pedigogs of his time, so that I can at least learn the ideas and methods that he may have passed down to Schipa. But, of course, there were as many schools of thought as there were teachers. To make matters worse, Gerunda and Schipa themselves appeared to differ in their teaching style. While the former would tell the latter when he made mistakes in exercises, Schipa seemed to just give them and play the piano without giving much commentary. Ironically, Mercadante is said to have taught like that. From what I understand, if I did follow the regular bel canto style, I would need to work on notes, then scales and arpegios, then ornamentation, then songs/arias, all of this taking many years. It seems that Schipa didn't work on breath control, individual notes, tone, tamber, and so on with his students but went straight to vowels and scales. I don't know if this is from his own teacher or if it was his personal philosophy. I have definitely heard of the breath-first and larynx-first schools of thought, so it could stem from there.

People keep saying that i need to see a teacher, but most charge $100 or more per lesson, and at that rate, I can't afford more than two lessons per month. Plus, I want to find someone who knows the old ways, not modern ideas and terminology that I will need to unlearn. As it is, I am already studying harmony from "Harmony its theory and practice" by Ebenezer Prout, and Italian from "An Italian conversation grammar" by N Perini. It's just voice that is giving me a problem.

#AlcesteGerunda #BelCanto #Italy #Lecce #MusicTheory #NineteenthCentury #opera #SaverioMercadante #singing #TitoSchipa #VocalPedigogy

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Bel Canto:
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🎶 show playlist 👇
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Feb 21 : Diplomacy
#Bales2025FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
#BelCanto (2018)
A world-renowned opera singer becomes trapped as a hostage when she's invited to perform for a wealthy industrialist in South America. Red Cross negotiator Messner needs diplomacy to free her.
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Feb 21 : Diplomacy
#Bales2025FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
#BelCanto (2018)
A world-renowned opera singer becomes trapped as a hostage when she's invited to perform for a wealthy industrialist in South America. Red Cross negotiator Messner needs diplomacy to free her.
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