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IPA Source is the web's largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. https://www.ipasource.com
Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix, Dalila's aria from the opera Samson et Dalila.

Text by Ferdinand Lemaire, and set by Camille Saint-Saëns.

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Elīna Garanča – Saint-Saëns: 'Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix' from Samson et Dalila (Romantique)
Elīna Garanča sings songs of love and despair -- an album for her fans! Watch this music video with Elīna Garanča and listen to her singing the Camille Saint-Saëns' "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"…
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December 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Mild und Leise, from Tristan und Isolde. One of the most unforgettable interpretations of this iconic Richard Wagner aria is by the remarkable Jessye Norman.

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December 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This 3D-printed cello puts a carbon fiber spin on a classic www.popsci.com/technology/3...
December 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Washington National Opera’s holiday presentation of The Little Prince, based on the classic French novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, showcased the company’s Cafritz Young Artists

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Saint-Ex marks the spot
Washington National Opera’s holiday presentation of The Little Prince, based on the classic French novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, showcased the company’s Cafritz Young Artists
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December 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A patchy production and musical performance can’t dull the edge of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the Komische Oper Berlin - via Parterre Box.

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Capital punishment
A patchy production and musical performance can't dull the edge of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the Komische Oper Berlin
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December 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Among the great singers who recorded holiday music is Joan Sutherland, whose recording of “Joy to the World” is executed in typical Sutherland fashion, complete with trills, roulades, and of course, stunning acuti! - Darby Fegan

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Joan Sutherland sings “Joy to the World”
Dear Joan with her trills and ornaments brings "Joy to the World" every holiday season. Wishing a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Isolde kommt! Isolde naht!… Muss ich dich so versteh’n, as written and set by Richard Wagner.

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Isolde kommt! Isolde naht! Muß ich dich so verstehn from Tristan und Isolde (Act 3)
Roy Cornelius Smith (http://www.roycorneliussmith.com), Recorded 2018 with the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra (http://en.jfo.cz/) Niels Muus, conducting (http://www.nielsmuus.com/index.html)
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December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"The investigation into the national body for arts funding found there had been a “loss of respect and trust” for Arts Council England among those it backed, in part because of “perceived political interference in decision-making”.
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Arts funding in England must be protected from politics, Hodge report urges
Arts Council England must remain free from interference to ensure artistic freedom, says report by Labour peer
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December 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Harvard Book Store & the National Opera Association welcome Caitlin Vincent—award-winning librettist, trained vocalist, opera company director, & arts commentator—for a discussion of her new book, Opera Wars: Inside the World of Opera and the Battles for Its Future.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Ten composers collaborate on Opera Philadelphia world premiere - Opera Now www.opera-now.com/content/news...
Ten composers collaborate on Opera Philadelphia world premiere - Opera Now
Complications in Sue premieres on 4 February with tenor Nicky Spence making his company debut
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December 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Laurence Cummings and the Academy of Ancient Music delivered a text-focused Messiah at the Barbican, where eloquent soloists, a virtuosic yet understated orchestra, and an agile 18-voice choir put communicability and expressive clarity firmly center stage.
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'The Lord gave the word': communicability to the fore in Handel's Messiah from Academy of Ancient Music & Laurence Cummings
'The Lord gave the word' - review: Handel's Messiah, Academy of Ancient Music, & Laurence Cummings + Nardus Williams, Reginald Mobley, Thomas Walker,
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December 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Freddie De Tommaso explores the role of Rodolfo in Verdi’s Luisa Miller - Opera Now www.opera-now.com/content/feat...
Freddie De Tommaso explores the role of Rodolfo in Verdi’s Luisa Miller - Opera Now
After his Covent Garden triumph as Cavaradossi, British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso prepares for his next big role debut in Valencia in Verdi’s rarely heard drama of love, betrayal and revenge
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December 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ha! Ich bin’s, süßester Freund!, as written and set by Richard Wagner.

The thrill of discovery—Tristan und Isolde at its most dramatic!

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Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - Ich bin's, ich bin's, süssester Freund
Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - Ich bin's, ich bin's, süssester Freund Tristan, Placido Domingo Isolde, Nina Stemme Brangäne, Mihoko Fujimura König Marke, René Pape Kurwenal, Olaf…
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December 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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December 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
National Youth Opera Academy to Launch Summer Training With The Young Voices Of The Santa Fe Opera www.broadwayworld.com/bwwclassical...
December 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Oscar winner Morricone’s lost opera debuts in Naples after 30 years apnews.com/article/ital...
December 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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December 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Einsam wachend in der Nacht, as written and set by Richard Wagner.

A night of solitude and longing from Wagner’s masterpiece.

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December 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Dünkt dich das?, as written and set by Richard Wagner.

Experience Tristan und Isolde’s questioning and longing.

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December 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Alastair Macaulay: Paddington the musical, Carry On at the opera and other English eccentricities - Slippedisc slippedisc.com/2025/12/alas...
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Concerto Budapest gives Warwick Arts Centre’s audience a compelling second look at Shostakovich. – Seen and Heard International seenandheard-international.com/2025/12/conc...
December 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Form over function - Anika Kildegaard’s extraordinary recital in Philadelphia—and the oddity of recitals themselves. parterre.com/2025/12/06/f...
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM