Rosemary Greenway has been playing passages of opera and orchestral symphonies on the radio to the animals at her stables for more than 20 years, convinced that it helps soothe them. picked by kakana 8 months ago

I just noticed 'A Night At The Opera' is playing on 'TCM' and I began wondering why Harpo Marx never spoke. In fact, he did and had a surprisingly pleasant voice. (slightly NSFW language) picked by palmieres 2 years ago

New Line founders Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne are developing an adaptation of Isaac Asimov's 1951 novel Foundation, the first in Asimov’s classic space opera saga. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Shaye said, “our idea is to renew the worldwide audience’s appetite for the story” but he added that it is a complex novel, "this is not a script you can knock out in six... read full post picked by psycmoe 12 months ago

The song tells part of the fictitious story of Robert Orin Charles Kilroy (ROCK), in the rock opera Kilroy Was Here. The song is performed by Kilroy, a rock and roll performer who was placed in a futuristic prison for "rock and roll misfits" by the anti-rock-and-roll group the Majority for Musical Morality (MMM) and its founder Dr. Everett Righteous picked by IcePigs 1 year ago

Pavarotti gave his last performance in an opera at the New York Metropolitan Opera on March 13, 2004 for which he received a 12-minute standing ovation.
In February 2006, at the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Turin, he brought the house down with his trademark Nessun Dorma aria. picked by Dangerman 2 years ago

The hills of Sabden came alive with the sound of opera music as an Italian tenor performed to a rather different audience – a herd of cows.

Marcello Bedoni jetted in from Germany to Cockshotts Farm for the performance to the 50-strong dairy herd in a bid to improve their milk productivity. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

British opera star sings Croatian national anthem. Unfortunately, he gets the words wrong, and ends up singing 'my penis is a mountain'. Croatia win. picked by Lilo 2 years ago

A masterpiece! picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Forget the opera. Cancel dinner at Bouley. How life has changed since my CEO husband went on the government dole.

It's rumored that the author is Liz Peek, wife of CIT Group executive, Jeffrey Peek. picked by suebe 7 months ago

These are two of the most beloved arias from the entire operatic repertoire from Act 1 of the opera La Boheme by Puccini. It is extremely beautiful music and can be appreciated by anyone, not just opera fans. I honestly cry every time I hear this.

Embedding not allowed, so here is the direct link picked by mahler87 2 years ago

If your browser was a dude.
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A quick lesson in why a black man should never take his new white girlfriend with him to his ex-wife's house when he goes to pick-up his daughter. (questionable taste soap opera) picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

Montage of an old show where a guy in an orange afro goes around kicking complete strangers in the nuts, set to an opera house laugh track. picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago

What did people in 1900 think today would be like? Well, we'd be eating strawberries the size of apples, Grand Opera will be telephoned into our homes, college will be free for everyone, the only wild animals will be in zoos, and wars will be fought by forts on wheels! picked by VooDooPeacock 3 years ago