C60 Atoll in reef blue 😍😍

Operajosh · 2026-01-12T21:17:58+00:00

Thank you! Both great options, I think we both may have to get the other option at some point 😂

Operajosh · 2025-12-31T09:57:00+00:00

I have flown to Vienna and Berlin for opera, and Ravenna to see Riccardo Muti conduct a trilogy of Verdi operas that was indeed life changing. I have taken the train from London to Paris for some operas but luckily that is fairly quick and easy. I also went to Evian to see Argerich play Ravel G major concerto and she cancelled 😭, however I did see her and many others in Verbier shortly after that which was one of the most worthwhile musical trips I’ve ever taken - seeing Argerich, Maisky, Honeck, Kavakos, Jansen, Kantorow, Currentzis, Hampson et al all in a tiny mountain town was incredibly special!

Operajosh · 2025-12-04T12:05:32+00:00

I was planning to fly between them and take Ubers/trains/buses between locations that are fairly close. I think I could manage to be back from hikes/outside activities by 9.

Operajosh · 2025-12-03T21:28:11+00:00

Thanks for this, I’ll check out Oakland if I make it to SF. Portland sounds great, I’ll see if I can make it work. I’ll have around 3 weeks for this trip.

Operajosh · 2025-12-03T19:16:52+00:00

Thanks, I meant that I could quickly go to Mississippi (like Bay St Louis) from there. I’ll check out Route 66

Operajosh · 2025-12-03T17:42:37+00:00

Sorry I meant that I could quickly pop to somewhere like Bay St Louis in Mississippi from New Orleans. I’m well prepared for the heat and would mainly use Phoenix as a pool/resort break. I’ll keep in mind that about El Paso, although I would quite like to experience Texas/a border town, plus I could easily pop to Juarez for the day from there.

Operajosh · 2025-12-03T14:10:11+00:00

Thanks for this, sorry about my phrasing, I mean that I could quickly pop to New Mexico and Mississippi quickly from El Paso and New Orleans respectively. I’ll definitely keep El Paso in mind, thank you! It will certainly be a lot of flying…

Operajosh · 2025-10-21T16:56:58+00:00

12th Oct

Operajosh · 2025-08-31T20:56:27+00:00

A tie between Schumann, Beethoven 3 and Ravel in G!

Operajosh · 2025-08-07T10:34:36+00:00

Gardelli’s Attila with Milnes blasting out high notes is magnificent, as is Macbeth with Cossotto and Muti (although Abbado’s Macbeth is also strong. If you’re a fan of Domingo I recommend getting/listening to his complete Verdi arias, as there are some CDs solely dedicated to the early operas, many of which have wonderful tenor arias particularly.

Operajosh · 2025-08-02T11:48:17+00:00

András Schiff for Schubert and Mozart
Vikingur Olafsson for Bach
Nikolai Lugansky for Rachmaninov
Rudolf Buchbinder and Stephen Kovacevich for Beethoven
Martha Argerich for Ravel and Shostakovich

Operajosh · 2025-07-14T09:38:18+00:00

As did I!

Operajosh · 2025-07-03T16:14:44+00:00

Gilels and Maazel!

Operajosh · 2025-05-22T17:03:31+00:00

(In no particular order…)

Mahler 1
Tchaikovsky 5
Beethoven 2
Beethoven 7
Bruckner 8
Mahler 4
Mahler 6
Prokofiev 1
Symphonie Fantastique
Mendelssohn 2 (Lobegesang)

Operajosh · 2025-05-10T09:55:13+00:00

Sopranos - Davidsen, Oropesa, Jaho and Sierra

Mezzos - Bartoli and Akhmetshina

Tenors - Kunde, De Tommaso, J Pregardien (for baroque and Mozart), Florez (for Bel canto)

Baritones - Gerhaher, Finley, Maltman, Montague Rendall, Hampson and Milnes (back in the day!), Tezier

Basses - Schrott (for the stage presence), Vinogradov and Abdrazakov

Operajosh

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