In the history of nations, there are special occasions that call for celebrations that go beyond the normal level of pomp and circumstance that one sees on days such as… Read More »Keepin’ It Classy: Composition #44/50: The Triumphal March by Giuseppe Verdi from the Opera Aida
Nessun Dorma is an Italian phrase that roughly translates as none shall sleep. “Nessun Dorma” is also the title of one of the opera world’s most popular arias. This aria… Read More »Keepin’ It Classy: Composition #42/50: Nessun Dorma by Giacomo Puccini from the Opera, Turandot
Carmen by Georges Bizet is considered to be one of the most important and well-constructed operas ever produced. The piece of music from Carmen that we are looking at today… Read More »Keepin’ It Classy: Composition #4/50: The Overture to Carmen by Georges Bizet
The story of today’s musical composition begins, for me, in the early 1990s with the rental of a video cassette of the movie Moonstruck from my local Blockbuster Video store.… Read More »Keepin’ It Classy: Compositon 3/50: O Fortuna by Carl Orff