Zoe Challenor, co-founder of B'Opera, a company bringing music to young children, talks to Frances about her own opera-filled childhood, how she believes opera can be for everyone, and her mission to deliver 'beautiful music to tiny ears'.
B'Opera links:
website:
https://www.bopera.co.uk/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/BoperaBabyOpera
Instagram:
@boperababyopera
Patreon page, for subscribing to online events:
https://www.patreon.com/boperazoe?fan_landing=true
Zoe’s 'entry-level' opera picks:
Carmen, Bizet
La Traviata, Verdi
Anything by Puccini: e.g. Madama Butterfly, La Bohème or Tosca
Turn of the Screw, Britten
Online tasters:
Duet, Au Fond du Temple Saint from The Pearl Fishers (Bizet)
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
https://youtu.be/XFL5CE4j4Vs
Sous le dôme épais - Flower Duet from Lakme (Delibes)
(yes, the British Airways one)
Anna Netrebko, soprano, Elina Garanča, mezzo-soprano
https://youtu.be/8hEPvslCWMI
William Tell Overture (Rossini)
Tokyo Philharmonic, conductor Myung-Whun Chung
https://youtu.be/j3T8-aeOrbg
O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
Sissel Kyrkjebø, soprano
https://youtu.be/4N6_eu3yBDA
Lascia Ch’io Pianga from Rinaldo (Handel)
Marilyn Horne, soprano
https://youtu.be/5aRiv-GSLR4
Duet, Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffman (Offenbach)
Anna Netrebko, soprano, Elina Graranča mezzo-soprano
https://youtu.be/0u0M4CMq7uI
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Britten)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sakari Oramo
https://youtu.be/ht9mQE6X0C0
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Recorded June 2021
Music, Frances
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