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Meli456
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05-01-2003

Monday, June 13, 2005 - 3:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This show starts tonight, so I thought I'd start a thread in case any other opera geek wants to watch it with me. Its already run in England with very good reviews.

From Playbillarts.com:

Operatunity, a television series in which singers without opera experience are coached to sing in an English National Opera performance of Rigoletto, will get its American premiere starting tonight on PBS’s Great Performances.

The four-episode series, which was originally broadcast on Channel Four in 2003, starts with the search across England for contestants. Six finalists are chosen, and are coached in the various techniques—vocal, physical, dramatic—necessary for opera performance. Finally, the show follows the two winners through their operatic debut.

Over 2,500 applied to sing in front of a group of opera professionals, in the hopes of being chosen for the show.

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Monday, June 13, 2005 - 9:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Et Tu, PBS?

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, June 13, 2005 - 9:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL

Meli456
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05-01-2003

Monday, June 13, 2005 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ROFL

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, June 13, 2005 - 9:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Four episodes? Seemed to be all there in hour and a half show tonight.

Meli456
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05-01-2003

Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I checked the PBS website and it doesn't look like there are more episodes. The BBC website sells the DVD, on which there is a bonus episode (1 year later). It looks like it was shown in four episodes in the UK and combined into one here.

That's too bad, I really loved this show. I learned some great new singing tips watching it, it was almost like having a vocal coach again. I'm sure my neighbors are happy that I learned how to sing even louder!