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(Originally $150, now $89 ea.) World renowned diva and operatic singer Natalie Choquette, brings her entertaining and unique focus to many of the world's best loved operas. From La Traviata, to Carmen, to Don Giovanni and beyond, every Opera Easy program comes dramatically alive with history, composers, performance and clarifying perspective. Opera Easy bridges the language and times to the story and characters. Operatic musical excerpts of the most famous and loved arias further enriches the experience. If you have ever wondered how and why these great opera's have endured now is your chance to know. Allow this wonderful collection of enriching operas to enhance your musical appreciation. It's Opera Easy! 1• Carmen Carmen, a French tragic opera first produced in Paris in 1875. The most famous of Bizet's operas, with its exotic Spanish setting, introduced a note of realism into opera that proved unacceptable to many who saw the first performances. Objection was taken to the wild and immoral behavior of Carmen, the chorus of cigarette factory- girls and the final murder of Carmen on the stage. The Opera is set in the year 1820, in Seville, Spain. 2• Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) by Pietro M
