This is a clip from the game Garry's Mod. I don't know for sure if opera is the right genre but I have been trying to find the source for weeks. Any help would be appreciated.

Also those who don't mind vibrato but find Emma Kirkby-style singing too pallid, try this:

https://www.3cat.cat/3cat/marianne-beate-kielland-interpreta-les-nuits-dete-de-berlioz/audio/1275849/

Music begins at 2:53.

To translate, this is a broadcast from Catalan Radio 3 (rebroadcast from Norwegian Radio) of mezzo Marianne Beate Kielland singing Berlioz's Les nuits d'été with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (no conductor).

What do y'all think?

I've never been a big fan of Othello but thankfully Verdi and Rossini must have liked it, giving us Otello (Verdi, 1887) and Otello, ossia il Moro di Venezia (Rossini, 1816). I've seen the former but not the latter. Anyone here a big fan of Verdi's Otello? I'm curious to know what the attraction is. It's got a banging opening and obviously the Willow Song towards the end but it's never really appealed to me.

I'm really into lyric singing and I absolutely loved Verdi's Otello. Assuming I only have time to deep dive into 10 other operas, which ones should they be? I completely despise atonal music. I loved Otello more for the singing and the melodies than the libretto (which is definitely good, to be fair). But if I had to prioritize, I care way more about the vocal lines and melody than the plot—something like a 65-35 or 60-40 split. I enjoyed a lot Il Trovatore; the plot is frankly idiotic, making it a 75-25 split for me, but I still enjoyed it. So, what else should I dedicate my time to?

The late opera singer Jubilant Sykes was allegedly stabbed over 73 times by his son, Micah, in December 2025 at his Santa Monica home