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Hi, my wife hardly listens to classical music. But she heard three pieces from operas and fell in love, Libiamo from Traviata, La donna mobile and voglio vivere cosi. Other arias from this Verdi CD didn't make her feel that happy. She would like to hear more of that kind of music.
Do you have recommendations? Doesn't have to be only Verdi, it was just a Verdi CD she heard.
Thanks and greetings from Winsen, close to Hamburg in Germany
Michael Nix
Since she's just starting, I'd get her an "opera sampler." Try to get one of Romantic composers only (as opposed to a disc that also has Gluck, Handel, Mozart, and Haydn), since she has expressed interest in the Verdi songs. If you can, find a "Verdi-only sampler." Then, depending on her interest and reaction, you might find a "Donizetti-only sampler," etc.; or, go to a general Romantic composers sampler.
How thoughtful you are to get her off to a flying start (and I didn't mean a Dutchman!).
mb
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