One Year of Once or Twice a Fortnight

Once or Twice a Fortnight (OTF for short) is my contribution to OperaLively, and regularly features complete operas, with my personal thoughts, additional musical illustrations and links to key material (such as synopses and libretti).

OTF is more than just Opera – sometimes, we venture into other vocal, lyrical or sacred works, and even leave the tight box of the vocal genres to explore different music.

I usually provide notifications on the ITYWLTMT Fan Page on Facebook when I issue a new OTF post, as they are not delivered on specific dates of the month (like I do for Quinze que j’en pense).

In addition to the below links to the material, you can access most of the posts on special compilation pages maintained by OperaLively and accessible in the “Exclusive Articles” area of the site. At the time of writing this post, there are two OTF pages: Page 1 and 2).

Complete Operas (In Alphabetical Order by Composer)

21-Apr-12    Beethoven - Fidelio

15-Aug-12    Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande (en français)

20-Oct-12    Donizetti - L'Elisir d'Amore

2-May-12     Estacio – Filumena

17-Jul-12      Gounod – Faust (en français)

18-Feb-12    Leoncavallo - Pagliacci (en français)

11-Oct-12    Louie – Toothpaste/Burnt Toast, Menotti – The Telephone

8-Feb-12       Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana (en français)

4-Jun-12       Massenet – Werther

31-Oct-12    Menotti - The Medium    

14-Sep-12    Mozart - Idomeneo, re di Creta

28-Sep-12    Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro

25-Nov-12   Puccini – Il Tabarro (Trittico #1)           

10-Dec-12    Puccini - Suor Angelica (Trittico #2)

21-Dec-12    Puccini -  Gianni Schicchi (Trittico #3)

23-Dec-11    Rimsky-Korsakov - Christmas Eve (en français)

23-May-12   Rubenstein - The Demon

31-Dec-11    J. Strauss II - Die Fledermaus ()

13-May-12   R. Strauss - Der Resenkavalier

18-Jun-12     Thomas – Mignon

20-Dec-11    Verdi- La Traviata (en français)

Other Music Posts (In order of publoication)

9-Jan-12       Mr. Liszt Goes to the Opera

17-Jan-12     Mr. Thalberg Goes to the Opera          

29-Feb-12    The Pilgramages of Francis Poulenc (en français)

7-Mar-12      Toscanini’s Broadcast Performance of Verdi’s Requiem

15-Mar-12   Sacred Music by Beethoven (en français)

22-Mar-12   The musical Legacy of Mgr. Richard J. Schuler (en français)

1-Apr-12       Agnus Dei (Re-Post of ITYWLTMT Montage # 3) (en français)    

5-Apr-12       Bach`s St-Matthew Passion (en français)

7-Apr-12       Mahler's Resurrection Symphony 

2-Jul-12         Faust (not by Gounod) (en français)

1-Aug-12     The art songs of Claude Debussy  (en français)

30-Aug-12    My favourite versions of "La mer" (en français)

11-Nov-12   Lest We Forget (Re-Post of ITYWLTMT Montage #30) (original bilingual commentary)

Miscellaneous (In order of publoication)

14-Dec-11    Once or Twice a Fortnight (BM de MQCD)                

26-Jan-12     Opera Podcasts 

26-Dec-12    Il Trittico - The Recordings

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