September

Hi all, and welcome to September.
I'm sad to break it to you all, but I decided to stop doing my composer of the month posts (I didn't have very many anyway).
As school gets harder and harder and I need to practice violin longer and longer I can't really find time to write a full on biography of a composer with videos, sheet music, libretti, and pictures. Of course, this doesn't mean I'll be quitting the blog--I will still post opera things I find hiding in the various corners of the Internet!!!
I might have composer's bios and what not occasionally, but certainly not on a monthly basis.
To end this on a light note, here are some videos of FULL operas from the Met on youtube.

Don Giovanni
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D-i4E0QwbQ

Aida
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UIXz3dMO6w

Il Trovatore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYT7zgKmIE4

Le Comte Ory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3v138hBDjU

Les Contes d'Hoffmann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Fpt6xvA_A

Anna Bolena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE1xPxmQfbY

L'Elisir d'Amore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld4z2nG0Gjo

Unfortunately not all the subtitles are in English so it might require some extra translating if you want to understand EVERYTHING they say! :)