Katia Arellano / Ricardo Ramirez

Opera - We love singing

Arts EN ↓ 199 episodes

Music, and more particularly singing is always with us. A certain day we may find ourselves moody and with a melody from La forza del destino playing over and over again in our head. Or maybe we feel like a superhero as we've doing great at work and then we feel like Calaf solving the 3 riddles that Turandot has proposed. First, we would like to share that this is not a place for the platitudes that are everywhere, telling my favorite singer is always the greatest in everything he's sung; and at the same time, we avoid being one of those toxic places where there's endless criticism around the...

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Katia Arellano / Ricardo Ramirez

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Arts

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www.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

Oct 14, 2026

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Episodes

Dissecting... Scarpia's Te Deum from Tosca 04.07.2025

Send us Fan Mail In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from Tosca by Maestro Puccini? This aria is not so easy to tag, is is beautiful? impressive? distressing? maybe all of them and none at the same time. Here we understand Scarpia's dark motivation. In this season we talk about the author, and we analyze the aria from a technica...

BONUS - The song that we really didn't nail this past January 27.06.2025

Send us Fan Mail So in January we managed to get together and prepare a small concert for you all, we celebrated the 2 years of our podcast.  Many things went horribly wrong, to start with the pianist not being able to attend for a last minute injury and some other technical problems. A song that we could not really nail back then is the song Volvere from Mexican composer María Grever. This extrao...

S9E4 Music was born with life - Mexican song Volver Volver *NOTICE OCCASIONAL NOISE PROBLEMS* 20.06.2025

Send us Fan Mail *NOTICE OCCASIONAL CONSTRUCTION NOISE PROBLEMS* This time things did not play in our favor but still we did this episode with the same enthusiasm of always. From construction problems that could not be eliminated to several audio/disconnections on Raffa's parties. We beg your understanding. What a better way to express our emotions than music? This season is a tour around a n...

S8E11: Spectacular singing - Lo! Here the Gentle Lark 12.06.2025

Send us Fan Mail This season is all about what impresses the public: high notes (sometimes super high notes), and ornaments. For a number of episodes we will be addressing the roles that more than once have left us wondering: How can the human voice do that? Premiering on Youtube and later audio dissemination to all streaming platforms. Support the show You can join our channel in Telegram: https:...

Dissecting... Ella giammai m'amò 04.06.2025

Send us Fan Mail In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from Don Carlo  by Maestro Verdi? By far, one of the most beautiful melodies ever written for the bass voice. There is no bass who doesn't want to have it in his repertoire.  In this season we talk about the author, and we analyze the aria from a technical vocal point of view...

S8E10 Spectacular Singing- Salut à la France! (Thank you Paris!) 25.05.2025

Send us Fan Mail The number of listeners in Paris has grown consistently and so much that it takes a clear lead. Paris is the top city that listens to our content, the number 1 among other 889 cities. That is so amazing!!! Thank you for listening to these programs, that we prepare with so much love for singing. This season is all about what impresses the public: high notes (sometimes super high no...

Pavarotti gave his voice to those who were invisible to the media 20.05.2025

Send us Fan Mail Just read or listen to the news or check "X" (formerly Twitter) to find the many of these "world leaders" looking for reasons to send their people to die for a war. Luciano Pavarotti in collaboration with other artists gave visibility to the horrible situation happening in Bosnia in the 90s of the past century. More than 30 years later, this song and the voice...

S9E3 Music was born with life: My Way 14.05.2025

Send us Fan Mail What a better way to express our emotions than music? This season is a tour around a number of very well-known popular songs, so popular that many Opera singers have made them part of their repertoire. How well do they achieve it? Thumbs-up or down? For this season we are having Raffa co-hosting these episodes. He has an immense passion for music and is also an experienced musicia...

Dissecting... Vissi d'arte 04.05.2025

Send us Fan Mail In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from Tosca by Maestro Puccini? By far, one of the most beautiful melodies ever written for the soprano voice. There is no soprano who doesn't want to have it in her repertoire.  In this season we talk about the author, and we analyze the aria from a technical vocal point of vi...

S8E9 Spectacular Singing: Qui la voce from I Puritani 25.04.2025

Send us Fan Mail This season is all about what impresses the public: high notes (sometimes super high notes), and ornaments. For a number of episodes we will be addressing the roles that more than once have left us wondering: How can the human voice do that? Premiering on Youtube and later audio dissemination to all streaming platforms. Support the show You can join our channel in Telegram: https:...

S9E2 Music was born with life - Song Amapola by J.M. Lacalle 14.04.2025

Send us Fan Mail What a better way to express our emotions than music? This season is a tour around a number of very well-known popular songs, so popular that many Opera singers have made them part of their repertoire. How well do they achieve it? Thumbs-up or down? For this season we are having Raffa co-hosting these episodes. He has an immense passion for music and is also an experienced musicia...

Dissecting... È luccevan le stelle 04.04.2025

Send us Fan Mail In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from Tosca by Maestro Puccini? By far, one of the most beautiful melodies ever written for the tenor voice. There is no tenor who doesn't want to have it in his repertoire. In this season we talk about the author, and we analyze the aria from a technical vocal point of view as...

S8E8 Spectacular Singing: En un país de Fabula from La Tabernera del Puerto 25.03.2025

Send us Fan Mail This season is all about what impresses the public: high notes (sometimes super high notes), and ornaments. For a number of episodes we will be addressing the roles that more than once have left us wondering: How can the human voice do that? Premiering on Youtube and later audio dissemination to all streaming platforms. Support the show You can join our channel in Telegram: https:...

S9 Premiere - Music was born with Life: O Sole mio 15.03.2025

Send us Fan Mail What a better way to express our emotions than music? This season is a tour around a number of very well-known popular songs, so popular that many Opera singers have made them part of their repertoire. How well do they achieve it? Thumbs-up or down? For this season we are having Raffa co-hosting these episodes. He has an immense passion for music and is also an experienced musicia...

Dissecting...Un bel dì vedremo 04.03.2025

Send us Fan Mail In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from Madama Butterfly by Maestro Puccini? By far, one of the most beautiful melodies ever written for the soprano voice. There is no soprano who doesn't have it in her repertoire.  In this season we talk about the author, and we analyze the aria from a technical vocal point of...

Dissecting...La fleur que tu m'avait jetée from Carmen 28.02.2025

Send us Fan Mail In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from Carmen by Maestro Bizet? By far, a very popular piece for the tenor voice. There is no tenor who doesn't want to have it in his repertoire. In this season we talk about the author, and we analyze the aria from a technical vocal point of view as well as the interpretation...

S8E7 Spectacular Singing - Ruiseñor from Las Musas Latinas 20.02.2025

Send us Fan Mail This season is all about what impresses the public: high notes (sometimes super high notes), and ornaments. For a number of episodes we will be addressing the roles that more than once have left us wondering: How can the human voice do that? Premiering on Youtube and later audio dissemination to all streaming platforms. Support the show You can join our channel in Telegram: https:...

Dissecting... The Toreador from Carmen 12.02.2025

Send us Fan Mail In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from Carmen by Maestro Bizet? By far, one of the catchiest melodies ever written for the baritone voice. There is no baritone who doesn't want to make it part of his repertoire. In this season we talk about the author, and we analyze the aria from a technical vocal point of vi...

Dissecting...Carmen's Habanera 04.02.2025

Send us Fan Mail In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from Carmen by Maestro Bizet? By far, one of the catchiest melodies ever written for the Mezzosoprano voice. There is no Mezzosoprano who doesn't have it in her repertoire.  In this season we talk about the author, and we analyze the aria from a technical vocal point of view a...

S8E6 Spectacular Singing - Canción del Ruiseñor from Zarzuela Doña Francisquita 19.01.2025

Send us Fan Mail This season is all about what impresses the public: high notes (sometimes super high notes), and ornaments. For a number of episodes we will be addressing the roles that more than once have left us wondering: How can the human voice do that? Premiering on Youtube and later audio dissemination to all streaming platforms. Support the show You can join our channel in Telegram: https:...

SPECIAL: 3 years anniversary Concert 11.01.2025

Send us Fan Mail This is the audio piece of the concert we just premiered and aired on YouTube. Our apologies, as it is a live concert some problems arose.  We had to improvise as our pianist got an injury and we had to use recorded music from other channels. Support the show You can join our channel in Telegram: https://t.me/OperaWeLoveSinging

Dissecting... Granada 03.01.2025

Send us Fan Mail In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. This time it is a very popular Mexican song by Maestro Agustín Lara. Many great tenors, and sometimes even sopranos and baritones go for it as well. This song is guaranteed an applause should it be part of any singer's concert.  In this season we talk about the author, and we analyze the aria from a technica...

BONUS from YouTube channel: Mexican song Peregrina, a true tragic story 28.12.2024

Send us Fan Mail The vblog entry can be found on Youtube, there are images shown there that may be of your interest.  Peregrina is the song dedicated to the American girl Alma Reed, for whom the governor Felipe Carrillo Puerto fell in love. The efforts of Felipe Carrillo to abolish slavery in the Peninsula de Yucatán and the complex political times after the revolution ended in him being executed...

S8E5 Spectacular Singing - Alabiev's Nightingale 20.12.2024

Send us Fan Mail This season is all about what impresses the public: high notes (sometimes super high notes), and ornaments. For a number of episodes we will be addressing the roles that more than once have left us wondering: How can the human voice do that? Premiering on Youtube and later audio dissemination to all streaming platforms. Support the show You can join our channel in Telegram: https:...

Dissecting... Che gelida manina 12.12.2024

Send us Fan Mail In this season we are reviewing the most popular arias of all times. Who doesn't know this aria from La Boheme by Maestro Puccini? By far, one of the most beautiful melodies ever written for the tenor voice. There is no tenor who doesn't want to have it in his repertoire.  In this season we talk about the author, and we analyze the aria from a technical vocal point of vi...

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