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@richardbrand, @toddalin 

I liked Peter Grimes when I saw the opera, but it isn't an opera I'd play at home. I'm probably not a full-on opera buff. I play Puccini's beautiful melodies and some Mozart operas at home. Also a bit of Verdi.

@mahgister, @frogman 

BTW, I think we can add Verdi's Requiem to the list of great masses and requiems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaebqmzm0RA 

Definitely.  Let’s not forget Berlioz Requiem.  Munch conducting Boston Symphony is wonderful.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBrs-r77FPJKOAW0GMy6wQbyAxDb_xDN6&si=-OEl6Kxl6OlH3cE_

I recently saw two black operas by Terence Blanchard. One was about Emile Griffith a gay boxer in the fifties who killed in the ring an openent who taunted him about being gay.

The second was about Charles Blow a gay writer who I used to see on CNN all the time.

The score from the Charles Blow opera, Fire Shut Up in My Bones was rivetting. So was the score about Emile Griffith, called Champion. Here's a snippet of Champion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk8aQVVbgEs

@frogman 

Don't know if I've heard Berlioz's Requiem. I'll look for it.

Did you see the Blanchard operas at the Met?