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Post by Tim on Feb 27, 2021 21:57:23 GMT
Well I think you're a right bunch of wimps, Das Rheingold completed and Die Walküre will be tomorrow. Maybe I'm warped or whatever, but I'm enjoying it  I do enjoy Opera though, is that something you guys don't enjoy, which actually wouldn't surprise me? |
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Post by julesd68 on Feb 27, 2021 22:28:22 GMT
I can enjoy La Boheme, Traviata etc. Carmen I absolutely love.
If I'm in the mood I can also manage some Baroque opera.
It's never going to be a great passion of mine though.
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Post by MartinT on Feb 27, 2021 22:56:49 GMT
I can't stand most opera (Carmen excepted), for the same reason that I can't stand musicals or shows.
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Post by Tim on Feb 27, 2021 23:31:08 GMT
Ah, it's starting to make sense now, I was a bit confused at first, now I understand - I had wrongly assumed you'd all enjoy opera, the classical buffs here that is. I'm surprised but not surprised I guess. However, comparing opera to a musical or a show ? . . . hmmm, well I guess that's very subjective, but there's no comparison at all from my perspective, not even in the same ball park. No takers for the Verona Opera at the arena then? And it's confirmed one thing for sure, you definitely are a bunch of wimps  |
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 28, 2021 5:42:07 GMT
Ah, Barenboim's Mahler 5th, that's more like it!
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 28, 2021 5:47:26 GMT
Opera - there's only 3 I enjoy.
Philip Glass's Akhnaten
Handel's Xerxes
and to a lesser extent Mozart Magic Flute
I suspect my views are very similar to Martin's, with the corollary that I love (most of) Gilbert and Sullivan operettas!
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 28, 2021 6:25:45 GMT
Neo-romantic lushness!
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Post by Tim on Feb 28, 2021 10:10:04 GMT
Ah, Barenboim's Mahler 5th, that's more like it! I played the Bernstein 5 yesterday I think I'll keep my opera likes tucked away amongst my country and Americana likes, so as not to cause any offence |
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 28, 2021 10:25:14 GMT
It'll go nicely in your line dancing section.
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Post by Tim on Feb 28, 2021 10:45:57 GMT
Haha, see, no idea at all . . . Anyhoots, back to Wagner |
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Post by MartinT on Feb 28, 2021 10:48:40 GMT
Verona - yes, because I've always wanted to go there. I used to have a Laserdisc of Tosca there and it was tolerable.
My linking of opera, musicals and shows is quite logical to me. They all involve singing-stories and I don't want my stories sung. People don't burst into song in real life.
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Post by Tim on Feb 28, 2021 15:07:12 GMT
Verona is gorgeous, been to the Arena but not for an opera, it's on my bucket list. I can totally relate to musicals and shows as I'm not a fan either, by my brain doesn't compute lumping opera in with those. But every cloud has a silver lining, should you and Jerry ever darken my door and overstay your welcome, I know how to scoot you off now |
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Post by MartinT on Feb 28, 2021 15:17:55 GMT
But every cloud has a silver lining, should you and Jerry ever darken my door and overstay your welcome, I know how to scoot you off now There are faster ways. Put some Joanna Newsom on...  |
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 28, 2021 15:42:55 GMT
Most jazz will see me off quite handily.
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 1, 2021 7:36:08 GMT
I'm having another crack at Prokofiev.
If Sviatoslav Richter can't manage to convince me in the piano sonatas then nobody can.
Persistence is the key for me, here.
I'll be darned if the danged things aren't starting to grow on me!
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Post by Slinger on Mar 1, 2021 14:36:07 GMT
Well I think you're a right bunch of wimps, Das Rheingold completed and Die Walküre will be tomorrow. Maybe I'm warped or whatever, but I'm enjoying it I do enjoy Opera though, is that something you guys don't enjoy, which actually wouldn't surprise me? I've seen two Ring Cycles, both on TV; I even got my late wife watching with me, and Wagner was not her cup-of-tea at all as a rule. |
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Post by John on Mar 1, 2021 15:16:56 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 1, 2021 15:20:06 GMT
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Post by John on Mar 1, 2021 15:32:14 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 1, 2021 15:34:25 GMT
I'm having another crack at Prokofiev. If Sviatoslav Richter can't manage to convince me in the piano sonatas then nobody can. Persistence is the key for me, here. I'll be darned if the danged things aren't starting to grow on me! Quad amps, Prokofiev - whatever next Jerry? Poulenc and other French composers?? |
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