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Opera Is Llst On Me.
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I have heard rave reviews about opera.
Believe me, I have tried and tried to listen to it, understand it, enjoy it, but with me it falls on deaf ears.
I simply don't get it, don't enjoy it, don't even like it.
Is it the Emperors New Clothes again? You know, kid yourself that it is good, to impress others?
It must be good for some, but it,is lost on me.
Believe me, I have tried and tried to listen to it, understand it, enjoy it, but with me it falls on deaf ears.
I simply don't get it, don't enjoy it, don't even like it.
Is it the Emperors New Clothes again? You know, kid yourself that it is good, to impress others?
It must be good for some, but it,is lost on me.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I do like opera but only the popular ones, which are very tuneful, mainly Verdi, Puccini, Mozart and best of all Bizet's Carmen. Second favourite La Traviata. But, I'm not a ballet fan which is generally more popular. It isn't really the Emperor's New Clothes, because none of my friends like opera, so I go to live screenings in the cinema on my own. I do have DVD's at home too which I listen to sometimes, along with a lot of rock, pop and musicals.
A bit of both. I love the music, but the stories are often daft and just a mechanism for different voices. We are just listening to 'Die Zauberflotte' and thoroughly enjoying it (helping my listening German because I haven't got my glasses on so can't read the subtitles).
Snice I began singing reasonably seriously (about 20 years ago) I have developed a real admiration for - and appreciation of - the people who can not only sing gloriously, but chuck themselves about the stage at the same time. They also have to know it by heart. A friend used to sing for Scottish National opera, but had to give up after he once 'dried' on stage. Kept on singing, but only in a form where he could have his music handy.
So what I'm saying is that it left me fairly cold for many years, but I know and appreciate how highly skilled it is.
Snice I began singing reasonably seriously (about 20 years ago) I have developed a real admiration for - and appreciation of - the people who can not only sing gloriously, but chuck themselves about the stage at the same time. They also have to know it by heart. A friend used to sing for Scottish National opera, but had to give up after he once 'dried' on stage. Kept on singing, but only in a form where he could have his music handy.
So what I'm saying is that it left me fairly cold for many years, but I know and appreciate how highly skilled it is.
I absolutely love it. Glyndebourne, Covent Garden, ENO, bring it on. Loved it since I was brought up with it as a child, then lost it a bit during my heavy rock years. But moving to London and having access to the ROH and ENO was just wonderful. Next is Madame Butteryfly at the ENO in the Spring when I'm taking someone who has never been before but always wanted to go. Butterfly is a good first opera for a beginner. I'll be amazed, and disappointed, if she doesn't enjoy it.
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