Opera is not bad!!

[ixion]

Bizet's Carmen is one of my favorite's.

You'd know many songs from it if you heard them. :-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Actually, it's Bizet's Carmen

And one of my least favorite, though it definitely has some of the famous songs in it.

[Misunderestimator]

3. Hahaha! I would have said the same thing....

[Rabrrrrrr]

22. Brilliantly complex and interesting minds think alike

:7

[ixion]

7. d'oh! you're right. corrected.

what the hell was I thinking?

[Misunderestimator]

8. You were thinking of copycats...

:)

[ixion]

9. lol... true

:rofl:

[tjwmason]

2. There's a quotation about opera which I love

I forget who said it - but I love he sentiment expressed.

"Opera was born a perfect child, but then ran into puberty issues from which it has yet to emerge."

Put another way - don't forget the early operas. Giulio Cesare by Handel is on at the Promms on my (alledged) birthday, so I'll be jollying into London that evening. :bounce:

I'm not so keen on Bizet - or even much of the grand opera of 19thC. Italy; but give me something early, some Wagner, or even a lot of modern opera (Britten rocks) then I'm yours forever.

[murielm99]

5. I love Wagner.

Lyric Opera of Chicago did the Ring Cycle. I was lucky enough to hear two of them.

I like Carmen, too, Rigoletto, and Der Rosenkavelier.

[Rabrrrrrr]

24. Wagner is the king of opera. And other German opera writers.

The Italians, I hate to say it, just don't really "get" opera as an art form. They get it as an entertainment form (esp. Verdi), but not as art.

Except Puccini, he was a genius.

But Wagner! Ach, there's opera for ya.

I've stood through the Ring Cycle twice at the Met, and stood for a few one-offs, as well: Lohengrin (Robert Wilson's brilliant stage design production), Die Meistersinger, Tristan Und Isolde (Oh, man, is there anything better than that opera?!), Das Rheingold and Die Walkure (outside of the times that I also stod through them as part of a complete cycle).

Fuckin' love Wagner.

[LouisianaLiberal]

28. "Wagner's music is better than it sounds"

Mark Twain said this (I think that's the quote) - opera was looked down upon by intellectuals at the end of the nineteeth century, and it was "wagnermania" that made it respectable. I like Wagner too, but I can only listen occasionally -

[KitchenWitch]

4. I have heard Opera is a great browser too

[landdaddy]

10. It's the best!.......eom

[ghostsofgiants]

16. I've tried it, wasn't fond of it

I much prefer Firefox, but that's just me.

[Mojambo]

27. I just switched to 8.02. It rules. n/t

[MissHoneychurch]

6. Carmen is my favorite opera

just been to an open air performance 2 weeks ago :D

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

11. Is that the one where Bugs gives Elmer a shave and a haircut?

I love that one...

[ixion]

13. that's the Barber of Seville

but it's a classic nonetheless. :hi:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barber_of_Seville

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. No, that's called "The Rabbit of Seville", though the music is, of course,

from The Barber of Seville"

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

26. The best is when Bugs and Elmer work over Wagner's 'Ring' in

"What's Opera, Doc?"

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

30. Oh, Bwundilda, You're so Wovely

Yes, I know it. I can't help it.


-- Don't tell me that I don't know my classics!

[Mizmoon]

12. I like Don Giovanni

You have not lived until you have seen an opera at New York's Met.

[ixion]

14. yeah, Don Giovanni is another good one

thanks! :hi:

[LynneSin]

15. I love Offenbach's Belle Nuit

it's so romantic - I want someone to sweep me off my feet to that song

[Misunderestimator]

17. Oh, so you like a romantic duet sung by two women?

How sweet!! :)

:) :P :bounce:

[LynneSin]

20. Get your head out of the gutter and

[Misunderestimator]

21. Oh not the gutter, that is an ethereal duet... hardly the gutter

Where's your mind? :shrug: tsk tsk

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

18. La Boheme by Puccini

timeless... and redone a bazillion times in modern form (i.e., Rent).

Porgy and Bess, the quintessential American opera and a visionary work (for being based on black characters) and gorgeous timeless music by George Gershwin.

Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute showcase Mozart's skill with crafting musical dialogue.

[supernova]

19. Opera's really great!

:-)

I didn't think much of it, or no more so than other classical music which I do enjoy, until I went to the opera in a real Opera buffs' town: Vienna

Man those people were doing cat calls, stomping their feet, standing and cheering, or jeering as the case may be. They treated it for all the world like a baseball game, for all they were dressed in their finiest frippery. :-)

I've loved opera ever since then. :D

[Taverner]

23. Ummm...you guys can have it

I'll watch ballet, see a symphony and even engage in the study of a dead white european male given the chance....

But opera...I just don't...like

[progmom]

29. I felt that way for a long time.

But a few years ago it was like I suddenly got it. And now I love it. Weird, eh?

[XemaSab]

31. I like opera!

Props for being an opera lover!