I felt that way too ....

Posted by Amphissa (A) on April 2, 2010 at 17:16:58

In Reply to: Opera singers posted by Mike K on April 2, 2010 at 09:11:48:

..... until I watched a few DVDs of operas that had interesting stories, good staging, and decent technical quality. After all, opera is theater in which the story unfolds in music and song and often dance as well rather than spoken dialog. The resplendent sets, the engaging story and the beautiful music can combine to create a completely different experience.

I still cannot stand to listen to opera on CD or radio or whatever. And the story lines or style of music of some operas just don't appeal to me. But combine the glorious music of Rimsky-Korsakov, the fun fantasy stories, the dance and song elements, and I can really enjoy *watching* the opera. Same for Aida, The Magic Flute, La Cenerentolla, etc.

As for old willie, that nasal honking lasts about 5 seconds in my house. I like a lot of pop/rock/jazz vocalists, but have never understood the appeal of the willie.

One thing that still turns my stomach, though, is those obese singers. Totally gross and nauseating. The whole idea of a 300 lb 45 year old woman portraying Julliette or a 300 lb tenor playing a starving character is just disgusting and unbelieveable. I applaud directors who are beginning to fire (or refusing to hire) obese singers for roles that are obviously unsuited to them as characters.

"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)

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Topic - Opera singers - Mike K 09:11:48 04/02/10 (26)

Go see an opera live - Mr. Black 20:06:46 04/05/10 (0)

My favorite singers have a range of less than an octave - Frihed89 11:27:48 04/05/10 (0)

The short version... - Harmonia 10:03:13 04/03/10 (0)

Of all the pop singers to name, - jult52 06:47:10 04/03/10 (3)

I'd argue that Nelson and Dylan are both GREAT singers. - tinear 08:20:23 04/03/10 (2)

RE: Ouch, no love for Mark Rothko. - Travis 10:01:15 04/03/10 (1)

Ah, a Barnett Newman "zip" painting man, then? :-) nt - tinear 13:40:07 04/04/10 (0)

I felt that way too .... - Amphissa 17:16:58 04/02/10 (3)

RE: I felt that way too .... - jazz1 23:08:23 04/02/10 (2)

RE: I felt that way too .... - Amphissa 10:05:26 04/04/10 (1)

RE: I felt that way too .... - jazz1 10:49:18 04/04/10 (0)

You can have Willie Nelson. nt - Travis 15:51:16 04/02/10 (0)

RE: Opera singers - hifidave@yahoo.com 15:28:27 04/02/10 (1)

RE: Opera singers - Pat D 08:29:19 04/03/10 (0)

And BTW. . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:39:29 04/02/10 (10)

She's nice but..... NO one, imho, can hold a candle to this one, - tinear 16:08:28 04/02/10 (1)

OK, agree she is nice, but ....... - John C. - Aussie 16:23:10 04/02/10 (0)

Yes, I much prefer lovely lookers to overweight heavies! - John C. - Aussie 15:49:38 04/02/10 (3)

And yet. . . - Chris from Lafayette 17:45:58 04/05/10 (2)

I'm weakening in my condemnation of Eurotrash - John C. - Aussie 18:31:32 04/05/10 (1)

LOL! John - Don't waver! Keep the faith! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 20:24:07 04/05/10 (0)

Using sex to sell records!!! - Mike K 13:20:04 04/02/10 (3)

RE: Using sex to sell records!!! - kavakidd 13:57:46 04/02/10 (2)

Do you think the idea will catch on??? - dave c 15:05:30 04/02/10 (1)

It is indeed La Garanca - Chris from Lafayette 17:36:36 04/03/10 (0)

Funny! - I was going to suggest Pavarotti to you in the thread below! [nt[ - Chris from Lafayette 11:05:01 04/02/10 (0)

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I felt that way too .... - Amphissa 17:16:58 04/02/10 (3)

RE: I felt that way too .... - jazz1 23:08:23 04/02/10 (2)

RE: I felt that way too .... - Amphissa 10:05:26 04/04/10 (1)

RE: I felt that way too .... - jazz1 10:49:18 04/04/10 (0)

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