Opera Music

Mo · 09-17-2008, 04:18 PM

What's:

1. Your favourite opera
2. Your favourite composer
3. Your favourite artists

Or you could answer just one of the above. I love comparing my favourites with other aficionados!

Jack Flak · 09-17-2008, 04:35 PM

Is Avez Maria an opera? I like that song. (I know absolutely nothing about opera.)

InaF3157 · 09-17-2008, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Mo_(operalover)

What's:

1. Your favourite opera
2. Your favourite composer
3. Your favourite artists

Or you could answer just one of the above. I love comparing my favourites with other aficionados!

I like some, though I am by no means a connoisseur who could expertly discuss the relative merits of the composers/operas. So far, I've only seen/heard Rossini, Puccini, Mozart, Strauss and Bizet, and probably like Puccini most.

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Originally Posted by Jack Flak

Is Avez Maria an opera? I like that song. (I know absolutely nothing about opera.)

Fancy Jack Flak frenchifies Ave Maria.

Colors · 09-17-2008, 04:45 PM

All the different sounds of opera* sound the same to me. Do they all have the same basic "sound" as it were- and the emphasis is more on the emotional expression? Or are they more varied - opera A being all about the percussion - and another being all funky otherworld harp and trombone?

*Speaking of the European-language opera, of course. I'm aware of also Chinese opera and vaguely some Vietnamese. I'm sure lots of cultures have things we might consider opera.

ajblaise · 09-17-2008, 04:45 PM

Opera singers need to start singing on beat, or to a beat..or they're gunna get beat up.

Bella · 09-17-2008, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ajblaise

Opera singers need to start singing on beat, or to a beat..or they're gunna get beat up.

lol

InaF3157 · 09-17-2008, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ajblaise

Opera singers need to start singing on beat, or to a beat..or they're gunna get beat up.

Carmen has melody that can be appreciated by even a child.

ajblaise · 09-17-2008, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by IF3157

Carmen has melody that can be appreciated by even a child.

I've heard some stuff I like by that blind guy. But most opera I hear is just so unstimulating to me, especially because the songs often have no sense of real rhythm.

Ivy · 09-17-2008, 04:59 PM

I love Porgy & Bess, so it's not surprising that I also love Leontyne Price. I hesitate to name a favorite with as little exposure as I have to opera in the big picture, though.

pure_mercury · 09-17-2008, 05:00 PM

I have an appreciation for Wagner's batshit-crazy Gesamtkunstwerk approach to opera. I doubt I'd want to sit through a whole performance of it, though.

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Mo Ntwa'dumela Join Date: Aug 2008 Type: ISFP Posts: 792	Opera Music What's: 1. Your favourite opera 2. Your favourite composer 3. Your favourite artists Or you could answer just one of the above. I love comparing my favourites with other aficionados!

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Colors Metalife Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: ISTP Location: Among the jasmine Posts: 1,051	All the different sounds of opera* sound the same to me. Do they all have the same basic "sound" as it were- and the emphasis is more on the emotional expression? Or are they more varied - opera A being all about the percussion - and another being all funky otherworld harp and trombone? *Speaking of the European-language opera, of course. I'm aware of also Chinese opera and vaguely some Vietnamese. I'm sure lots of cultures have things we might consider opera. __________________ "In their youth, no one realizes that the trees that stretch into the sky are, at the same time, sending their roots deeper and deeper into the earth." - Noriko Ogiwara

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Ivy Avatar is non-ironic Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: ???? Posts: 8,074	I love Porgy & Bess, so it's not surprising that I also love Leontyne Price. I hesitate to name a favorite with as little exposure as I have to opera in the big picture, though. __________________ I don't wanna face my fears! I'm afraid of 'em! -Spongebob

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pure_mercury Order Now! Join Date: Feb 2008 Type: ESFJ Location: Hollywood Posts: 4,598	I have an appreciation for Wagner's batshit-crazy Gesamtkunstwerk approach to opera. I doubt I'd want to sit through a whole performance of it, though. __________________ Who wants to try a bottle of merc's "Extroversion Olive Oil?"

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