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minus-squareFumpyAer [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoOpera can actually be kinda fun, especially if it’s in a language you understand. It’s (mis)understood to be stuffy and boring now, but back in the day it was low-brow entertainment.
minus-squarePoogona [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoHonestly I think it’s worse when it’s a language I understand since it makes the sing-talking a lot more frustrating to listen to for me
minus-squarecourier8377 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoTrying to rack my brain for english operas, I played pit for GianCarlo Menotti’s the old maid and the thief, a fun 20th century one. Most of what comes to mind is older baroque stuff tho
minus-squareWertheimer [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoBenjamin Britten John Adams Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, libretto co-written by W.H. Auden
Opera can actually be kinda fun, especially if it’s in a language you understand. It’s (mis)understood to be stuffy and boring now, but back in the day it was low-brow entertainment.
Honestly I think it’s worse when it’s a language I understand since it makes the sing-talking a lot more frustrating to listen to for me
Trying to rack my brain for english operas, I played pit for GianCarlo Menotti’s the old maid and the thief, a fun 20th century one.
Most of what comes to mind is older baroque stuff tho
Benjamin Britten
John Adams
Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, libretto co-written by W.H. Auden