Anyone remember my old opera thread

[Boris Godunov]

Any thoughts on Carmen the Hip Hopera?

Get out.

[Sir Og]

As I said, I'm even omitting my personal favorite from the top ten, since it's not as much of a crowd-pleaser.

Is Boris Godunov your favourite opera?

[Boris Godunov]

You're a veritable Sherlock Holmes you are.

[EPW]

Phantom of the Opera is my favorite.

[Boris Godunov]

Phantom of the Opera is my favorite.

Get out, and this time I mean it.

[Al B. Sure!]

Hey let's get real here... musicals are modern day operas

What's the distinction between musicals and opera, Boris?

[EPW]

How can you not like this Boris? It has 10 million views on youtube.

[Al B. Sure!]

That phantom guy isn't a good singer at all. Really, he sounds like some guy off of a church choir or something. I think you could take a guy off the street and get him to sing like that.

[Sir Og]

You're a veritable Sherlock Holmes you are.

Yes I have great analytical skills.

But still it is possible for your tastes to have changed over time while your Apolyton handle remaind unchanged.

[Boris Godunov]

Hey let's get real here... musicals are modern day operas

No, modern day operas are modern day operas.

What's the distinction between musicals and opera, Boris?

What's the distinction between Thomas Kinkade and Rembrandt?

[Boris Godunov]

How can you not like this Boris? It has 10 million views on youtube.

How many views does Chocolate Rain have?

[MOBIUS]

This is the autumn (fall) selection at the WMC:


Fidelio – Beethoven’s only opera

The Magic Flute – Mozart

Ariadne auf Naxos – R. Strauss


Which would you recommend and why?

[Elok]

Hey let's get real here... musicals are modern day operas

What's the distinction between musicals and opera, Boris?

I believe the principal distinction is that pretty much all the parts in opera are sung, not spoken. Also, more classical styling. I'm not a big fan of opera, but then I've never seen or heard it, really, and I can respect it. I cannot and will not respect musicals, largely because of the sudden, jarring breaks between spoken parts and songs. Also, all the musical bits I've heard have been frothy little pop-trash earworms. "TELL me, was there ever a KITTY-CAT so clever as..." :vomit:

[The Mad Monk]

West Side Story was good.

[Nostromo]

Very interesting, Boris. And I was under the impression that Carmen wasn't well regarded by opera buffs. When Nietzsche claimed that he preferred Bizet to Wagner, some of his Wagnerian buddies assumed he was kidding.