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minus-squareFumpyAer [any, comrade/them]hexbear14·2 days 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. link
minus-squarePoogona [he/him]hexbear4·2 days 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 link
minus-squarecourier8377 [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear3·edit-22 days 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 link
minus-squareWertheimer [any]hexbear4·edit-22 days agoBenjamin Britten John Adams Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, libretto co-written by W.H. Auden link
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