• FumpyAer [any, comrade/them]
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    11 days ago

    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.

    • Poogona [he/him]
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      11 days ago

      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

    • courier8377 [he/him, comrade/them]
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      11 days ago

      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

      • Wertheimer [any]
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        11 days ago

        Benjamin Britten

        John Adams

        Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, libretto co-written by W.H. Auden