Come on, Mike - that's why most of it was written in Italian (or
French) - so I could listen along to someone like Maria Callas and not
think "what a fucking load of shit".
johnb
Mike Dickson wrote:
>
> You're not exactly kidding.
>
> Opera has some of the the most /wildly/ overblown librettii
> imaginable, not to mention some of the most absurd and convoluted
> plots known to humanity and in most cases no real sense of narrative,
> pacing, character development or even the least shred of plausibility
> or poetry. However, it is largely saved by the music, which is really
> the point being made.
>
> Maybe that sums the whole issue up; that music addresses some inner
> part of us that longs for tension, resolution, cadence, crescendo and
> surprise, whereas you'll alway be aware that the person singing on the
> stage is just another fat guy in tights warbling without end about
> where the love of his life has fucked off to. Or some other equally
> absurd prat hopping about a stage, dressed as a flower, dribbling on
> about Musical Boxes.
>
> Mike
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