Opera Anyone

[Orrymain]

Opera Anyone

Anyone a lover of Italian opera, or any opera for that matter? Some of the music is so dramatic and sweeping that I get hooked into it, but at the same time, I have no clue what they're saying and that's a big turn off. What about you?

 

[Fardreamer]

Anyone a lover of Italian opera, or any opera for that matter? Some of the music is so dramatic and sweeping that I get hooked into it, but at the same time, I have no clue what they're saying and that's a big turn off. What about you?

I, like many classical music listeners, like opera to some degree. Me, not so much in Italian unless it's on TV and with subtitles; the Metropolitan Opera of New York gives synopses of the operas being broadcast on the radio and all, but unless I have something in English to follow in an Italian-language radio airing of, say, "Aida" or "La Boheme," I can't enjoy opera that way.

 

[Vladlena]

Re: Opera Anyone

Anyone a lover of Italian opera, or any opera for that matter? Some of the music is so dramatic and sweeping that I get hooked into it, but at the same time, I have no clue what they're saying and that's a big turn off. What about you?

I am a fan of the Italian opera. Beyond debate it is the best opera in the world. I think that many modern composers are using melodies and themes of Italian opera. Sorry, but sometimes these attempts are being much worse than the original.

 

[Machida]

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Don’t mean to offend anyone but I don’t like opera since they are all noise to me. It is not just my cup of tea. I know that they are considered as the finest music but I don’t think that they are.

 

[gilbz]

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I kind of like the music but as someone mentions earlier, not knowing the words leaves me at a disadvantage so a lot of it passes me by. Having said that , whilst in Rome and walking near the teatro dell opera , it was a spectacular display of Roman Gnetry in all theri finery so I guess its still an occasion in itself in Italy