"Bel Canto": Based on Ann Patchett ‘s bestselling 2001 novel (inspired by the Peruvian hostage crisis of 1996-97), the new opera was composed by Jimmy López. The last time I went to an Opera was the year of 2000 in Florence. I'm not a big follower of Opera but I have my moments. Last Saturday my family and I enjoyed a night at the Opera (sounding very proper). "Bel Canto" was 4 1/2 hours long and the composer Mr. Lopez said, they rehearsed the Opera in stages. No full rehearsals of his work.. like the audience, Mr. Lopez would hear his music in its entirety for the first time. The music beautiful and the story line potent as it was redeeming. BRAVO...
Anything Mozart penned is exhilarating, with my favorite being Die Zauberflote. Wagner's musical dramas are pretty intense while Tristan und Isolde is my Wagnerian experience; the "Tristan chord" ushered in a new era of western music. Puccini's Madama Butterfly is really pretty, but next on my list to see is Turandot.
Not exactly an opera fan - have dipped my small toe in. I'm not sure I'm ready to commit because I know it's a whole universe. I'm drawn more to performers and this performance by Kathleen Battle is one of the last things I've seen that brought tears to my eyes and made my mouth drop open. Incredibly beautiful. Sorry if I'm thread crashing - I had to share!
I've spent a shitload of money going to operas. I like a lot of composers but my favorite opera-composer is none other than Mozart. I know he is the obvious guy, the one someone who knows nothing about the matter would name, so it's not "intelectually correct" to mention him as the premier choice. One must always hide it. However, his operas are, in my humble view, the very best. If Mozart was allowed to write what he wanted, when he wanted, because he wanted, whatever he wanted- like Beethoven could- we wouldn't have a "Marriage of Figaro": we would have 100. We wouldn't have "Don Giovanni": we would have 100 and there would not be any discussion as to who the greatest of all time is. It was in his operas that he could, more or less, write for himself, what he wanted, so authentic master pieces came out.
I've spent a shitload of money going to operas. I like a lot of composers but my favorite opera-composer is none other than Mozart. I know he is the obvious guy, the one someone who knows nothing about the matter would name, so it's not "intelectually correct" to mention him as the premier choice. One must always hide it. However, his operas are, in my humble view, the very best. If Mozart was allowed to write what he wanted, when he wanted, because he wanted, whatever he wanted- like Beethoven could- we wouldn't have a "Marriage of Figaro": we would have 100. We wouldn't have "Don Giovanni": we would have 100 and there would not be any discussion as to who the greatest of all time is. It was in his operas that he could, more or less, write for himself, what he wanted, so authentic master pieces came out.
Mozart's music can be just as intellectually stimulating as any other. And I'm working on a paper which asserts Mozart is proof of the existence of the Divine.
His operas are necessary in the western repertoire of music.
Not exactly an opera fan - have dipped my small toe in. I'm not sure I'm ready to commit because I know it's a whole universe. I'm drawn more to performers and this performance by Kathleen Battle is one of the last things I've seen that brought tears to my eyes and made my mouth drop open. Incredibly beautiful. Sorry if I'm thread crashing - I had to share!
When I was 16, I just knew I was gonna meet and marry her! But yeah, this is not really opera even though she made a living as an operatic vocalist.
I've spent a shitload of money going to operas. I like a lot of composers but my favorite opera-composer is none other than Mozart. I know he is the obvious guy, the one someone who knows nothing about the matter would name, so it's not "intelectually correct" to mention him as the premier choice. One must always hide it. However, his operas are, in my humble view, the very best. If Mozart was allowed to write what he wanted, when he wanted, because he wanted, whatever he wanted- like Beethoven could- we wouldn't have a "Marriage of Figaro": we would have 100. We wouldn't have "Don Giovanni": we would have 100 and there would not be any discussion as to who the greatest of all time is. It was in his operas that he could, more or less, write for himself, what he wanted, so authentic master pieces came out.
Mozart's music can be just as intellectually stimulating as any other. And I'm working on a paper which asserts Mozart is proof of the existence of the Divine.
His operas are necessary in the western repertoire of music.
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"Bel Canto" was 4 1/2 hours long and the composer Mr. Lopez said, they rehearsed the Opera in stages. No full rehearsals of his work.. like the audience, Mr. Lopez would hear his music in its entirety for the first time. The music beautiful and the story line potent as it was redeeming. BRAVO... 