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03-20-2009, 07:19 PM #21Senior Member
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Favorite opera?
The Magic Flute
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03-20-2009, 10:31 PM #22Qui tacet consentit
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You couldn't fill a shot glass with what I know about Opera. That was a perfect example. The supertitles were in English, and to tell you the truth, it's kind of hard for me to discern what language is being sung, even when it's English.
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Italian? Ehi!! You should check who wrote "Carmen"
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I like the early "opera" (beginning of XVIIc.), even if it is a bit wrong to call it opera: Euridice by Jacopo Peri (1600), Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi (1607). Come on: you should listen them!
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03-21-2009, 01:20 AM #23Senior Member
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...And after that filled shot glass my next favorite opera is: dieEntfuhrung aus dem Serail. Gottob Frick was the best Osmin ever, hands down, no contest.
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03-21-2009, 01:32 AM #24Senior Member
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That's a very good one! And funny too! Originally Posted by Bruce
It's probably my favourite Mozart opera...
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03-21-2009, 08:31 PM #25??
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Be careful! I observe you. Originally Posted by Bruce
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03-22-2009, 08:19 PM #26Senior Member
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Third on the list is Boris Godunov.
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03-22-2009, 09:39 PM #27ma deuce
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My favorite is La Boheme. I thought surely most of you would say your favorite was The Barber of Seville.
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03-23-2009, 05:18 PM #28Member
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Treat yourself and listen to Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana - a one act opera that is just amazing!
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03-26-2009, 01:31 PM #29www.MercConsulting.com
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Although not an opera, but a choral work (scenic cantata), my favorite is Carmina Burana.
The most famous of the songs in this work is "Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi (O Fortuna)" used in many movies and tv commercials for it's high drama and epic tone.
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"Fortune as the emporess of the world"?!? How blasphemous! Most of CB was bawdy stuff (for its day) set to music by Orff . My favorite is the "Roasted Cygnet".
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