Whereas opera is drama. Different thing. Drama with music in it, and the two don't always mesh.
True. I'll even take that a step further and say that I think of opera as spectacle: drama, set to music, in often elaborate productions. It is best experienced live as a full production and not just in a concert for voices. Heck, I even enjoyed Alban Berg's Lulu when I saw it performed, and I'm not the biggest fan of Berg's music.
I find that I tend to like opera more than many people. I grew up with the music of the few operas that my parents liked -- singing along, even, in faux Italian. I discovered and loved other operas (such as Porgy and Bess and a lot of Mozart) on my own, as a teenager. Wagner, however, still leaves me fairly cold (except perhaps for a certain scene in Apocalypse Now), though I've only heard recordings, not seen it performed.
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Date: 2006-11-28 01:23 am (UTC)True. I'll even take that a step further and say that I think of opera as spectacle: drama, set to music, in often elaborate productions. It is best experienced live as a full production and not just in a concert for voices. Heck, I even enjoyed Alban Berg's Lulu when I saw it performed, and I'm not the biggest fan of Berg's music.
I find that I tend to like opera more than many people. I grew up with the music of the few operas that my parents liked -- singing along, even, in faux Italian. I discovered and loved other operas (such as Porgy and Bess and a lot of Mozart) on my own, as a teenager. Wagner, however, still leaves me fairly cold (except perhaps for a certain scene in Apocalypse Now), though I've only heard recordings, not seen it performed.