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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2018 1:21:39 GMT
I listened to Tannhauser by Wagner and I have no idea why I bothered, it was largely boring.
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Post by NJtoTX on Jul 16, 2018 2:04:37 GMT
Nope
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Post by Sulla on Jul 16, 2018 7:39:03 GMT
Yes, I've completed a few. And I've attended two live. Usually I first become familiar with excerpts before listening to the entire performance. It takes a lot of patience which I didn't have until later in life. Wagner tends to be heavy, lengthy and often an acquired taste. In my opinion it's not the place to start. Mozart operas are lighter and shorter. The Magic Flute was my first opera.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 16, 2018 12:27:10 GMT
Yes. La Traviata, La Boheme, Carmen, Nabucco, Rigoletto, The Ring of the Nibelung, Cav and Pag and a few others.
Enjoyed them all.
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Post by Terrapin Station on Jul 16, 2018 12:51:23 GMT
I've even been a part of the performance a couple times (as a musician).
As with classical in general, I'm a much bigger fan of modern opera. I like older stuff, too, though.
Nixon in China is one of my favorites.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2018 12:51:53 GMT
I have always, half-jokingly, said that opera is for Italians. Meaning it was invented by them, it is in their language and what is the point if you cant understand the words? To answer the OQ, I think the only opera I have ever watched in its entirety is Jesus Christ Superstar, which I did not care for and is obviously inferior to the classical style of opera. On the other hand, I can listen to opera overtures and really enjoy some. As someone else said earlier, Mozart is really a good place to start with opera, at least the overtures if you have no patience for the foreign language
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