Opera

[tinhuvielartanis]

It's not bloody music. How can anyone think it's music? If I want to hear people screaming and wailing like they're having their bits twisted, I'd better damned well be watching some really good BDSM porn, where people are actually having their bits twisted and are enjoying every excruciating minute of it.

Opera and Country Music: wastes of auditory space. Just my not-so-humble opinion. *snort*

Comments

[angstzeit.livejournal.com]

To me it is sort of like Indian pop music--very stylized. I like a number of pieces in both genres but often have to get past the singing style--if I can.

I've noticed that opera pieces often do very well when taken out of opera and performed in a different style--like Bugs Bunny.

And I'll always have a soft spot for Gilligan's Island putting Hamlet to the music of Carmen.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I love the Indian vocal style and can listen to that all day, but quivering, wailing vibrato is heeeeedeous.