To: Borges
I must confess I’ve never been able to goad myself into getting “into” opera. I appreciate the great voices as much as anyone could (Placido Domingo is a favorite), but it has taken the charms of Rene Fleming to get my anywhere near opera in recent years.
And I’m waiting for the avant-garde composer who did
NIXON IN CHINA to write one called OBAMA IN CAIRO.
Maybe I’ll give it a go, as a parody.
4 posted on
10/01/2012 1:43:33 PM PDT by
supremedoctrine
(My personal Memo to the Utopian Left:-- You can't improve on Imperfection.)
To: supremedoctrine
To: supremedoctrine
Agree that Placido is far better than Luciano (sp). Waaay too much hype over the fatman (altho he has his moments).
30 posted on
10/01/2012 4:23:21 PM PDT by
SgtHooper
(The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
To: supremedoctrine
There is a great modern opera by Stewart Copeland, (yes, THAT one from The Police), Called
"Holy Blood,Crescent Moon" about the First Crusade fighting the first Muslim jihadis. I was at the world premier in Cleveland in 1989, and it does have its truly frightening moments. I'll always remember the late heldentenor Gene Allen, who sang the lead Knight Templar in that marvelous ringing voice of his...
41 posted on
10/01/2012 9:11:13 PM PDT by
Emperor Palpatine
("On the ascent of Olympus, what's a botched bar or two?" -Artur Schnabel)
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