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re: Hate to say it but English language operas aren’t as good as itilian, German etc

Posted on 3/10/24 at 4:27 pm to
Posted by Yewkindewit
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 4:27 pm to
Nessus Dorma is hard to beat!
Posted by tiggerfan02 2021
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 4:42 pm to
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TheCaw is a proud American and believes that English is the best language in the world but hates to say that Italian German and yes French operas are better then English

Maybe TheCaw is to familiar with the English language that the libretto dialog sounds stilted but it doesn’t make sense because regular songs in English are way better than songs in other languages to me but operas not the case

Maybe it was just the specific opera with English words I saw sucks but in general it seems those fruity European Romance languages are better for the opera art form




WRONG!

ALL operas suck. I would rather be waterboarded than forced to listen to that Godawful caterwauling.

BTW.....music board.
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 4:45 pm to
You know why?

English has far fewer words that end in a vowel.


(Opera being one of them, but that's a loan word.)

Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 5:03 pm to
Opera singing is devoted to displays of technical virtuosity

Italian words generally end in vowels

Vowels are easier to sing & hold than consonants

Ergo, Italian is the language of opera
Posted by Scuttle But
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 5:05 pm to
Lol baw, only figs go to the opera.
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 5:05 pm to
Posted by bayoubengals88
LA
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 5:53 pm to
Puccini, Verdi, how does it get any better?
Posted by Sofaking2
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 5:54 pm to
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Going out on a limb to say this isn’t the crowd for opera

Bingo, they suck in every language.
Posted by theCAW
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 6:32 pm to
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I would rather be waterboarded
well u voluntarily follow auburn athletics which is way more torturous than that
Posted by Hangover Haven
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 6:36 pm to
Opera snob…
Posted by TC Kidd
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 7:29 pm to
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Puccini, Verdi, how does it get any better?

Haggard and Jennings
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 7:44 pm to
quote:

itilian
What dis be?
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 7:54 pm to
quote:

only figs go to the opera
LINK
Posted by CajunBandit
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 7:58 pm to
Ghosts of Versailles

American opera composed in the 80s. It's fantastic.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 8:00 pm to
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only figs go to the opera.


Eh, most baws are going to the opera in order to get laid, so...?
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 8:03 pm to
quote:

American opera composed in the 80s. It's fantastic.
Unpossible.

It’d be like waking up one morning and having SirWinston, Mingo, Coyote, and Hammertime as brothers-in-law.
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 8:06 pm to
quote:

only figs go to the opera.
this includes space operas

Posted by theCAW
Polk County
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 8:15 pm to
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Eh, most baws are going to the opera in order to get laid, so...?
the guys who never railed a somewhat wealthy cougar divorcee are showing themselves in the thread
Posted by NyCaLa
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 8:18 pm to
My dad took years of German from our next door neighbor who was from the area of Bayreuth (same dialect as Wagner) just so he could enjoy Wagnerian opera without a libretto.

Yeah, he was a fan...
Posted by tiggerfan02 2021
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 8:26 pm to
quote:

I would rather be waterboarded
well u voluntarily follow auburn athletics which is way more torturous than that




Well played sir.
Upvote for you.
With the exception of men's basketball.
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