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New Post! Sep 06, 2007 @ 12:57:14#1
operaghost

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24/F/Long Island, New York
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Does anyone else on the forum enjoy operas? Or has been to one? Has a favorite?

My favorite would have to be La Traviata .. or maybe La Boheme.


operaghost last visited June 13, 2008
New Post! Sep 06, 2007 @ 13:10:24#2
bendover

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I really enjoy tenors or male voice choirs etc but i have seen a few operas and I realised that I just can't stand female opera voices.

bendover last visited November 25, 2007
New Post! Sep 06, 2007 @ 13:33:28#3
operaghost

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bendover said:
I really enjoy tenors or male voice choirs etc but i have seen a few operas and I realised that I just can't stand female opera voices.


There are very few good female opera voices out there. Funny enough the only one I currently really love is the former lead singer of the metal-opera band Nightwish, Tarja Turunen. . She's been in actually opera performances, has a christmas record out and is due for her solo album this November.


operaghost last visited June 13, 2008
New Post! Sep 26, 2007 @ 19:04:38#4
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I like the really big German operas that go on for DAYS, all of them written by Richard Wagner and require 100 piece orchestras. I think this is why I also like Industrial Metal as well. Anything loud. But not when it's my neighbours' stereo!!!!!


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freeasathought last visited October 22, 2007
New Post! Oct 29, 2007 @ 19:19:31#6
earthymother

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I love opera, too! My favorite is "The Mikado"!


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earthymother last visited October 29, 2007
New Post! Jan 01, 2008 @ 17:09:14#7
bobbo

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I love Gilbert and Sullivan,but find most serious opera a bit too heavy,bobbo


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New Post! Feb 06, 2008 @ 11:04:02#8
zoned

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52/M/st. clair, Michigan
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I love Puccini's Turandot. The best performance on record was Pavarotti. I also like 'Il Pagliacci and Cavelarria Rusticana. My main interest lies in orchestral music. Mahler,Shostakovich,Dvorak,Tchiakovsky,Florent Schmitt!,Hans Rott! I love the well known but I also love the obscure,little known,underappreciated composers. I have 1000 records! I am largely self-taught in classical music,but I know a lot about it.I would love to correspond with people about the wonders of classical music. And,someday I WILL CONDUCT a famous orchestra,maybe the vienna philharmonic.


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zoned last visited February 10, 2008
New Post! Feb 06, 2008 @ 11:07:03#9
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I like Pucini, especially Madame Butterfly. Sadly I don't get to actually see many though.

davros last visited March 04, 2008
New Post! Feb 06, 2008 @ 12:58:27#10
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I'm not an opera fan, but I once saw Bizet's Carmen, which I thought was fantasic.


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cyrus last visited February 18, 2008
New Post! Apr 16, 2008 @ 02:55:14#11
singinsunflower84

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i LOVE Puccini operas. But I have to SEE them...I can't just listen to a recording
and get the same feel. And I abhor female operatic voices...and I used to be
one! I started out studying opera in college, and it just wasn't for me. There's
something about the sound that's just...not human? I don't know...for me it was
never earthy enough. Now I sing a classical/vintage jazz/Broadway cabaret style
that's a lot smoother and easier for non-opera lovers to relate to. And it makes
me happier

singinsunflower84 last visited May 15, 2008
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