Jimlejim wrote: ↑

05 Oct 2018, 10:29

It's time to post examples. Need proof!

Here is an example:

How about Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin? There is a lot of nice music, and a fascinating story.

One has to admire someone like Mariella Devia who even at age 70 still has a great voice, but she took great care of her voice over the years, whereas others, as you note, did not. But I have not focused so much on longevity of a singers vocal prowess as the fact that we must beware of those whose v...

Flotow's Martha and Bellini's La Sonnambula. Why Flotow's Martha?? As a red herring to get people to accept La Sonnambula as a least musically boing opera. :lol: But seriously, Martha is full of beautiful melodies and delightful music and singing throughout. And finally I am biased because these ar...

For me, probably any French opera. I have not found a French opera that I could not put down and leave down after one listen, except perhaps for Saint-Saens Henry VIII.

Boring: Strauss' Capriccio.

An awesome quartet:

I have seen a few operas in the 1980s live (before surtitles were projected over the stage). It was before I was really into opera. Since then and after getting into opera 30 years later, I have seen two operas in concert and really appreciated that experience from both visual and sound quality aspe...

Flotow's Martha and Bellini's La Sonnambula.