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CVAULT1 wrote: ↑12 Sep 2018, 17:33 How about Verdi's "Attila" & Boito's "Mefistofele" ?

Haven't seen either of those in full yet...

CVAULT1 wrote: ↑12 Sep 2018, 17:33 How about Verdi's "Attila" & Boito's "Mefistofele" ?

So many boring bits in these.

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

It's time to post examples. Need proof!

Jimlejim wrote: ↑05 Oct 2018, 10:29 It's time to post examples. Need proof!

Here is an example:

Any opera I hear for the first time is my most boring at that time. This changes as I become familiar with it. I do not really have a list of the most interesting. This evolves and changes all the time.

Jim

I sometimes listen through the entirety of Turandot, in particular the 1965 (?) recording with Corelli, Nilsson, Scotto, Giaiotti; in Rome, and I can't remember ever being bored by it. (I mention the performance because the parttakers can ruin the musical impression of the whole thing I guess - some times even just one person, e.g. the conductor)

RIGOLETTO!

Jim wrote: ↑09 Oct 2018, 15:01 Any opera I hear for the first time is my most boring at that time. This changes as I become familiar with it.

Sounds like Mozart. Only that his stuff gets even more boring for me after more listens
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