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Opera - you like it?

kennedia_nigricans — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:03:03 GMT

I only like opera in languages i understand (which sorta reduces it to my 1st language as i don't know if there are any GOOD operas in english?).

I want to know what is going on (especially when i am listening to it for 3 hours).

Re: Opera - you like it?

poddster — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:24:16 GMT

Have you given up your first language Kennie?

By the way there are quite a few German opera to be had but i Guess now that you have relinquished your mother tongue and adopted English your taste for opera has been a casualty

Re: Opera - you like it?

the*scarlet*pimpernel — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:29:00 GMT

I hate the sound of women singing opera, it sounds like a cat caught in a roller door. I don't mind the blokes singing and I like classical music.

Re: Opera - you like it?

kennedia_nigricans — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:32:03 GMT

No, i have not given up on my mother tongue it's just that hubby who is a native english speaker can't comprehend german. I'ts too complicated. english is so simple that it appears to be made for toddlers. Not much grammar and no beauty whatsoever. i can understand that it must be VERY hard to learn a language that contains a mentionable amount of grammar.

I only listen to german opera. there is mozart and he is so entertaining.

Re: Opera - you like it?

kennedia_nigricans — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:35:18 GMT

pimpy, you have not heard the right pieces.

i am sorry to inform you that i can't think of anything you would like as you would need to understand the lyrics and i don't think there is anything good in english as they have have no soul therefore there are no english operas worth listening to.

Re: Opera - you like it?

poddster — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:39:43 GMT

Meine Liebe Frau, perhaps you might be receptive to expanding your vistas embrace the culture of other languages 🙂

Re: Opera - you like it?

kennedia_nigricans — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:41:05 GMT

i am typing bleeping english aren't i?

how many languages to you speak as well as i speak english?

Re: Opera - you like it?

poddster — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:53:45 GMT

Probably none.

And not only have you managed to learn English but you have also managed Australian attitudes as well, Hubby must be a very good tutor.

Re: Opera - you like it?

kennedia_nigricans — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:57:03 GMT

whatcha mean with aussie attitudes?

hubby is a pom.

Re: Opera - you like it?

kennedia_nigricans — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:58:30 GMT

bleeping typos t=d

i am still thinking if i should go down to glenelg to be kissed by beefcakes or just stay home listening to music.

Re: Opera - you like it?

poddster — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:59:17 GMT

In that case my condolences 🙂

Re: Opera - you like it?

kennedia_nigricans — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 12:02:40 GMT

he is a pom who does not like england becasue it's full of poms.

he is an aussie at heart. we put aussie flags on the car on bogan day.

i don't know if i could live with a real pom.

he is becoming more krauty every day he eats waffles...a speciality from the county i come from (bergische waffeln).

where do you live?

Re: Opera - you like it?

the*scarlet*pimpernel — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 12:10:06 GMT

BEEFCAKES!! do the beefcakes

I miss New Years on the beach. You get two goes at getting mauled by beefcakes on the gold coast

Re: Opera - you like it?

poddster — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 12:10:41 GMT

Wherever I hang my hat is home 🙂

At the monent it is hanging in the land downunder, Downunder

Re: Opera - you like it?

lind9650 — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 13:40:18 GMT

Kenndia, why did you come to Australia?

Warum bist Du nach Australien gekommen?

Erica

Re: Opera - you like it?

amber-eyed-girl — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:17:49 GMT

I love opera.

Verdi

Mozart

Puccini

Handel (there you are, Xerxes in English...)

Wagner

Rossini

Bellini

Strauss

and I have favorite singers and conductors and orchestras...

Joan Sutherland

Renata Tibaldi

Victoria de los Angeles

for Wagner...Christa Ludwig...Birgit Nillson (if you think women can only caterwaul, you really need to hear the great, classical singers; her live Isolde just completely knocks you over, rips you apart and leaves you thunderstruck)

conductors for opera: Karl Bohm (Wagner live), sometimes Herbert von Karajan (Strauss, some Wagner) is what I have been listening to recently.

Re: Opera - you like it?

poddster — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:26:29 GMT

Happy New Year Amber

Here have a pressie 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A60tQ--67MY&list=PLDD89ED3DB63A3324

Re: Opera - you like it?

amber-eyed-girl — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:37:40 GMT

Happy New Year to you too 🙂

thank you ❤️

more a fan of her middle-lower registers, which she nails in this one...lovely 🙂

Re: Opera - you like it?

tasfleur — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 21:24:31 GMT

You might like to listen to Henry Purcell's "Dido and Anneas", and then there is Handel, who was German, but wrote a lot of music for voice in English as well .. hope that is helpful xx

Re: Opera - you like it?

fourandsixpants — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 21:31:28 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btee1YCfGEE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZblcprACQOs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHUb55uWuAY