Oh, Owen, that is impressively thoughtful. What a sweetheart.
What? She killed 'em with mathematics. What else could it have been?
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Apr 27, 2013 10:37:56 am PDT #20802 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
-t - Apr 27, 2013 10:41:56 am PDT #20803 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have to admit, the movie image of the uncultured peon weeping their first time at the opera has always struck me as supremely unlikely in real life, because I really don't get emotional resonance from the ones I've seen. Symphonies and sonatas do much more for me.
meara - Apr 27, 2013 10:47:36 am PDT #20804 of 30001
I am not a fan of opera. ...which is a little awkward, when dating someone who majored in opera in college. Um.
But then again, I'm also not a huge fan of symphonic works either, if I'm just listening to them! I like PLAYING in a symphony, but a lot of classical music...nah.
Jessica - Apr 27, 2013 10:47:53 am PDT #20805 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Owen is amazing.
Jessica - Apr 27, 2013 10:48:17 am PDT #20806 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I am not a fan of opera. ...which is a little awkward, when dating someone who majored in opera in college. Um.
Christine Lavin has a song about that.
hippocampus - Apr 27, 2013 10:51:46 am PDT #20807 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
My in-Laws like opera a lot - and I like them very much. I'll check out Puccini.
And we mostly agree on Gilbert & Sullivan.
I think the whole thing started off on a bad foot with me at the appearance of the three ladies, dressed as goths with matching thick hornrim glasses, long braids, and leather skirts/boots/etc. Alternately described (I just found) by a reviewer as "Three Ladies in service to the Queen of the Night: a trio of lecherous Goths who borrow their wardrobe from "The Matrix""
So, yeah, kind of custom designed to annoy me.
Owen is amazing, Cash.
meara - Apr 27, 2013 11:03:46 am PDT #20808 of 30001
Christine Lavin has a song about that.
...seriously?
Connie Neil - Apr 27, 2013 11:04:04 am PDT #20809 of 30001
brillig
the three ladies, dressed as goths with matching thick hornrim glasses, long braids, and leather skirts/boots/etc. Alternately described (I just found) by a reviewer as "Three Ladies in service to the Queen of the Night: a trio of lecherous Goths who borrow their wardrobe from "The Matrix""
Ah. A "new interpretation of the staging." Some can be quite successful--"Live at the Met" did a version of Tosca set in Mussolini's Italy, and it looked very good. But other reinterpretations can be very distracting. "Magic Flute" is a weird work to start off with anyway. I'd recommend "Barber of Seville" or something more straightforward for a first opera.
Sheryl - Apr 27, 2013 11:10:52 am PDT #20810 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
meara,
The song is called "Good Thing he can't read my mind", and the opera is in one verse.(Other verses talk about skiing and eating sushi)
§ ita § - Apr 27, 2013 11:12:19 am PDT #20811 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What's an "art song"?
Uh, don't see Pain & Gain. If you thought you liked anyone appearing in it, I'm pretty sure it's not enough. It's a remarkably unengaging movie. Movies about stupid people should feel more intelligent than their subjects, but this was a bit of "wow, aren't they dumb??" and "can you believe this really happened?" without...without anything else. Johnson and Mackie and Harris and Shalhoub--pretty much everyone turns in a good performance, but it doesn't actually make the comedy work sustainably.
I have not been that bored (I debated leaving, but decided to close my eyes instead) in a theatre in a long time. SADFACE. All the comedy in the trailers.
Oh, and it's also remarkably gross. Dwayne Johnson feeds his amputated toe to a chihuahua. Which turns out to be one of the reasons they get caught. It was too big for the poor thing to eat.