Do you like classical music & opera?

[fla4fun]

I love classical music, and ballet, but opera just isn’t my thing. I like most forms of music, except opera and hip hop/rap. I think instrumental movie soundtracks are the “classical” music of our day, even if they have a totally different sound than a Vivaldi or Rachmaninov.

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

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I love ballet. Most recently, before the COVID we went to "La Esmeralda" by Cesare Pugni. It was a beautiful experience, very unique & special. I loved it there.
You have to be perfect in ballet & opera, one single mistake can ruin everything.
Classical pieces I love since I was little. Mozzart lifts my spirit... Vivaldi too. Haendel... there are so many. I admired Franz Liszt once. Here are some arias, cantatas and symphonies that I like. If you are fan share

My father was a Classical music lover. It was played in the house, in the car ALL THE TIME. I hated it then, give me Rock and Roll. Of course it took me to be an adult to appreciate it. Classical Music is beautiful!

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

Love opera! But classical music - no thank you.

 

[NannyBeBe]

I was never exposed to classical music as a child. One day as a teenager, I happened to hear Maria Callas sing the aria from Madama Butterfly and I cried like a baby. I had no idea what she was singing but I knew the story behind the aria had to be heartbreaking. Since then I have appreciated and loved classical music. I especially like Dvorak and Mozart.

 

[GreatLakes]

I like classical music and when we aren't in the middle of a pandemic we see our local orchestra at least yearly. I don't like opera.

 

[La Stilla]

I was never exposed to classical music as a child. One day as a teenager, I happened to hear Maria Callas sing the aria from Madama Butterfly and I cried like a baby. I had no idea what she was singing but I knew the story behind the aria had to be heartbreaking. Since then I have appreciated and loved classical music. I especially like Dvorak and Mozart.

Omg yes!! If you like Mozart, try his favorite one by his "Clemenza di Tito". It's beautiful!
Yes, Opera is like that... epic, tragic, heartbreaking...

 

[LuvOrlando]

I like Opera but never know what they are saying and since I do this solo it's not like there is anyone to ask, so I rarely bother. I have tried contacting a few opera houses to see if they knew of anyone who offered classes or was willing to teach, sort of how Shakespeare can be studied scene by scene but if such a course exists I can't find it. Best work around I found was to turn on the closed captions for Great Performances on PBS because it's translated to English but those offerings are few and far between. I feel there is definitely a class barrier that is very difficult to scale.

 

[La Stilla]

I like Opera but never know what they are saying and since I do this solo it's not like there is anyone to ask, so I rarely bother. I have tried contacting a few opera houses to see if they knew of anyone who offered classes or was willing to teach, sort of how Shakespeare can be studied scene by scene but if such a course exists I can't find it. Best work around I found was to turn on the closed captions for Great Performances on PBS because it's translated to English but those offerings are few and far between. I feel there is definitely a class barrier that is very difficult to scale.

Check out that channel I posted. As I remember some o the operas are translated in eng.entirely. Even not on that channel but others you can write the name of the opera you want and add english by the name. You may get lucky. I often do.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Check out that channel I posted. As I remember some o the operas are translated in eng.entirely. Even not on that channel but others you can write the name of the opera you want and add english by the name. You may get lucky. I often do.

Trouble is I'm so far removed I have no idea what to seek out. Maybe a list of favorites? The costuming and set designs can be magnificent, I love new beautiful things

 

[La Stilla]

Trouble is I'm so far removed I have no idea what to seek out. Maybe a list of favorites? The costuming and set designs can be magnificent, I love new beautiful things

Well, I know that Mozart's "Clemenza di Tito" (it was his favorite work) is on yt, with subtitles! I watched it few months back. He is famous, probably most of his works are with english subs. "The magic flute" is awesome too ("Queen o the night" especially). As for others, do check that channel, I'll post it again. Guy posts few times in a day, he is a collectioner. Not sure is Vivaldi's ones are translated. I oten watch them not translated and if I like some piece especially I look or its lyrics online. There is always "Le Boheme"; "La traviata","Carmen", "Tristan and Isolde""Tales of Hoffmann" etc.

 

[La Stilla]

Trouble is I'm so far removed I have no idea what to seek out. Maybe a list of favorites? The costuming and set designs can be magnificent, I love new beautiful things

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9znktXmKMLbsh_ctpVs10A/videos

Here. OPERA. Opera everywhere.

 

[CT Yankee]

I'll listen to any type of music - from rap to bluegrass to opera. I do like to listen to classical music and enjoy opera, mostly because I am simply blown away by what the singers can do with their voices. I will admit, though, that I find myself thinking, "just die already" by the end of the performance.

 

[La Stilla]

I'll listen to any type of music - from rap to bluegrass to opera. I do like to listen to classical music and enjoy opera, mostly because I am simply blown away by what the singers can do with their voices. I will admit, though, that I find myself thinking, "just die already" by the end of the performance.

Oh myyyyyy LOL

 

[CT Yankee]

In the "Before Times" (pre-pandemic), we would watch live broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera at a local movie theater. This is a great way to see an opera performed live without having to incur the cost and time of a trip to NYC. They would play select showings (usually the Saturday matinee performance) at theaters nationwide, so you can really watch them from anywhere. Unfortunately, the Met season is cancelled for this year but hopefully live performances will resume soon.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Did some digging and found info on Reddit about Medici.tv and then discovered that Amazon Prime has this Medici.tv and in the settings the English subtitles can be grabbed (other languages too I'm sure). So now, Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia.

Thanks for the spark.

 

[antmaril]

My late husband was a lifelong musician (Piano). For the first 16 years of our marriage, he was in a rock and roll band, traveling the country, as well as performing locally. But, his first love was always classical music. I would be watching something on television and he would be sitting next to me with his headphones on listening to classical music and following along with the score in his lap.

I enjoyed it, too, but nothing compared to him. I am lucky to say that I have seen Arthur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz and Van Cliburn either in concert or recital.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

This is my favorite piece of classical music. Don't laugh, but when I was a kid I went to the Ice Capades and they did a routine with this as the background music. This was the 70s, and I never forgot it. I love how it builds to a crescendo. I don't know much really about Classical music, but this I love.

 

[E&Cmom]

This is my favorite piece of classical music. Don't laugh, but when I was a kid I went to the Ice Capades and they did a routine with this as the background music. This was the 70s, and I never forgot it. I love how it builds to a crescendo. I don't know much really about Classical music, but this I love.

I alway think of Torvill and Deans Ice Dance routine at the 1984 Olympics when I hear this song.

 

[E&Cmom]

My favourite piece

 

[La Stilla]

Classical (contemporary?) beautiful piece. Probably admired Beethoven.