Recent questions tagged opera

Description : Is it normal not to like opera’s that are not in a language that I can speak ?

Last Answer : Yes, even if there are surtitles; they're a distraction. Moreover reading the surtitles makes you miss all the action on stage so I usually find it much more enjoyable to ignore them and listen to the ... read a few page review of the plot. But then thats just me; someone else might like them.

Description : Who decides how the operatic heroine dies?

Last Answer : I love this Q! And I can sort-of answer it I had a friend in Seattle who worked in various small opera companies, and this subject actually came up once. She told me that it was usually ... the verticaler the better.) As far as I remember, realism was never mentioned. Or probably even thought of.

Description : Does madame butterfly always start with the national anthem?

Last Answer : [edit]: You are right. The anthem was a navy song before, and is a part of the opera.

Description : Favorite aria?

Last Answer : The Jewel Aria from Gounod’s Faust.

Description : Any Mac users here who use Opera?

Last Answer : Yea i used it and found it a pain when it came to downloading things sometimes they just wouldn’t start, never tried uploading. But i found it to be a great browser!