IT STINKSI was going to say how bad performance of The Marriage of Figaro was that we saw this weekend in.... West Virginia!!! Yes, opera comes to Charleston.
To back-up a bit, we actually went to WV to see the in-laws. Nothing against my family - but it is kind of refreshing to have everyone agree on politics. Not that all is talked about - but they can be discussed w/out deteriorating into irrational ideals based on .....well.......usually nothing. And it doesn't hurt that I really like Denton's family.
During this trip most of us attended the annual opera performance. Yes. 'the' one. Same time next year; Carmen. It was actually very well attended and in a really nice theatre. Some guy coming in w/us was a tux w/a gold bow tie and cummerbund. I overheard him saying it was their big night in from Elkin and they thought they'd make a show of it. I'm not even Gooooogling 'Elkin'.
To be honest, except for two operas that my sister and brother-in-law performed in, I've never sat through one. This one, to me, wasn't that good. The singing was in English w/lyrics still projected above. Not only was it annoying - it was necessary. Hell, w/the scrodeling, it may as well been in Italian. You couldn't understand their words anyway. And I don't find Mozart to be Puccini or Verdi. It just seemed tiresome at 3.5 hrs long!!!!! ...and the English speaking/singing parts made it sound more like Gilbert and Sullivan.
During intermission, the guy behind me was going on about Wagner's Ring cycle...and how long that was. Only he called it The Trilogy of the Rings. You know - the one where Gandalf does his big aria about 'you shall not pass!"?
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She does/did indeed.
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