Thanks for also confirming that I'm not just being paranoid or "projecting", adopter.
I'm sorry to hear this atitude is so bad even among professionals. I hope your father still finds joy in the music.
I hate all music snobbery, to be honest. While I may moan about stuff I don't like, I'd never try and deny someone else their right to like what they like. Even ridiculous novelty acts like Wagner from the X-Factor have their place if they make enough people happy.
TBH I far preferred X Factor's Wagner to Germany's Wagner.:D
I'd love to actually go and see a production but I'd find it very hard not to sing along
Someone posted a clip of Hvorostovsky* singing The Toreador Song at Last Night of the Proms. You can hear the audience singing along in places, it makes for a wonderful atmosphere.
My dad was heavily into Jazz and I always felt it was a genre that works better live, where you can let go and dance along to the music. It isn't quite the same in your own living room.
*Crikey, if I mention the man once more today, I am going to sound like a stalker.
Thanks for also confirming that I'm not just being paranoid or "projecting", adopter.
I'm sorry to hear this atitude is so bad even among professionals. I hope your father still finds joy in the music.
I hate all music snobbery, to be honest. While I may moan about stuff I don't like, I'd never try and deny someone else their right to like what they like. Even ridiculous novelty acts like Wagner from the X-Factor have their place if they make enough people happy.
He does - he mainly teaches now but he had a very long, successful career.
To be honest it's not just opera - you should hear the hardcore Led Zep fans when a new bootleg comes out!!
He does - he mainly teaches now but he had a very long, successful career.
To be honest it's not just opera - you should hear the hardcore Led Zep fans when a new bootleg comes out!!
Jazz fans .......... gotta know every detail of how/where/when each song was recorded, who produced it, the make of mikes used and their configuration, and the number of the original vinyl recording. And they think thats cool.
Went to one last week in Trafalgar Square - yes there were a few 'luvvies', but most people there seemed to be 'regular' 20 and 30 somethings enjoying a free bit of culture.
Screens in:
Trafalgar Square, London | Canada Square, Canary Wharf | High House Production Park, Purfleet | City Hall, Donegall Square, Belfast | Millennium Square, Bristol | The Market Place, Derby | Market Square, Dover | Festival Square, Edinburgh | Centre Square, Middlesbrough | Chapelfield Plain, Norwich | The Piazza, Plymouth | Castle Square, Swansea
Jazz fans .......... gotta know every detail of how/where/when each song was recorded, who produced it, the make of mikes used and their configuration, and the number of the original vinyl recording. And they think thats cool.
Les Miserables fans can be scarily hardcore in a similar fashion.
Also, in the earlier days of the internet based fandom, daring to like the Eponine character in any way was like admitting to having murdered a kitten, just because she tended to have a few irritating younger fans. It was ridiculous.
I've never understood the elitist attitudes of opera lovers TBH. There's nothing very middle class or glamorous about most of the Verdi or Wagner works; death, murder, mythical, satanic, anti-Semitic etc
Someone posted a clip of Hvorostovsky* singing The Toreador Song at Last Night of the Proms. You can hear the audience singing along in places, it makes for a wonderful atmosphere.
My dad was heavily into Jazz and I always felt it was a genre that works better live, where you can let go and dance along to the music. It isn't quite the same in your own living room.
*Crikey, if I mention the man once more today, I am going to sound like a stalker.
I don't think they would be too happy if i joined in during 'figaro'
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TBH I far preferred X Factor's Wagner to Germany's Wagner.:D
Someone posted a clip of Hvorostovsky* singing The Toreador Song at Last Night of the Proms. You can hear the audience singing along in places, it makes for a wonderful atmosphere.
My dad was heavily into Jazz and I always felt it was a genre that works better live, where you can let go and dance along to the music. It isn't quite the same in your own living room.
*Crikey, if I mention the man once more today, I am going to sound like a stalker.
He does - he mainly teaches now but he had a very long, successful career.
To be honest it's not just opera - you should hear the hardcore Led Zep fans when a new bootleg comes out!!
Wagner was good for a laugh though:D
Jazz fans .......... gotta know every detail of how/where/when each song was recorded, who produced it, the make of mikes used and their configuration, and the number of the original vinyl recording. And they think thats cool.
http://www.roh.org.uk/whatson/bpbigscreens/index.aspx
Went to one last week in Trafalgar Square - yes there were a few 'luvvies', but most people there seemed to be 'regular' 20 and 30 somethings enjoying a free bit of culture.
Screens in:
Trafalgar Square, London | Canada Square, Canary Wharf | High House Production Park, Purfleet | City Hall, Donegall Square, Belfast | Millennium Square, Bristol | The Market Place, Derby | Market Square, Dover | Festival Square, Edinburgh | Centre Square, Middlesbrough | Chapelfield Plain, Norwich | The Piazza, Plymouth | Castle Square, Swansea
Les Miserables fans can be scarily hardcore in a similar fashion.
Also, in the earlier days of the internet based fandom, daring to like the Eponine character in any way was like admitting to having murdered a kitten, just because she tended to have a few irritating younger fans. It was ridiculous.
oh god I do that as well
I don't think they would be too happy if i joined in during 'figaro'