ever been to the opera?

[trackstand]

<p>I sat through Wagner's Das Rheingold? last night.</p><p>2 1/2 HOURS of no intermission torture. Old fart next to me started snoring in Act 4, so I don't feel bad for my opinion.</p><p>Hate to be cliche, but I'll stick with the Italians.</p><p>Does this post strike anyone?</p>

[torker]

<p>This is about as close to opera as I get:</p><p><img height="222" src="http://djuna.nkino.com/movies/p/pic_bugs_opera_08.jpg" width="360" border="0" /></p>

[trackstand]

<p>This is about as close to opera as I get:</p><p><img height="222" src="http://djuna.nkino.com/movies/p/pic_bugs_opera_08.jpg" width="360" border="0" /></p><p>That's what I thought I was gonna see. My kids sang Kill da Wabbit all the way to the babysitters house.</p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<p>Closest I ever came was seeing &quot;A Chorus Line&quot; on Broadway.&nbsp; Fucking awful.&nbsp; Theatre is fucking gay.&nbsp; I went to the bathroom and just stood in there avoiding the show.&nbsp; I went at least twice a half hour at a clip.</p>

[reeshy]

Theatre is fucking gay and you went to the bathroom....now, that's gay!!!!!<br />

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br /><p>This is about as close to opera as I get:</p><p><img height="222" src="http://djuna.nkino.com/movies/p/pic_bugs_opera_08.jpg" width="360" border="0" /></p><p>for me it was</p><p><img height="227" src="http://www.idleaudience.com/images/moonstruck.jpg" width="227" border="0" /></p>

[trackstand]

<p>Theatre is fucking gay.</p><p>Opera not Theater!</p><p><font size="5"><strong>GOD!!</strong></font></p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<strong>trackstand</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Theatre is fucking gay.</p><p>Opera not Theater!</p><p><font size="5"><strong>GOD!!</strong></font></p><p>Yea I got ya, I just said the closest thing I've been to is Theatre.&nbsp; Oprea is even worse in my opinion.&nbsp; I won't be buying tickets to either.</p>

[trackstand]

jEEZ, SOMETIMES I HATE BEING A REDNECK WITH SOPHISTICATED TASTES?

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>trackstand</strong> wrote:<br />jEEZ, SOMETIMES I HATE BEING A REDNECK WITH SOPHISTICATED TASTES? <p><img height="182" src="http://wcuvax1.wcu.edu/~hkane/deliverance.jpg" width="147" border="0" /></p><p><img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/innocent.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Judge Smails]

<p>Opera, and theater in general,&nbsp;literally puts me to sleep. However (and I know this isn't the Confessional Forum, but I'm going to put myself out there), I enjoyed Les Miserable when I saw it&nbsp; on Broadway and am looking forward to the limitted engagement that is being planned.&nbsp; Let the gay jokes fly.</p>

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000099">does this count?</font></strong></p><p><img height="300" src="http://www.nndb.com/films/129/000036021/a-night-at-the-opera-3-sized.jpg" width="211" border="0" /></p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<strong>bobogolem</strong> wrote:<br /><p><strong><font color="#000099">does this count?</font></strong></p><p><img height="300" src="http://www.nndb.com/films/129/000036021/a-night-at-the-opera-3-sized.jpg" width="211" border="0" /></p><p>It's the only one that should.</p>

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000099">Wagner is the Heavy Metal of Opera, LOUD. I can't imagine how someone can fall asleep during that, unless he's deaf or he actually died in his seat!!!</font></strong></p><p><img height="210" src="http://www.singwagnerwithus.com/images/Wagner-color.jpg" width="149" border="0" /></p><p>I dig the lid tho...</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by bobogolem on 3-26-06 @ 4:51 PM</span>

[Tall_James]

<p>Been to several operas at the Met in NYC.&nbsp; Used to live right down the block from there so it was easy to go to.&nbsp; </p><p>Personally, I loved it.&nbsp; The productions were incredibly staged and elaborate.&nbsp; The music was OK but the whole experience was well worth it.&nbsp; </p>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>Death Metal Moe</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>bobogolem</strong> wrote:<br /><p><strong><font color="#000099">does this count?</font></strong></p><p><img height="300" src="http://www.nndb.com/films/129/000036021/a-night-at-the-opera-3-sized.jpg" width="211" border="0" /></p><p>It's the only one that should.</p><p>gotta add this one...</p><p><img height="407" src="http://www.student.oulu.fi/~yliluoma/queen/kuvat/anatoi.jpg" width="362" border="0" /></p><p><font size="3"><strong><em>Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango?</em></strong></font></p>

[KC2OSO]

<p>My mom was a mezzo-soprano/contralto and sang many times at the Met.&nbsp; Kudos to you for hanging in there for Rheingold.<br />
</p><p>Wagner's ring cycle is really intnse but it's what most people
think of when they think of the ladies with horned hats and huge
knockers.</p><p>Italians wrote the best opera imo.&nbsp;</p>

[trackstand]

<p>&quot;Italians wrote the best opera imo.&quot;</p><p>Leos Janacek! Don't forget the occassional Czech!</p><p>&quot;Jenuea -- If you think the Italians have a lock on opera, this masterpiece will change your mind&quot;</p><p>Some Guy!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I'll find out if he's right in late 2007.</p>

[SatCam]

http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~gloftus/whopict/tommy.jpg

[Death Metal Moe]

<img height="192" src="http://stuff.techwhack.com/stuff/presto01_300.jpg" width="300" border="0" />

[torker]

<img src="http://www.rootology.com/images/enrico-palazzo.jpg" border="0" />

[FezPaul]

<p>http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f281/FezPaul/operation.jpg<br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">this is the closest I've been to opera</font></p>

[PapaBear]

Does listening to Opera Boy serenade Ron &amp; Fez count?

[Death Metal Moe]

<img height="200" src="http://adamsandler.jt.org/andrea/SNL/opera/opera3a.jpg" width="320" border="0" />

[trackstand]

<p><img height="200" src="http://adamsandler.jt.org/andrea/SNL/opera/opera3a.jpg" width="320" border="0" /></p><p>My favorite so far.</p><p>How bout.......................</p><p><a href="http://www.zappa.com/fz/content/discography/album-detail2.php?album_id=65">http://www.zappa.com/fz/content/discography/album-detail2.php?album_id=65</a></p>

[legroommusic]

<strong>trackstand</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I sat through Wagner's Das Rheingold? last night.</p><p><img src="http://www.network54.com/Forum/99679/message/1068164794/Reinhold+to+Reveal+Bigfoot+Hoax" border="0" /></p><p>heh. I'd rather sit through a movie&nbsp;starring Judge Reinhold. Am I right?</p>

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000099">&nbsp;Das Rheingold's for U !!!</font></strong></p><p><img height="454" src="http://www.baseball-fever.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3677&stc=1&d=1127783168" width="248" border="0" /></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by bobogolem on 3-26-06 @ 8:08 PM</span>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>bobogolem</strong> wrote:<br /><p><strong><font color="#000099">&nbsp;Das Rheingold's for U !!!</font></strong></p><p><img height="454" src="http://www.baseball-fever.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3677&stc=1&d=1127783168" width="248" border="0" /></p>&nbsp; <p>just another little nugget of joy</p><p>every holiday when we have my aunt joan over &quot;she's in a nursing home&quot; there is a friend of the family who used to be a liquor salesman who calls and they sing the Rheingold song together... they've been doing it for over 20 years now</p><p><strong><font color="#000080" size="3">My beer is Rheingold the dry beer.<br />Think of Rheingold whenever you buy beer.<br />It's not bitter, not sweet,<br />It's the extra dry treat<br />Won't you try extra dry Rheingold beer?</font></strong></p>

[mikeyboy]

I saw &quot;La Boheme&quot; at the Met a few years ago.&nbsp; I greatly enjoyed it.&nbsp; The subtitles helped.

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>Never been to the opera, but I did hear Elvis Presley sing &quot;Its now or never&quot;. </p><p>Which is a blatent rip off of &quot;O Solo Mio&quot;. </p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<p>I'd&nbsp;go if the had beer..</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>No I wouldn't.</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Death Metal Moe on 3-26-06 @ 10:22 PM</span>

[The Blowhard]

<p>My mom was a Soprano, so I was digging Corelli and Caruso since childhood. I've also worked in the business, and I'm proud to say that I've supplied my friend Teresa Stratas some great country music tapes. I saw The Ring Cycle a while back, not the best for beginners. I suggest something romantic and Italian, perhaps some Puccini for starters.</p>

[A.J.]

<p>I saw Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte back in high school.&nbsp; </p><p>I&nbsp;have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. </p><p><img height="256" src="http://utopia.duth.gr/~adamand/destruction/cinema/The_Shawshank_Redemption-01.jpg" width="499" border="0" /></p>

[JerseyRich]

<p>I suggest the City Opera at Lincoln Center...it's cheaper than it's bigger sister and you can go casual.</p><p>I saw Carmen there a few years back...a great starter Opera. All the music is familiar and you can catch some rising stars.&nbsp;</p>

[curtoid]

<p>I was engaged to someone who worked as a stage manager in opera, so I saw enough to know that (for the most part) it wasn't for me - somewhere between ballet and musical theatre. But I did see enough to know the differences between good and bad operas - the ones that were good (&quot;Carmen&quot; with Denyse Graves and &quot;Pagliacci&quot; with Placido Domingo) were really outstanding experiences. The ones that were bad really did make me want to poke my eardrums out. I really would love to see &quot;The Ring Cycle&quot; live at some point in my life, just because of the obnoxious length of it all - kind of like &quot;because it's there.&quot; </p>

[Gvac]

<p>My Sicilian grandfather has been trying to get me to listen to opera for <em>years.</em></p><p>I don't think I'll ever dig it. <br /></p><em />