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06 Mar 20
@hakima saidYeah, it was a joke. Thus the emoticon.
Haha!!! Funny, but surprisingly, Puccini, who composed Madam Butterfly was born in 1858, and while Verdi was born somewhat earlier, even he doesn’t meet your 250 year measure. Some operas are relatively more contemporary than one might think.
I'm glad that you got it.
Having said that, I do love the works of: Gilbert and Sullivan; Lerner and Loewe and, of course Rogers and Hammerstein.
If you've never seen the biopic flick about Gilbert and Sullivan called "Topsy-Turvy" (1999)... it's well worth watching.
09 Mar 20
@wolfe63 saidOne of my all time favourite movies and a touchstone for my WIP "Debussy's Slippers" about the fateful meeting of George Gershwin and Maurice Ravel in 1928!
If you've never seen the biopic flick about Gilbert and Sullivan called "Topsy-Turvy" (1999)... it's well worth watching.
https://www.fullbodiedmovie.com/film/debussys-slippers/
26 Apr 20
@hakima saidLove it. Turandot.
Love it or
hate it...
...there is rarely in between.
For my part, it is the former, so much so that I decided I don’t get enough and I invested in a subscription to The Met on Demand app through my FireStick.
I was introduced to full-length opera over 30 years ago when my first husband’s best friend offered tickets to the Utah Opera production of Turandot, in which h ...[text shortened]... iant, as is Sir Bryn.
Opera...love or hate...?
Which have you seen and which is your favorite?
