The Mellotron Group

Come on, Mike  - that's why most of it was written in Italian (or 
French) - so I could listen along to someone like Maria Callas and not 
think "what a fucking load of shit".
johnb


Mike Dickson wrote:
>
> You're not exactly kidding.
>
> Opera has some of the the most /wildly/ overblown librettii 
> imaginable, not to mention some of the most absurd and convoluted 
> plots known to humanity and in most cases no real sense of narrative, 
> pacing, character development or even the least shred of plausibility 
> or poetry. However, it is largely saved by the music, which is really 
> the point being made.
>
> Maybe that sums the whole issue up; that music addresses some inner 
> part of us that longs for tension, resolution, cadence, crescendo and 
> surprise, whereas you'll alway be aware that the person singing on the 
> stage is just another fat guy in tights warbling without end about 
> where the love of his life has fucked off to. Or some other equally 
> absurd prat hopping about a stage, dressed as a flower, dribbling on 
> about Musical Boxes.
>
> Mike
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