Reply With QuoteIsn't it Die Entführung aus dem Seraglio which has too many notes?Originally Posted by Hoffmann
That's my beef with Rosenkavalier. Condense it down into about 90 minutes and then I'd probably like it.
Too many notes?
Isn't it Die Entführung aus dem Seraglio which has too many notes?
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Too many dull notes in between the good bits. Let's cut a lot of Ochs out to start with.
Natalie
Yes, it does have gorgeous parts, but it is not my favorite precisely for this reason. It remains quite indecisive between comedy and seriousness and then it becomes too long in parts.
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
I love the blend of comedy and not so comedy,there's something about the blend which gives it its beauty I think. Pacing though...that is a different matter.
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But, since it's Strauss, all is perfectly resolved at the bittersweet end.
Why does an opera have to decide between comedy and seriousness? Why not embrace both?
I don't find Der Rosenkavalier any more indecisive on this point than, say, Le nozze di Figaro.
Yes, I agree, the pacing is irregular and the whole opera overblown.
Natalie
Enough people have voiced this criticism, there may well be truth to it. I have to confess, though, I'm blind to that failing.
I find the pacing varied, which is a good thing, and the whole opera extravagant, which isn't always a good thing, but somehow fitting for this improbable Wagner-cum-Mozart hybrid.
Ordered today:
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
my parents have banned me from spending all my money on opera
If you would seek salvation, remember this:
a life in Hell can still aspire to BLISS.
It is good that there are a good number of operas on You Tube with English Subtitles. Sorry to hear the news. But tell them it is good and they should be pleased you spend it on opera rather than drugs, booze, etc such as many others do.my parents have banned me from spending all my money on opera
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
Heh, I may be overreacting to some comments my parents made about my inability to save...which is what I shall do from now on. I will just put all my money aside with the intention of travelling to BAYREUTH
or...get a house...you know
If you would seek salvation, remember this:
a life in Hell can still aspire to BLISS.
And yeah, there's always youtube and spotify!
If you would seek salvation, remember this:
a life in Hell can still aspire to BLISS.
Spending all of our money on opera . . . Nothing that anyone here at OL would know anything about!my parents have banned me from spending all my money on opera
And you could always try pointing out to your parents what sorts of horrible things you might be spending your money on if you weren't spending it on opera.
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