Quantcast
Channel: Comments on: Little Pitchers Have Big Ears
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 21

By: Dennis

0
0
Sex, intrigue, murder, larceny and betrayal have always been the primary components of opera (and even musical theater). <i>Carousel</i> is a wonderful musical (it doesn't quite rise to the level of grand opera, but it is close). The only one of the five missing from the plot of <i>Carousel<i> is intrigue. If we go to all-out grand opera, there are at least three of the five present. <i>Carmen</i> has all five. Ditto <i>Madame Butterfly</i>. Even Mozart's <i>Magic Flute</i> has intrigue, (attempted) murder, larceny and betrayal along with the hidden sex. It's opera, it is sung in a (generally) florid style in a foreign language. Of course the plots are simplified to the broadest strokes. Alongside all of which, no one I know takes their adolescent kids to grand opera. When they take late adolescent kids, they start with something fairly innocuous like <i>The Magic Flute</i>. And yes, I do go to see opera, and when my sons were older and interested, I took them.

Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 21

Latest Images

Trending Articles





Latest Images