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cahn ([personal profile] cahn) wrote2018-08-05 08:23 pm
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things that are amazing

-Le Nozze di Figaro
-Mozart. Da Ponte. Mozart.
-That whole last half of the second act of Nozze. Just the most brilliant ensemble singing EVER.
-The singers at this summer music festival, why did it take me this long to see their live opera? (the festival does one every year, this is the first one I've been to but I'm definitely going every year from now on, they were sooooo good)
-particularly Figaro and Susanna were amazing
-live opera in general, oh gosh it was so great
-"Riconosce in questo amplesso," which is just the most hilarious thing ever
-"Sull'aria," which is sort of terrible in context but such a beautiful duet
-"Deh vieni non tardar," which is also terrible in context but so amazingly beautiful
-this may be the only opera where I actually love the women's singing substantially more than the men's singing
-although Figaro was so great that I also loved "Aprite un po' quegli occhi," which is fine but not usually my favorite
-they staged Basilio so he kept coming out with a different instrument each act, act I was a guitar which sort of made sense, but I laughed pretty hard when he came out with a saxophone in the last act
-that last half of the last act when everyone gets so wound up, LOVE IT
-Più docile sono, e dico di sì. SO BEAUTIFUL. SO MUCH COMPASSION. SO EVERYTHING.
-Something about "Corriam tutti," the way they sang it and the way everyone looked so hopeful and the way the music was so hopeful and happy: I am usually a complete cynic about the Count and Countess being happy afterwards but I found myself thinking, maybe it will all be okay, maybe those crazy kids can make it work!

-but boy it's a long opera, I am not used to staying out that late
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[personal profile] isis 2018-08-06 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds amazing! And, we have a music festival here too, and I have not ever gone, but this year I read a write-up and decided it would be fun to go up for one of the performances (it's at the ski resort, so a bit of a drive though not really far) and it was excellent! I listen to classical music a lot at home but haven't been to a real concert in ages. Of course very different from opera (which I've only seen in Live at the Met simulcasts), but I used to see a lot of live theater, and I empathize with your delight!