things that are amazing
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cahn-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
-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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Date: 2018-08-06 04:26 pm (UTC)I knooooow! The entire opera is set up to make that point! But this was a younger cast, and they were just so bright-eyed and sweet and had such hopeful eyes and probably there was some bleed-in from RL where they were just totally pumped at having just put on Figaro, and I just had a Lot of Feelings :)