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Date: | Wed, 21 Apr 1999 14:29:00 -0600 |
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Walter Meyer wrote that Tosca is much more realistic than The Magic Flute.
He wrote that he prefers to listen to the music and ignore the plot. I
agree, but at least the plot in Flute is entertaining. IMHO Cossi is one
of the most ridiculous operas in history: those guys sing for 20 min. at
a stretch, and nobody can recognize their voices???!!. Talk about dumb
charaters! I love the music, but I cannot bear to watch it performed.
Even the garden scene in the last act of Figaro is preposterous, but who
cares, the music is what matters. And, if Tosca is realistic, Butterfly is
almost a post WWII documentary. If forced, I'd keep Mozart and abandon GP,
but I certainly wouldn't do it because of Mozart's realism.
Roy Ellefsen <[log in to unmask]>
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