Donald wrote:
>A few list members, including myself, have made some fun of operas.
>I just wanted to clarify my position in a serious manner. Opera is
>definitely classical music, and it is not an inferior form either. All
>classical music tells us a story in some fashion. Most of it is subtle,
>while opera is up front.
I respect your opinion on it, but for me Opera is not necesarily
a "clasical music", but a "classical circus". Anyway, Opera can be
considered in different ways. And for me and many others,is "musical
Theatre" speaking serious about it.
>For me, it's the music that counts, and many composers have written
>masterful music to the librettos they had to work with: Verdi, Puccini,
>Handel, Mozart, Berg, Rossini, Donizetti, etc. The world of classical
>music would be greatly diminished if the opera form had never been
>utilized.
Well,in some amount you are right.Without Opera could not exist the
Transcriptions,and "paraprhasis" for piano.
Is important to remember as an example Mozart said:I compose Opera, because
it give me good money to survive.Anyway Mozart was a genious,and even if
he compose a RAP,it can sound geourgious. Brahms,was more serious than
Mozart: he never made an opera. But all that "Theater"people like
Puccini,Rossini,Verdi, Wagner, and company,were not a real musicians, but
a kind musical ducks (I spoke some 3 months ago about this topic).
One more thing: I think music is the supreme art, it means: music doesn't
need to be inspired by literature,or any other device. Music it's absolute
in itself. Regards.
Gerardo:.
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