My comments represented a rather condensed version...
To me, opera suffers from a multiple-personality disorder. It can't decide whether it is a musical presentation or a play, and often the two faces interfere with each other. Putting it in SF/F terms, I suffer a "suspension of disbelief" attack. Comedies, such as _The Marriage of Figaro_, come off better in this regard.
Wagner, I'm afraid, comes off _better_ as concert excerpts than in context.
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Date: 2007-09-06 01:26 pm (UTC)To me, opera suffers from a multiple-personality disorder. It can't decide whether it is a musical presentation or a play, and often the two faces interfere with each other. Putting it in SF/F terms, I suffer a "suspension of disbelief" attack. Comedies, such as _The Marriage of Figaro_, come off better in this regard.
Wagner, I'm afraid, comes off _better_ as concert excerpts than in context.
All IMHO.