Comments on: The fat lady sings for Pavarotti http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/ Eric D. Snider's blog. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:47:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: RedPenGirl http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59463 RedPenGirl Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:45:51 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59463 Turkey, My point exactly. I think when Trousercuit made the comment in question, he/she failed to take into consideration the fact of a few existing operas by little known composers like Mozart, Beethoven, Schuman, and Wagner, just to give a few examples from the world of German opera. I was just thrilled that given the status accorded these works as being, in fact, opera, the necessary conclusion would be that German must be included in the ranks of languages of LOVE (or even love) along with the usual suspects. Now if we could just figure out what to do with those troubling American operas, many of which are, I believe, written and performed in English. But perhaps they are performed only by lawyers? Turkey,

My point exactly. I think when Trousercuit made the comment in question, he/she failed to take into consideration the fact of a few existing operas by little known composers like Mozart, Beethoven, Schuman, and Wagner, just to give a few examples from the world of German opera. I was just thrilled that given the status accorded these works as being, in fact, opera, the necessary conclusion would be that German must be included in the ranks of languages of LOVE (or even love) along with the usual suspects. Now if we could just figure out what to do with those troubling American operas, many of which are, I believe, written and performed in English. But perhaps they are performed only by lawyers?

]]> By: Turkey http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59387 Turkey Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:05:51 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59387 Here's Brightman's, if anyone is interested: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8IFWznsHLCs&mode=related&search= I also like that she's perched precariously upon that spiral thingy. Good fun. Here’s Brightman’s, if anyone is interested: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8IFWznsHLCs&mode=related&search=

I also like that she’s perched precariously upon that spiral thingy. Good fun.

]]> By: Turkey http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59383 Turkey Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:53:37 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59383 How can German be a language of love and English not, when English is a Germanic language? And I loved that rendition. I liked Sarah Brightman's version more, though. Just a different taste thing. How can German be a language of love and English not, when English is a Germanic language?

And I loved that rendition. I liked Sarah Brightman’s version more, though. Just a different taste thing.

]]> By: RedPenGirl http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59378 RedPenGirl Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:38:38 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59378 Golly, trousercuit, thanks for confirming what I have always suspected but have never heard anyone claim: German is a language of LOVE! Can I quote you when next I hear someone saying how ugly German is? Golly, trousercuit, thanks for confirming what I have always suspected but have never heard anyone claim: German is a language of LOVE! Can I quote you when next I hear someone saying how ugly German is?

]]> By: Eric D. Snider http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59329 Eric D. Snider Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:23:43 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59329 Even if "Phantom of the Opera" had no spoken dialogue, it still wouldn't count as "opera" by most people's reckoning, simply because of the style of music. It would be a "pop opera." That's what "Les Miserables" is. Even if “Phantom of the Opera” had no spoken dialogue, it still wouldn’t count as “opera” by most people’s reckoning, simply because of the style of music. It would be a “pop opera.” That’s what “Les Miserables” is.

]]> By: B http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59326 B Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:11:32 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59326 I thought Phantom didn't count because there are speaking parts in it, whereas in opera, everything is sung. I thought Phantom didn’t count because there are speaking parts in it, whereas in opera, everything is sung.

]]> By: card http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59292 card Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:00:40 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59292 That is one of my favorite opera songs. I don't think I've ever heard anyone sing it poorly, but still, Pavarotti's rendition sure gave me the chills. That is one of my favorite opera songs. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone sing it poorly, but still, Pavarotti’s rendition sure gave me the chills.

]]> By: trousercuit http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59284 trousercuit Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:41:53 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59284 No, it's because it's in crass English. When you sing opera, you sing it in a language of LOVE, not a language of LAWYERS. No, it’s because it’s in crass English. When you sing opera, you sing it in a language of LOVE, not a language of LAWYERS.

]]> By: Huzzak http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59280 Huzzak Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:13:48 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59280 "The Phantom of the Opera" doesn't count because none of the leads are humongously fat, right? “The Phantom of the Opera” doesn’t count because none of the leads are humongously fat, right?

]]> By: BeeDub http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59266 BeeDub Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:28:08 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/09/06/the-fat-lady-sings-for-pavarotti/#comment-59266 "He was famous as one of the Three Tenors, of course, and was probably responsible for causing more normal people to listen to opera than anyone else in the 20th century." Except for those people who thought that "The Phantom of the Opera" was really opera. “He was famous as one of the Three Tenors, of course, and was probably responsible for causing more normal people to listen to opera than anyone else in the 20th century.”

Except for those people who thought that “The Phantom of the Opera” was really opera.

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