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Makes you proud to be an Italian
Reporting in from the Land of the Opera Newbies, to announce that I am now a total Puccini fangirl. I heard Tosca on CD (with Maria Callas), and it was just . . . whoa . . . WOW. That is some unbelievably gorgeous music.
Just imagine if I'd actually understood the words! I'd read the synopsis, so I knew what was going on, but I only actually caught about seven or eight words in the whole opera. They're harder to catch when they're being sung. If I'm really going to make a go of being an opera fan, I have GOT to brush up on my Italian. (Not that it'll help with the German, French, and Russian operas, but at least it'll be a start!)
But maybe it's just as well. If I'd actually been experiencing the meaning of the words along with the music, I might have had to pull over to the side of the road and bawl. Seriously, it was that powerful.
Just imagine if I'd actually understood the words! I'd read the synopsis, so I knew what was going on, but I only actually caught about seven or eight words in the whole opera. They're harder to catch when they're being sung. If I'm really going to make a go of being an opera fan, I have GOT to brush up on my Italian. (Not that it'll help with the German, French, and Russian operas, but at least it'll be a start!)
But maybe it's just as well. If I'd actually been experiencing the meaning of the words along with the music, I might have had to pull over to the side of the road and bawl. Seriously, it was that powerful.