On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 18:48:48 -0700, Pluted Pup wrote:
In the March 2024 issue of BBC Magazine,
on pages 50-54, there's yet another opera,
this called Abomination, that's all politics, with
apparently no music, as there's no reference to
the actual music other than saying that
"storytelling is the heart of Irish music";
so it *is* Irish music, in case you're wondering.
The plot is something about 'homophobia in
the Ulster Unionists' or something like that,
but it's irrelevant. If Modern Opera is
going to say that "text is all that is important"
than they're overlooking the opposing side,
which says that 'music is all that is important'.
Since music is so immaterial to Opera, I wonder
if there should be a specific music with
Opera at all? The audience could wear earbuds
playing their individualized favorite background
music when listening to the recitations so all can
be satisfied with going to the opera!
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