RIP Pavarotti

Huskalar · 09-07-07, 05:41 AM

Very sad news indeed. R.I.P.

Dmitry Markov · 09-07-07, 07:32 AM

R.I.P.

Kapitan_Phillips · 09-07-07, 04:29 PM

One of the true greats. Making heaven that much more wonderful

STEED · 09-07-07, 04:52 PM

I will say this, he did indeed had a great singing voice and in the world of opera he left his mark.

Skybird · 09-07-07, 04:56 PM

I would like opera much better if it would be purely instrumental.

VipertheSniper · 09-07-07, 05:02 PM

You mean like silent movies?

How about ballet? Great music, no singing, just dancing.

Skybird · 09-07-07, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by VipertheSniper

You mean like silent movies?

How about ballet? Great music, no singing, just dancing.

There is some wonderful ballet music which I like to listen to, as long as I must not watching the dancers, at least the male ones.

There is wonderful opera music from preludes, for example, but as soon as they start sending the singers on stage it's show over for me. That's true for some pieces from Wagner (Lohengrin for example, I think it is the introduction, this piece of most fragile beauty that Chaplin used when dancing with the globe in Great Dictator) as well as for Puccini, for example, of whom I especially like this collection that includes preludes and intermezzi from La Villi, Edgar and Manon Lescaut.

http://www.amazon.de/Puccini-Orchest...9204810&sr=8-1

My father participated in that recording, from 1983. Do cooking in the kitchen, have a glass of good red wine, and this CD on headphones - unbeatable Italian combo!

Opera may or may not feature beautiful voices. It't just that I do not like the way in which voices are used for singing in classical music. Too artificial.

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Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	One of the true greats. Making heaven that much more wonderful __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	I will say this, he did indeed had a great singing voice and in the world of opera he left his mark. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,637 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I would like opera much better if it would be purely instrumental. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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Huskalar Ensign Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 221 Downloads: 176 Uploads: 0	Very sad news indeed. R.I.P.

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VipertheSniper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austria Posts: 1,071 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You mean like silent movies? How about ballet? Great music, no singing, just dancing.