My First Experience with Opera

Sep 12, 2007 at 2:54 PM
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With the passing of Luciano Pavarotti, and inspired by a few opera related posts from fellow Voxers like Karen and Voxy Lady M, I thought I'd share my first exposure to the world of opera. For years I never knew the title of this song, I always thought of it as the one that the orange sang! Yay for Sesame Street in the 70s! No wonder those of us who were kids in the 70s are so weird today. :)

Do any of you remember seeing this on Sesame Street? What was your first experience with opera?

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hey miss L, this is a great QOTD! =)

i think my first experience with opera was carmen too! i don't remember it from sesame street but i remember watching this movie, carmen jones. have you seen it? it's must. i love it!!!

First experience with opera? Bugs Bunny in The Barber of Seville. Brilliant.

Latest experience: Wagner's Ring Cycle on DVD. Lovin it...

@ Voxy Lady M: I haven't seen Carmen Jones, but I'll have to add that to my Netflix queue!

@ The Doug: Ah yes, The Rabbit of Seville. I didn't remember that one at first, but just watched it on YouTube. That was simply brilliant, and the memories of it came flooding back. Thanks for reminding me of it!

now MY memories have flooded back...thanks for the video link! I had forgotten how important Bugs Bunny is to my mental health...I need to start watching again...

Sometimes I watch modern cartoons with my little niece, and they don't match the wit or creativity of old cartoons like Bugs Bunny!

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The Rabbit of Seville is brilliant and still one of my favorites. I love the singing orange too, but it makes me sad how the little flower gives up it's petals for her eyelashes and then keels over dead. Boo hoo.

I Hope you and Ray find the time to go see a real opera one of these days, it's an unforgettable experience. They are performing Madame Butterfly this year which is hands down, one of the most beautiful and easiest to follow.

Thanks for the opera suggestion! I have only gone to one opera, Turandot, and loved it. We should have a Vox opera outing some time.

the National Symphony Orchestra just did a show for kids and they gave a summary and excerpts from Madame Butterfly. W O W -- very moving

(why they picked that one for kids, I have no idea, but I'm glad I was there to see it)

A vox outing would be fun. I was just thinking that I should buy two tickets for me and Cassadre - I bet she would love Madama Butterfly.

I think they probably picked it because it is so accessible and easy to understand. It's a heartbreaker though, and of course our heroine dies at the end.

you are right...and kids can probably handle the intensity better than I think....probably better than I can :-)

Do they sell beer at the opera? If so, I'm down.

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My first experience is well, probably when I was 8 years old. I saw an episode of the cartoon "Hey Arnold" which was well, mostly operatic.. meaning to say its episode is mostly musical.... and that's the first time I heard that song.

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Ah, this was my first experience, too. Thanx.

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