"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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Being the father of a musical daughter, I have listened to all the genres
of music. Some opera is good, if you do not have to watch it. As to
Ballet, is amazing the athleticsm of the dancers. Daughter was also into
ballet, or I had to watch a lot. Still not my favorite entertainment.


As for musicals like "West Side Story", some of them are good, but IMO they
aren't Operas. They are Musicals.

We often went to the local Music Circus to see performances such as "Man of
La Mancha", "Paint Your Wagon", and "Bye Bye Birdie".

I don't consider them Opera.

Thinking about it though, I have often listened to opera singers .... female
and male .... performing individually. Some of that is very good. I guess
what doesn't excite me is sitting through 2 hours of story telling through
song.

Eisboch