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On Aug 8, 4:16*pm, hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...

Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.

Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it
came out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well,
both of them, Anna and Beyoncé!

Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:

*Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)

*Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries

*La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture

*Andre Chénier: La mamma morte

*Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture

*Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum

*Lohengrin: Wedding March

*La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana

*Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento

*Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee

*La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)

By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?

Sure, Tom...whatever you say. I've been an opera fan since the 7th Grade,
when our choir club teacher took us to a performance of La Boheme at the
Met. We've been to at least a half dozen major league opera performances
in the last year.

STOP. * I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those pointy
Viking hats with the horns on the side, *hands clasped before you, belting
out a "tune".

Eisboch

Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back in
junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to gravel,
I could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably the
second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely spectacular
cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see "West Side
Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole trip,
including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in the days
schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect of
it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful
vocal music ever.

--

Ha, ha, ha..... what a bunch of ****....perv.. I have to know if
there is one person here reading these fantasies, who thinks wafa is
"not" full of ****.. Go ahead, post up guys, who is falling for this
crap...?? Anyone? Anyone at all??? I won't hold my breath...;)

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"hk" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:

STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before you,
belting out a "tune".

Eisboch




Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back in
junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to gravel, I
could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably the
second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely spectacular
cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see "West Side
Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole trip,
including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in the days
schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect of
it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful vocal
music ever.



No thanks. Opera does absolutely nothing for me. However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same age.
The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head. Even today,
once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into Boston just to
hear a beautifully played piece of music.

But .... NOT opera!

Eisboch

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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Eisboch wrote:

STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before
you, belting out a "tune".

Eisboch




Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back in
junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to gravel,
I could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably the
second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely spectacular
cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see "West Side
Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole trip,
including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in the days
schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect of
it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful
vocal music ever.



No thanks. Opera does absolutely nothing for me. However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same
age. The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head. Even
today, once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into Boston
just to hear a beautifully played piece of music.

But .... NOT opera!

Eisboch


Couple of catchy "tunes" in Phantom of the Opera. Eh?

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Anybody over 45 remember...
 

On Aug 8, 4:14*pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...

Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.

Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it
came out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well,
both of them, Anna and Beyoncé!

Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:

*Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)

*Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries

*La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture

*Andre Chénier: La mamma morte

*Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture

*Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum

*Lohengrin: Wedding March

*La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana

*Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento

*Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee

*La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)

By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?

Sure, Tom...whatever you say. I've been an opera fan since the 7th Grade,
when our choir club teacher took us to a performance of La Boheme at the
Met. We've been to at least a half dozen major league opera performances
in the last year.

STOP. * I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those pointy
Viking hats with the horns on the side, *hands clasped before you, belting
out a "tune".

Eisboch

I know I must have grown up on the wrong side of town. *We didn't have a
* "choir club" in the 7th grade.

Did you play the banjo back then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydGhd1Da6fo

I think so. ;-)

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JimH wrote:
On Aug 8, 4:14 pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.
Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it
came out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well,
both of them, Anna and Beyoncé!
Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:
Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries
La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture
Andre Chénier: La mamma morte
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Lohengrin: Wedding March
La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana
Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento
Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee
La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)
By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?
Sure, Tom...whatever you say. I've been an opera fan since the 7th Grade,
when our choir club teacher took us to a performance of La Boheme at the
Met. We've been to at least a half dozen major league opera performances
in the last year.
STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those pointy
Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before you, belting
out a "tune".
Eisboch
I know I must have grown up on the wrong side of town. We didn't have a
"choir club" in the 7th grade.

Did you play the banjo back then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydGhd1Da6fo

I think so. ;-)

Nope, but while that is some really nice plucking, I can play the song
as well as the kid did in the movie. The boy was playing the banjo using
a "claw-hammer" style, and in reality the song dueling banjos is played
on a different style banjo using finger picks.

In other words, that boy is really not playing the guitar. Now you know
the rest of the story. ;)

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On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:30:26 -0400, hk wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:10:58 -0400, hk wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:59:18 -0400, hk wrote:

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
I used to have the "special telephone" ringtone from Our Man Flint, the
put-on spy movies starring the incomparable James Coburn. These days, I
mostly have opera tunes.
Opera "tunes"?

Eisboch


Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.

Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it came
out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well, both of
them, Anna and Beyoncé!


Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:

Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)

Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries

La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture

Andre Chénier: La mamma morte

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum

Lohengrin: Wedding March

La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana

Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento

Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee

La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)
Harry - please stop. You're making an ass of yourself.
By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?

I know more about opera as a music form than you do.

And I know squat.

Sure, Tom...whatever you say. I've been an opera fan since the 7th
Grade, when our choir club teacher took us to a performance of La Boheme
at the Met. We've been to at least a half dozen major league opera
performances in the last year.

You have not.

I do agree with your comment about what you know. After all, you bought
an ETEC.

Oh...I get it...you are disputing the list of tunes I reprinted here as
being popular. That must be it. Right?

No - it's pretentious bull feathers.

Sorry dude - I ain't buying it.

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On Aug 8, 4:45*pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
JimH wrote:
On Aug 8, 4:14 pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
om...
Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.
Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it
came out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well,
both of them, Anna and Beyoncé!
Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:
*Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)
*Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries
*La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture
*Andre Chénier: La mamma morte
*Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture
*Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
*Lohengrin: Wedding March
*La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana
*Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento
*Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee
*La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)
By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?
Sure, Tom...whatever you say. I've been an opera fan since the 7th Grade,
when our choir club teacher took us to a performance of La Boheme at the
Met. We've been to at least a half dozen major league opera performances
in the last year.
STOP. * I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those pointy
Viking hats with the horns on the side, *hands clasped before you, belting
out a "tune".
Eisboch
I know I must have grown up on the wrong side of town. *We didn't have a
* "choir club" in the 7th grade.

Did you play the banjo back then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydGhd1Da6fo

I think so. *;-)

Nope, but while that is some really nice plucking, I can play the song
as well as the kid did in the movie. The boy was playing the banjo using
a "claw-hammer" style, and in reality the song dueling banjos is played
on a different style banjo using finger picks.

In other words, that boy is really not playing the guitar. *Now you know
the rest of the story. *;)

Did you know that elementary and middle school choirs are/were not
uncommon in most school districts?

I sang in school choir from 4th through 8th grade.

Anybody over 45 remember...
 

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Eisboch wrote:
STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those
pointy Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before you,
belting out a "tune".

Eisboch



Wish it were so. These days, I can't carry a tune with a bucket. Back in
junior high, though, before my voice changed from boy soprano to gravel, I
could sing. A little.

At that first opera, we had seats on the side of the house, probably the
second balcony, and one of the female leads had absolutely spectacular
cleavage. That hooked me. The same weekend, we got to see "West Side
Story" on Broadway.

I think the kids in the choir were charged about $20 for the whole trip,
including trainfare. The school picked up the rest. That was in the days
schools had a little money.

Opera has fascinated me for a long, long time. Virtually every aspect of
it is way, way, way over the top.

BTW, if you want a real treat, listen to Anna Netrebko's "Violetta" CD.
Violetta Valery, the woman who "strayed." Some of the most beautiful vocal
music ever.



No thanks. Opera does absolutely nothing for me. However, I *can*
understand your early introduction to it.
My intro was the Boston Symphony Orchestra, probably at about the same age.
The power of the orchestra blew me away and stuck in my head. Even today,
once in a while, Mrs.E. and I get tickets and journey into Boston just to
hear a beautifully played piece of music.

But .... NOT opera!

Eisboch




A lot of people don't like opera until they go to the right opera.
Seriously. I like some of Wagner's music, but I cannot stand sitting
through his operas. If you went to see the Magic Flute or La Boheme or
any of several others, I bet you'd enjoy it.

I didn't like ballet until I was about 30. Then I went to one here in DC
and got hooked.

Try these two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSX3HyWBqW0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4sONjSaHWA


The latter has Netrebko when she was a young girl...the last few bars of
her as a coloratura soprano are just incredible for such a young singer.
She does an even better job of it now...her range and phrasing are just
remarkable.


--
Republicans - They Take Special Pride in their Ignorance.

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JimH wrote:
On Aug 8, 4:45 pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
JimH wrote:
On Aug 8, 4:14 pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.
Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it
came out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well,
both of them, Anna and Beyoncé!
Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:
Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries
La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture
Andre Chénier: La mamma morte
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Lohengrin: Wedding March
La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana
Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento
Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee
La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)
By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?
Sure, Tom...whatever you say. I've been an opera fan since the 7th Grade,
when our choir club teacher took us to a performance of La Boheme at the
Met. We've been to at least a half dozen major league opera performances
in the last year.
STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those pointy
Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before you, belting
out a "tune".
Eisboch
I know I must have grown up on the wrong side of town. We didn't have a
"choir club" in the 7th grade.
Did you play the banjo back then?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydGhd1Da6fo
I think so. ;-)
Nope, but while that is some really nice plucking, I can play the song
as well as the kid did in the movie. The boy was playing the banjo using
a "claw-hammer" style, and in reality the song dueling banjos is played
on a different style banjo using finger picks.

In other words, that boy is really not playing the guitar. Now you know
the rest of the story. ;)

Did you know that elementary and middle school choirs are/were not
uncommon in most school districts?

I sang in school choir from 4th through 8th grade.

I am sure you did.