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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


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



The only one I ever saw starred Lon Chaney, Sr., and it was a silent movie.


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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:27:02 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"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!

Classical music I can buy into - I was introduced to classical music
by one of my mother's step-brothers who was a classical musician with
the Chicago Symphony.

Opera - sorry, I can't buy into that for a variety of reasons.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
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
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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.



There's nothing pretentious about opera.

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"hk" wrote in message
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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.


See how long you can go without using the word "I". Narcissists have a
terrible time leaving that word out of every other sentence.

I this, narcissist boy!

I wish you could write sentences that made sense, Wafas boy.

Anyone with half a brain 'got it'........ ask Kruger.

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
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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.


Reggie spent his youth picking up soap in the school showers. Oh,
wait...his school didn't have showers.




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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:27:02 -0400, "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!

Classical music I can buy into - I was introduced to classical music
by one of my mother's step-brothers who was a classical musician with
the Chicago Symphony.

Opera - sorry, I can't buy into that for a variety of reasons.


That's your issue, not mine.


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Republicans - They Take Special Pride in their Ignorance.

hk wrote:
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.



Nah, now this is OPERA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjWD...eature=related

The key to Opera is knowing how to watch it.

Click on the link.

Turn the speakers up HIGH

Turn the monitor OFF

Close eyes

Sit back and enjoy

On Aug 8, 4:58*pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
m...

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.

Nah, now this is OPERA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjWD...eature=related

The key to Opera is knowing how to watch it.

Click on the link.

Turn the speakers up HIGH

Turn the monitor OFF

Close eyes

Sit back and enjoy

How do you *watch* opera with your eyes closed (and monitor off)?

That's our Reggie...............

JimH wrote:
On Aug 8, 4:58 pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
hk wrote:
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.
Nah, now this is OPERA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjWD...eature=related

The key to Opera is knowing how to watch it.

Click on the link.

Turn the speakers up HIGH

Turn the monitor OFF

Close eyes

Sit back and enjoy

How do you *watch* opera with your eyes closed (and monitor off)?

That's our Reggie...............

You watch it in "your minds eye". In my humble opinion, the only way to
watch it.

"JimH" wrote in message
...
On Aug 8, 4:58 pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
m...

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.

Nah, now this is OPERA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjWD...eature=related

The key to Opera is knowing how to watch it.

Click on the link.

Turn the speakers up HIGH

Turn the monitor OFF

Close eyes

Sit back and enjoy

How do you *watch* opera with your eyes closed (and monitor off)?

That's our Reggie...............

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Read like "play" on words to me.