I went to our local elegant theater to watch Tosca being presented by the Metropolitan Opera. I have listened to opera on the radio, but never watched a full opera. This one was translated on the screen which I’m not sure I really liked, my imagination seems better. And how come they sing for two minutes but the translation is four words? I mean I feel like they have left out something. The sets were beautiful, the singers fine but the orchestra I was unhappy with. Do you blame the conductor? Instead of complementing the singers, dancing with them, I felt like the orchestra was competing with the voices. And let’s get real; an orchestra is going to win that competition. Crazy. I know nothing about opera and here I am judging the performance. I think that is part of the experience of art. As the observer you get to decide, what you like and what you don’t.
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