This is proably old news by now but its great and i love great

[+ Gar1eth]

>I mean no offense by this but I've been going to the opera

>for 40 years. That is the worst version of this famous aria

>that I have ever heard. First, they have added so much

>"reverb" to the sound track that you cannot completely tell

>what the guy sounds like as the sound is severely distorted.

>

>Second, the guy's pitch is all over the place and he has a

>wobble you could drive a truck through. Only American Idol

>fans would think that this is good classical singing.

>

>If you think this is opera, don't go to the real opera as you

>will be disappointed.

>

>This is opera for the tone deaf.

>

>Mark

 

 

In general I don't like opera--while I have not been to a professional performance, I have seen it occasionally on PBS or heard it on classical records. There are several reasons that I don't like it. On the performance/story side--the fact that the majority of operas are not sung in English bothers me--I like understanding what I am listening to--and yes I know they usually have some type of English superscripts on the stage now. The other reason I am not usually fond of opera--and this is probably the main reason--I don't like operatic voices. They usually sound strained--and I don't know maybe "overly controlled" to my ears. That being said and while I cannot say I loved Paul's performance--until he reached the last part of the song (?aria), his vocal quality seemed more natural, less strained, less "overly controlled", and warmer--and I found it much nore pleasant to listen to than I do most opera singers.

 

Gman

[Guest zipperzone]

>For the time being, your best bet for smilies is not to put

>them at the beginning of a line. If you REALLY NEED a smilie

>at the beginning of a line, put a space in front of it. The

>space won't show up in anyone's browser and you'll get your

>smilie.

 

Actually I had put it at the end of a line - or at least at the end of a sentence. Trouble was that the word-wrap thingie (is that what it's called) put it at the 1st of the next line as the line was full.

 

Oh the wonder of computer programs:-) :-) :-)

[Guest zipperzone]

>My organ teacher was quite upset when I bought a Virgil Fox

>record. He call him the Liberace of oranists.

 

Why, was he gay? If you liked his music there is no reason why you should not have bought it. Sounds like your organ teacher was/is a snob.

 

>Stompimg Tom Connors

>has had a huge following in Canada, but is not the greatest

>Canadian singer by any means.

 

Please tell me you're not going to mention Anne Murray - Canada's other lesbian.

[Guest zipperzone]

>>People do let’s try to get opera and ballet out of the

>>hallowed halls of elitist snobbery and into the popular

>halls

>>of the everyday world.

>

>I could not agree more.

>

>The elitist snobbery surrounding opera, in particular, is a

>fairly modern phenomenon. In the days of Rossini, for example,

>opera *was* popular music.

 

And I have found that the biggest opera snobs are usually gay - pity.

[+ Charlie]

Anne Murray insists that she just has lots of lesbian friends and fans, but is not of that orientation herself.

[Louis]

Please tell me you're not going to mention Anne Murray - Canada's other lesbian.

 

Zip I was thinking of mentioning her. I don't think she's a lesbian. I know she has at least one daughter, but that doesn't mean anything.

She has that home grown quality. I guess she's has a new album out now or if its not out it will be out shortly...:-)

[Guest zipperzone]

>Anne Murray insists that she just has lots of lesbian friends

>and fans, but is not of that orientation herself.

 

In truth, she is probably bi. Prior to her marriage she hung out with a very butch crowd of ladies in Toronto. If there was not some attraction for her there I doubt if she would have done so.

 

I think it is another case of having to hide the truth in order to be successful in your profession.