>From: "Shawna" <allegro@e...>
>-----Original Message-----
> > From: Lisa M Olson [mailto:lisa_molson@m...]
> > The powers that
> > be in the music industry have decided that the only way to make
> > an "opera" singer interesting is if they are some sort of anomoly
> > (i.e. being 13 years old, being blind, being married to Andrew
> > Lloyd Webber).
>
>Americans generally respond to gimmicks and marketing techniques. They also
>tend to prefer blandness, sameness, and that which is not intellectually or
>emotionally challenging. They also tend to go for whatever is popular
>regardless of whether it has intrinsic value to them personally.
<snip>
>I think that the more educated the populace becomes, and the more critical
>of being marketed to, the more we'll see more discerning tastes. People may
>still not be able to sit through 4 hours of Verdi, but at least they'll be
>able to tell you why.
>
>-Shawna
>
Given the ratings of NBC's Olympic coverage, maybe there's hope for us
Usonians yet.....
I really treasure one reaction I got from an "Opera Night" I sang at an
Italian restaurant. Some friends heard one man at the next table say, "Hey,
this opera stuff isn't so bad."
Me, I can sit through Verdi. Four hours of Wagner, that's a different
story.
Elizabeth "*%$# Nazi music!" Finkler
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"Virtue is triumphant only in theatrical productions." --The Mikado
"Quitters never win. Winners never quit. But those who never win and never
quit are just plain stupid." --anonymousse
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