can we settle on the Die Zauberflöte ?

I have been a musician of sorts all my life but admittedly, never listened to much opera. So I'll give Wagner a go and maybe learn a bit in the process.

Marc Damon wrote:

I have been a musician of sorts all my life but admittedly, never listened to much opera. So I'll give Wagner a go and maybe learn a bit in the process.

go to Mozart first.

Ah... classical 101. Those guys play some weird guitars. You need foot long fingers just to wrap your hand around the neck!

You know some Mozart already
I cannot know your classical background
but everybody knows some Mozart
it's easier to build from that

Bald.  Bald, Jüngling.  Oder nie.

I've done the Queen of the Night.

Nothing wrong with a hand wrapped around my a guitar's neck...

I am in love
marry me ?
wait, gotta ask my wife first

scrymettet wrote:



I am in love
marry me ?
wait, gotta ask my wife first

Hehehe

All from one set? whose?

me bad
14 cd
Böhn at Bayreuth Festival 1967

There's a line of text above that porn you Tease!! ;
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I never was a fan of opera... classical music... absolutely, ballet... yeah... okay... but somehow, never opera.

However, I liked the Ring (<-- for Katarina! ) der Nibelungen and read it in Mittelhochdeutsch... medieval German.

Funnily, I always though Wagner wrote it from scratch.

If you get the chance to hear Karajan's Rheingold...  You'll thank me.

gonna keep an eyes open for it

I like Karajan, it's free.  It's when you Czech that you have to pay.

Lies!  I saw nothing.

:scratch head:

I hardly ever get English punts

Rind is certainly tasty. I like a good Rumpsteak mit Bratkartoffeln.

I'm surprised they have never done a good movie adaption of the Nibelungen saga. It could be epic like the Lord of the Rings.

It's kind of sad that the Nazis have forever spoiled the Germanic cultural heritage for modern Germans. Most don't even know about the Nibelungen nor have they read it, although it's easily as significant for their culture as Beowulf is for the British or the Illiad for the Greeks.

One of the reasons is mostly because there are no real arias for individuals.  There are brief bits for singers, but nothing substantial, other than in a few operas.  Plus, he's just too heavy for me.  I'm the same way about Richard Strauss...too heavy, though I do like a lot of his Lieder.  Especially "Zweignung."

You only saw the porn? LOL I'm not surprised!
Here it is again just for you.

Oh, no... the original title of this very old Germanic saga/legend is "Das Nibelungenlied" (Song of the Nibelungs) is almost 1.500 years old...

EDIT: It recollects a story that is 1,500 years old, but was written down maybe only a thousand years ago.

I like the last ones but I am no singer

I learnt something today

I've found that opera doesn't translate well to the silver screen.  It loses its impact without the singing.  I may not like Wagner, but I think it would do his work a great disservice to turn it into a movie.

Back in the overhead bin with thee, overnight bag.

I am not talking about Wagner, but about the Nibelungen saga - of which Ring der Nibelungen is but an interpretation.

It's an epic saga in its own right, much like Beowulf. If it wasn't about Germans, it would have probably already been given the Hollywood treatment. Hollywood prefers them as one thing only though: Evil Nazis. Epic Germanic heroes wouldn't go over well with the Jewish top brass in the studios.

Very true!

I just don't like the heavy nature of the music.  It's not hard to comprehend (listen to), I just don't like it. I also wouldn't call him a genius.  His leitmotifs were groundbreaking, but his predecessors were the geniuses from whom he borrowed and learned.

Ah, misunderstood your post, then.  Yes, the saga itself would be a great screenplay.

Well... as your handle suggests... the probable reason you can hardly listen to Wagner is because your ears maybe covered by inner thighs...