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Opera is some classy shit.

KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
edited November 2008 in Social Entropy++
So Ess Eee Plus Plus, we are some classy people.

It is about time we talk about some classy shit.


So let's talk about opera.


Opera involves fat guys
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and girls dressed as vikings
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And instead of talking everyone sings. Sometimes in modern opera they switch it up and instead of singing everyone talks.


Some operas are by old dead guys. These operas are ok.
Like Fidelio


Some operas are by older dead guys. These operas are also ok.
Like L'Orfeo

Some operas are by old living or just barely dead operas.

These operas are the fucking bomb.
Seriously look at that. That shit will blow your fucking mind

The best opera ever is "I was Looking at the Ceiling and then I saw the sky" by John Adams.

This motherfucking shit right here

Also this motherfucking shit right here.
That is the best fucking shit you've heard all day, don't try to deny it.
Tomorrow I'll be going to basically a collection of bitching songs from bitching operas, as a voice grad student I work with is in it and is awesome.

So SE++, what do you know about opera?

What are your favorite operas?

How often do you go to see operas?

Have you ever seen operas by someone who was born after 1850? Why not? Go see one now.

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  • ZeroFillZeroFill Feeling much better. A nice, green leaf.Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    cue fiz

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  • McClyMcCly Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lKUOhvdlug

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited November 2008
    this is gayer than bongi's pop thread

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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I really like some opera

    but I really know nothing about any of it

    FAQ on
  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I'm a fan of opera.

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    mcfly, you is alright

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited November 2008
    I enjoy opera, from what I've seen

    Which is like two

    I saw one that I don't remember the name of and Orpheus in the Underworld

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Fiz will come and here and try to say something good about Candide.


    He is fucking lying. Don't see that show unless you like Bernsteins worst thing ever.

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  • Filler Inc.Filler Inc. Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Filler Inc. wrote: »
    I don't listen to much opera, I'm not that big a fan.

    I saw hansel and gretel in new york, in german, and I just didn't enjoy it.

    BUT, this clip that's been to the moon and back always brings a tear to my eye and chill to my spine;

    Looks can be deceiving

    It's amazing to hear that come from that, ya know?

    repostin this here

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  • ascotascot Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    What was the opera thing going on in Quantum of Solace, that looked fun

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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    what Wagner pieces should I most definitely own, considering I will never listen to an entire opera on my iPod probably

    also what are the songs worth owning from Pagliacci

    I'm coasting by on "the best opera album in the world ever" at the moment to seem classy and occasionally wandering youtube

    actually just recommend me a bunch of stuff

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    carmen is the best opera followed closely by trapped in the closet

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I prefer firefox

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    gonna kill myself brb

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    carmen is the best opera followed closely by trapped in the closet

    one of the movie channels was showing the whole trapped in the closet saga and i watched

    the

    whole

    thing

    it was awesome

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  • ascotascot Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    That was a legitimate opera related question I asked :?

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  • HakuninHakunin Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    ascot wrote: »
    What was the opera thing going on in Quantum of Solace, that looked fun
    Tosca, i think

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited November 2008
    lostwords wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    carmen is the best opera followed closely by trapped in the closet

    one of the movie channels was showing the whole trapped in the closet saga and i watched

    the

    whole

    thing

    it was awesome

    my friend has it on DVD

    i haven't seen it, though

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    you should watch it, especially since you seem to be on a rap kick lately. at first, you'll be like "this is sooo dumb" but then you start getting into it. i mean midgets and crossdressing and spoken word and ridiculous and oh my

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    lostwords wrote: »
    you should watch it, especially since you seem to be on a rap kick lately. at first, you'll be like "this is sooo dumb" but then you start getting into it. i mean midgets and crossdressing and spoken word and ridiculous and oh my

    the awful thing is it's intended to be serious

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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    gonna drag this thread into the gutter

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_am82sYFXU

    FAQ on
  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    i love when tv shows do musical episodes

    like xena
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGe_yR6LIwI&feature=related

    or buffy and scrubs, i guess

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  • McClyMcCly Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    "Once More With Feeling!" :D

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    FAQ wrote: »
    gonna drag this thread into the gutter

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_am82sYFXU

    That is not some classy shit at all.

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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    just regular shit I think

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  • BelruelBelruel NARUTO FUCKS Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    this thread is hilarious for me because i am a bit sleepy and incoherent right now, and read the thread until after the viking lady as opera= oprah

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  • BelruelBelruel NARUTO FUCKS Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    also this commercial plays all the damn time

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWz_aczRjlg

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  • DasHanselHMDasHanselHM Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    oprah_vmed_12p_widec.jpg

    ?

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  • BelruelBelruel NARUTO FUCKS Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    precisely

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  • GantZGantZ Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Man, don't talk no shit about Roger Daltrey though.

    That guy is awesome

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Belruel wrote: »
    this thread is hilarious for me because i am a bit sleepy and incoherent right now, and read the thread until after the viking lady as opera= oprah

    I was looking at the Ceiling and then I saw the Sky is also the best Oprah.

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Did you know that there has never been a viking helmet found that featured horns on either side? The look was popularized in opera as a way to differentiate between villains.

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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    GantZ wrote: »
    Man, don't talk no shit about Roger Daltrey though.

    That guy is awesome

    eh I'm a big who fan

    FAQ on
  • DasHanselHMDasHanselHM Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    My uncle used to try to sing along with opera in his car, and the music was always turned up louder than anyone could ever stand. Of couse, he's also paranoid as hell and is impossible to follow anywhere because he has no regard for traffic laws.

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  • Darth WaiterDarth Waiter Elrond Hubbard Mordor XenuRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Carmina Burana. I listen to it at least once a month.

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  • JauntyJaunty Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I saw an english production of Die Fledermaus once. That was pretty awesome. Can't say I've seen all that many though, the only others that come to mind are The Gondoliers and The Mikado.

    Die Fledermaus: Bruderlein, Bruderlein und Schwesterlein

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  • JauntyJaunty Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Khavall wrote: »
    FAQ wrote: »
    gonna drag this thread into the gutter

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_am82sYFXU

    That is not some classy shit at all.

    Oh my god but it is amazing

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  • BelruelBelruel NARUTO FUCKS Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuDOlPaLnVw

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  • FramlingFramling FaceHead Geebs has bad ideas.Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Wren wrote: »
    I prefer firefox

    Mouse gestures plz.

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  • LeliLeli __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    I saw a semi-opera like two years ago. There were mini stories and they just sang, no acting. Most of them were really depressing, there was one that actually made me cry it was so depressing and the music matched it perfectly.

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