[lbo-talk] jethro answer

[Charles Turner]

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:10:34 -0500, Charles Turner wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:17:59 -0500, shag carpet bomb wrote:
>> so, if you go to the opera, do you go because you understand the 
>> italian (or whatever language)? or is the point to go and experience 
>> it, understanding nothing?
> 
> This isn't unique to opera: if you go see Maldita Vecindad, do you go 
> because you understand the Spanish, or because of the experience?
> 
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaRqa7IgAQw>

Or even better:

<http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=maldita+vecindad+mojado&hl=en&emb=0&aq=0#>

Supertitles here:

<http://www.sitiodeletras.com/mostrar.php?lid=13298&artista=La%20Maldita%20Vecindad&titulo=Mojado>

But if your question was about opera, at least at the Met, you could 
check out a score at the Lincoln Center library, and get one of the 
obstructed-view seats in the nosebleeds where the Juilliard students 
sit at desks with lights. A study experience.

On the other hand, Caruso wasn't alone in singing Neopolitan pop songs 
for his encores: "O Sole Mio," (Di Capua) and the English language 
"Parted" (Tosti), for example. Opera was a popular tradition in Italy, 
and only since made into some high art experience where you have to 
have some toilet paper stuck to your high-heels in order to enjoy it.

Best,

Charles