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- You need to be an expert to enjoy opera. "One hundred per cent false. There are program booklets given to each audience member before the start of the performance.
- The singers sound 'weird' "Opera singers are trained from the very beginning to create sound that can be heard without amplification, over a large orchestra of 30 to 90 instruments.
- You'll get bored. "OK. So, full disclosure? Some operas are long. Especially for modern, iPhone-carrying, wifi-hounding, YouTube-loving, short-attention-span-possessing audiences (of which I, woefully, count myself a part!)
- If you don't understand Italian/German/French, forget it. "Not a problem. The majority of the audience around you will be in the same boat. Surtitles are the opera world's version of movie subtitles.
No, what we really need are advocates for opera who do not leap on every opportunity to denigrate or apologize for the art form. Opera is an art form in which singers of various shapes and sizes tell a story and try to find some truth with their voices in an acoustic setting with an orchestra.
Most opera stories are retelling some other story, and the libretto (the "story") is published beforehand. Nowadays, as less people read/learn the librettos, it has shifted towards subtitles and English translations in the programs.
May 25, 2015 · “A frustrated listener might well define grand opera as musical theatre where you have a hard time making out the words even when they’re being sung in your own language. Conceding the point, many opera houses nowadays always flash surtitles above the proscenium.
Now reduce that to the number of people who like vocal music in the classical tradition and like opera, which is an even smaller number. I am a 17yo female, and literally, the only people whom I know that like opera are either classical musicians or 50+yo. There's your answer.
Jan 26, 2020 · One of those styles of music people love to say they hate is opera, so we asked NPR's resident opera expert Tom Huizenga to explain what he loves about the music and to soothe some common opera...
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May 4, 2016 · Michael asked: “Why do you think the opera and/or more traditional classical music is lost on today's youth? Is it the lack of music/arts education with more focus on a more traditional job career path? More spent on sports and less on arts?”
