tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370742521301499135.post4326051646614579548..comments2023-06-28T13:21:59.782+03:00Comments on parsifal's: Prima la musica e poi le parole???Parsifalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14355495438180470535noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370742521301499135.post-90389452792263589952008-08-04T14:34:00.000+03:002008-08-04T14:34:00.000+03:00Hmmmm.."whatever technology is necessary to get th...Hmmmm.."whatever technology is necessary to get that text across in all its closely read, densely pondered nuance"<BR/><BR/>Isn't that what theater is meant to do? I don't dissagree about the importance of text but if all that is necessary to ensure the text is immaculate, safe and above all, surely it can do better without the music... Opera is about story telling through music and text. I am afraid I'd rather hear the text on its own that have to struggle between notes, amplification and all that. Oh, and there is the singing.... which is just slightly different that speach.. <BR/>I believe there is a wonderful argument for supporting spoken text of all kinds with music, as theater often does, but i'm afraid that is not opera. Opera is about singing :-) <BR/><BR/>I agree though that singing just notes or a text distored beyond understanding and recognition is not opera either...that it is vocal cord exercise :-) Nor will any kind of translation or heavy accent ever sound fully as harmonic as it should, although it is not a capital crime either because it would be far worse to stop trying to present a certain piece just because it will not sound as perfectly as it should. <BR/><BR/>Neither music nor text are above each other, or should be, in opera... as it is not about delivery of either the score or the text. It is about bringing a story to life, about creating life on stage and streaming emotions from the stage to the audience and back. And it is most touching and closest to perfection when you can no longer consciously separate the word from the musical note, from the look or gestures exchanged by the artists on stage.Haricleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550284403833944770noreply@blogger.com