Operatic Wannabe
- Category: Hobbies
- Posted On: 4/24/2006
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Previously, I posted about having to prepare to sing "Dio, che nell' alma infondere" for the play Lend Me a Tenor. This weekend we performed all 4 scenes of the play and I was instructed to learn and memorize the rest of the songs, including "Toréador en Garde" from Carmen and "Venga la Morte" from Otello. The Toréador song is awe-inspiring. Some of you may have heard the classic line "Toréador, en garde! Toréador! Toréador!" in a Warner Brother's Bugs Bunny cartoon, but the real thing is full of life and energy. Although the song's about stabbing an innocent bull to death for sport, I can see how, with this song, people get so worked up over the ordeal. Personally, I don't understand having respect for something you are about to kill unless 1) it can give you the same respect and there is a mutually agreed upon reason for death being the ultimate solution or 2) the sacrifice is absolutely necessary, being in the best interests of survival of the killer, when the victim cannot be chosen through the means outlined in #1. As a carnivore, I am guilty of extending the death of animals via #2 for the simple pleasure of eating when it is not always necessary. Whoops! Got off-topic... Anyways, enjoy the songs!
- Category: Hobbies
- Posted On: 4/24/2006
- Views: 5,970