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Ross, I'm still the biggest Verdi fan, more than Puccini, Donizetti, etc. Rigoletto puts all other operas to shame its just so catchy. I know Verdi is like pop opera, but I can sing along. I also like Tchaikovsky, for the same reasons I like his ballets. Catchy, campy. And I have a soft spot for Offenbach/Tales of Hoffman. Mozart is ok, but a bit long winded. I do like Marriage of Figaro. I really basically like the light campy operas, not the wieghty ones that hit you over the head and drag on for four hours. So, I'm opera-lite.

Yeah, check out glimmerglass. Small, intimate theatre with singers that usually come up for the summer from the MET or other major venues in the US. Its top quality for half (1/3) of the price and such a small place you pretty much feel like you're in the front row even if you got the cheapest tickets. I mean, you're still at Cornell, right? Its probably only about an hour, hour and a half away in Cooperstown. You could day trip it, or stay the night (its really nice there).

lol, except I have no friends that are into opera. Well I once did, but I threw away that relationship.

Have you ever seen Bergman's Magic Flute movie? I'm kinda curious whether I should keep it on my Netflix queue.

I definitely prefer the Italian operas. I've never liked Donizetti (though, to his credit, he did write the piece in Lucia di Lammemoor that's become the "definitive standard" for judging an opera singer's vocal ability; but that opera is so miserable and depressing). L'Elisir d'Amor is fun (though I've never seen it; I have the Pavarotti/Sutherland recording).

Sutherland/Pavarotti/Milnes is the best Rigoletto ever!

I haven't seen Bergman's Flute, but I have to confess except for Figaro and Cosi Fan Tutti, I am not that into Mozart operas. I bet Bergman did an interesting job, though. I would check it out. Let me know what you thought.

What? You don't have a friend who would try it out just for a new experience? Like someone who has never heard one and would find it fun to do something special? There's some nice museums and a beuatiful park and the Baseball Hall of Fame in town, too. You could make it a fun day trip. Even if you had to go on your own.

i love the "women only" gym near my house. there's a sign above their entrance saying "NO MIRRORS, NO INTIMIDATION"

the rest of the entrance is just a glass window looking into people who are exercising, the gym is also situated on a main road. FAIL.

Ack don't bring up women's gyms. I remember that leading to some absurd argument everyone had with Joe (what else is new) in the past.

lol, not to go see an opera. are the operas only in the summer? what else do they have playing this season?

I've actually never seen Rigoletto. I've seen:

- The Barber of Seville
- La Boheme
- La Traviata
- Lucia di Lammemoor
- The Magic Flute
- Norma
- Pagliacci
- Samson and Delilah
- Tosca
- Turandot

and maybe a few more

On street level? Sandwiched between the Deisel storefront and a modeling agency local office?

i actually get annoyed with exercising with friends, because i feel the need to follow what they do when i really want to do the things i want to do. then i feel bad if i want to do something else.

i'm considering taking up yoga.

close. a beautician and a hairdresser.

i didn't workout today. that makes it like 6 months since the last time i did any exercise.

YAY!

Yoga is great. I'd suggest Iyengar over something like Bikram or Vinyasa if you're just starting. I haven't done it in months, unfortunately

ugh I'm off to the taco bell. I hate my trashy friends.

TOMORROW workout + kanye's workout plan

kanye's workout plan?

well i'm playing table tennis for 2 hours once a week. which i think is a great upper body work out. and i want to do beach volleyball over summer.

gym 3x week and i walk home more now that temperatures are starting to creep up now that winter is ending.

i'm not fat

A few others. You can check it out on line. They always do some contemporary and some classical ones. Yes, its only a summer opera....in a wealthy little enclave that was once the property of Fenimore Cooper's father, I believe.



Thats a ton. I've only seen live:
Robert Devereux
Eugene Onegin
La Traviata

Most of my exposure is through recordings. Ever seen the film Diva? You might find the opera story arch interesting.

you don't know it????
youtube it or something.
byez.

Goldmine. That's almost as bad as the side-to-side storefronts for Weight Watchers and The Enchanted Forest candy store that used to stand on Newbury St. in Boston.

I forgot Kanye West had a good CD in 2004. He's dead to me now.

Oh god I still love Kanye

I mean, I hate him, but I love his stuff. Heartless and Love Lockdown make my ears smile, among his newest CD.