Bloody friends, arguing all over your blog. Cheek! ;-)
You're not at all incoherent, it's actually me; all I meant to say was that I find it interesting how/why reactions do differ. And it came out as "you're wrong". Whoops.
I saw La Boheme last weekend for the first time ever. General consensus among the party was that sitting as very far back as it's possible to sit in the Royal Opera House (i.e. pretty damn far) resulted in some emotional disengagement. My reaction consisted mostly of: gosh, there's even less plot than most operas; why don't they close the damn door when they leave the garret; and *yawn* she's dead. Yup. Didn't see that coming.
There was a naked girl on stage at one point, though. Spicy!
Re: the nuance of opera
You're not at all incoherent, it's actually me; all I meant to say was that I find it interesting how/why reactions do differ. And it came out as "you're wrong". Whoops.
I saw La Boheme last weekend for the first time ever. General consensus among the party was that sitting as very far back as it's possible to sit in the Royal Opera House (i.e. pretty damn far) resulted in some emotional disengagement. My reaction consisted mostly of: gosh, there's even less plot than most operas; why don't they close the damn door when they leave the garret; and *yawn* she's dead. Yup. Didn't see that coming.
There was a naked girl on stage at one point, though. Spicy!