What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Opera is the original marriage of words and music, and there's a theatre element, a dramatic element. It's right up my alley.
Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
Opera is full of trappings that make us go away from being human. You can't let them do that. You can't walk like you're in an opera! You have to make it real. You have to just be there.
When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.
The opera is like a husband with a foreign title - expensive to support, hard to understand and therefore a supreme social challenge.
No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story.
Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
Opera is really fun.
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