On 9 Feb 2005 at 11:04, Raymond Horton wrote: > In regards to _The Magic Flute_, the background info is interesting, > but not necessary to enjoying the opera. The opera is, start to > finish, some of the most divinely inspired music ever penned by a > human being, regardless of the story it is hung on. (To see you > dismiss it as " a not very good opera" makes me sad for you, David. > You should get to hear it from the opera pit like I do, waiting for > the priests to come onstage so the trombones finally play. Wonderful > music to experience, every night.)
I very clearly said: Not very good opera. Brilliant music. In other words, as an opera, less than the sum of its parts. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
