I agree with Salieri, who called it "grand opera," and it is one of my favorites.
RBH
David W. Fenton wrote:
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.
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