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Cynthia Becht writes:
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From: Cynthia Becht <ECZ5BEC@UCLAMVS.bitnet>
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Are most opera-lovers really those who were treated to it from the womb and
onward?  I was - but I always thought I was one of the few who didn't go
through any conscious choice in the matter and that everyone else learned
to appreciate its glories in a very cognizant manner... and that's what I'm
hearing from the stories on the list too.  Am I wrong?

I am 27 years old and never knew anyone "my age" who loved opera until in
college... but I was hooked from the beginning.  In grade school, when I
was sick, my mother used to tuck me into my parents' bed and instead of
turning on the t.v., started up one of the operas on the old reel to reel...
and I was in bliss for three hours.  But never admitted it to my schoolfriends
until years and years later.  My sister and I used to memorize the English
librettos of operas and perform them as plays for my mother... the Magic
Flute was of course a favorite of ours.... and we made up our own hysterically
tuneless operas too.  Now, of five children, I am the only one remaining
with the addiction and although I have learned to like other kinds of music,
have found no other that adequately expresses the soaring passion of the soul.

This year in L.A. we are being treated to mostly warhorses - but I am glad of
it because altho I've attended quite a few operas there are some old favorites
I have never seen.  I can't WAIT till next June when we get June Anderson
as Lucia!!  (I wonder will she do that climbing production someone on the
list just mentioned.)  And this year due to California's budget crunch amongst
other things, a group of us are going the student price route... deciding
that it's better to see the operas from any seat than not at all.  We
start with Traviata in September.  Tally ho!!


- Cynthia


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