I am interested in seeing some of Adam's earlier operas, though, especially Nixon in China, which is quite famous. It was far from horrible, but I don't feel like I would want to watch it again. There are several moments like that in the opera. The lead up to the hanging happens onstage but, then, as the hanging is about to happen, one of the characters turns and, basically, tells the audience that the hanging happened and that's the end of it. However, the writing was not quite compelling as the librettist frequently fell back on narration to tell you what happened rather than showing it. A compelling story about three women during the California gold rush. Having said all of that, the performances were great, and the opera has an interesting story. Someone would begin a beautiful aria, the music would start to take off, then it would be over and back to the driving rhythms. That's how the music was for me in Girls.
So you run and you run and the kite starts going up and it keeps going up and you think you have it and you slow down to start feeding the kite some string.
Have you ever tried to fly a kite on a day when there's not quite enough wind? There's almost enough, but it's just not quite enough to keep the kite up. So, yes, as with Elektra earlier this season, I couldn't get into Girls of the Golden West because the music proved too much of a barrier. However, one thing I've learned in my opera going is that I don't enjoy operas done in the modern style. For another thing, after our gold country tour back in May, we felt a connection to the subject matter. For one thing, it's cool to get to go so world premiere operas this makes our third.
It's too bad, too, because I really wanted this to be great. Maybe something like a gunshot, considering this last opera being performed, but, if it was a gunshot, it was a popgun. and I was really hoping it would end with a bang. It's short this year because of next summer's presentation of The Ring Cycle. A topless painting of Bea Arthur is expected to fetch between 1.8-2.5 million when it hits the auction block at. Here we are at the end of another opera season. Naked painting of Golden Girls star Bea Arthur could fetch millions at auction.
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