How does opera fare in the era of blockbuster movies, boxed television seasons sets, podcasts and Youtube clips playing on your ipod? Pretty well.
Opera seems like an anomaly in a pop culture world where much entertainment today is portable, recordable, and send-able. Not to mention private. Often times, you listen to music and podcasts by yourself on the bus and Google celeb stories on your home computer.
But there’s something epic about operatic performances. They’re dramatic, grand, and downright flashy. And far from private. The whole audience is swept up in the grandeur of a solo performance with music rising from the pit. The sheer technical skill of the performances is mind-boggling.
Opera, despite the popular caricature of a fat singing lady with a horned hat and blond braids, is keeping up with the times. The cinema chain Cineplex has opened up the cr
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