Posted on 10/30/2023 8:18:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I've watched the show where a black man Michael Luwoye played Hamilton, but unlike Les Miserables or the Phantom of the Opera, I can't remember any song from the show.
Are the operas in question vulgar and inappropriate for children?
If so, then why would anyone broadcast them?
BTTT
It wasn’t just the Know Nothings of the 1850s. The reason for the immigrant quotas adopted in 1921 and 1924 was to keep out Italians and other southern and eastern Europeans who were considered undesirables.
You can’t get more “contemporary” than “hate whitey and throw them in the ovens”.
This is what taxation without representation looks like.
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I’ve heard several “black operas” on my local NPR...as broadcast by the Met.
They suck. Musically, they just plain suck. At least the ones I heard.
The only reason they get play time is because they’re black.
The ONLY reason.
Haha. My Italian great grandparents slipped in legally from Mexico. They built up the county to which they came. All its roads, the first radio station, State’s first airline. My grandfather was called a genius because of inventions he built for a mining company. They integrated and they spoke perfect English. Vetting for such builds a country. Open borders destroys
I really enjoyed “Treemonisha”
I didn’t look forward Hamilton, despite recommendations from a number of friends.
That said, I was blown away DESPITE there being no
“whistleable” tunes.
The lack of a catchy or memorable melody didn’t take away from a fantastic musical and dramatic production.
I’d compare it to certain operas that have a great cumulative effect even if you don’t remember any “greatest hits.”
Puccini, who wrote many melodies recognizable easily by non-opera fans, also wrote a number of exquisite works without many or even any. La Rodine has a single aria that people might know; La Fanciulla del West has zero but is still perhaps my favorite of his works.
I haven’t heard many, but I enjoyed Life and Times of Malcolm X when the late, lamented New York City Opera put it on maybe 15 years ago.
Hamilton is a profoundly conservative work of American art - in the most important meaning of the word, conserving civilization, passing down its meaning, cherishing shared memories.
With regards to tunes, I’d say It’s Quiet Uptown is a memorable melody. And certainly its a poignant portion of the show.
And contemporary operas that aren’t by black composers?
How many of them are any good?
there are some great contemporary American operas, however....including Moby Dick, and It’s A Wonderful Life.
I know Kanye did an “opera” a few years ago, and it was not shall we say critially well received....
But...I applaud anyone for trying.
(Yes, I know this will upset people. Reality remains)
I’m humming the US constitution. LOL
Maybe, but the pause in immigration made assimiliation and higher wages possible, so even the people who were discriminated against weren’t entirely opposed to it.
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