How eclectic is your taste in music?

@parker65310 

Check out the outstandingly engineered and my go-to opera compilation classic and see what you think... “Pavarotti - 24 Greatest HD Tracks” in the 24 bit/96KHz version.

I mentioned I do enjoy opera, and this conversation reminds me that I should clarify something about that.  I enjoy recordings of *performances* of operas.  I'm not a huge fan of records that are just recordings of opera[tic] music.

That's nothing against parker's recommendation here.  I imagine it's great.  The conversation just reminded me that *my* opera taste is a bit specific.

It doesn't matter what genre it is ,great music will always shine.

With opera you really don’t need to understand the words, but to listen to an entire opera I do feel one must know the story and it is then still enjoyable not knowing the language. I levitate for sure more to compilations where I’m comfortable just feeling each piece. Pavarotti’s voice was truly a planetary treasure. I saw him in the last phase of his performance live at the acoustically “not as bad as other arenas” Denver Pepsi Center and was absolutely astounding with the breadth of his vocals. His stage presence was by far the largest I’ve ever witnessed. Which reminds me of the first time I saw Tony Bennett - from the “halo” balcony at The Denver Opera House (Ellie Caulkins Opera House). Acoustics there are incredible. As part of the encore, Tony had the house turn off all mics and he sung “Fly Me To The Moon”. What a moment in life to remember. It was truly for me a “religious experience”. Both experiences literally brought tears to my eyes. Not an easy feat :).

Probably half my enjoyment of opera is following the actors as they move around on the stage.  Left and right.  Forward and back.  It's an audiophile thing. :-P

No matter what the genre great music is great music.it will always shine.