Try Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes (the interludes are standard concert fare) or any of his other operas.
Or Willian Walton's brilliantly short oratorio Belshazzar's Feast.
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
This is an offshoot of the jazz thread. I and others found that we could not talk about jazz without discussing other musical genres, as well as the philosophy of music. So, this is a thread in which people can suggest good music of all genres, and spout off your feelings about music itself.
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Peter Grimes in interesting, but I prefer my singing to be in song, rather than the spoken word. I guess Belshazzar’s Feast is in English, but when that many voices are singing en masse, it can make it very difficult to understand. Maybe opera is not for me. This is more my cup of tea and would be more of a "Rock Opera" using some more modern instrumentation. It is not a collection of songs, but rather tells the story of travels through the after life and reincarnation. |
Definitely. Let’s not forget Berlioz Requiem. Munch conducting Boston Symphony is wonderful. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBrs-r77FPJKOAW0GMy6wQbyAxDb_xDN6&si=-OEl6Kxl6OlH3cE_
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I recently saw two black operas by Terence Blanchard. One was about Emile Griffith a gay boxer in the fifties who killed in the ring an openent who taunted him about being gay. The second was about Charles Blow a gay writer who I used to see on CNN all the time. The score from the Charles Blow opera, Fire Shut Up in My Bones was rivetting. So was the score about Emile Griffith, called Champion. Here's a snippet of Champion: |
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