Classical Music

ChiroDoc said:
I'm not familiar with the opera music in the film. I asked AI, and it said it was from Mozart's Requiem - "Tuba Minum". Check with an AI source, and see if it sounds familiar.
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Thanks, @ChiroDoc; I just pulled up Tuba Minum, and wow, its beautiful! It's not the same piece, so I'll keep looking, but what a treat that was!
 
Sunkist said:
So, opera is considered classical music???
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Opera is not generally referred to as "classical music", although in the strictest sense it is.

Music specifically from the Classical Period (1730-1820) would include the composers Mozart Beethoven, Schubert, and others.

But for more than a century, "classical music" generally refers to western music that is not popular music, or folk music-- most often symphonic or chamber music. It used to be called "long haired music". But '60s rock took care of THAT description...;)
 
ChiroDoc said:
Opera is not generally referred to as "classical music", although in the strictest sense it is.

Music specifically from the Classical Period (1730-1820) would include the composers Mozart Beethoven, Schubert, and others.

But for more than a century, "classical music" generally refers to western music that is not popular music, or folk music-- most often symphonic or chamber music. It used to be called "long haired music". But '60s rock took care of THAT description...;)
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In the strict sense you are completly right. The same happened as I told a co-student of the university that I like to read (German) classics. She asked "you like Geothe and Schiller?" I answered "yes, but I understand it in a more encompassing way".

For me, operas and operettas are parts of classical music.
 
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This leads me to some suggestions.

The first:

Placido Domingo with "Recondita armonia" from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca".


The second:

The German tenor Rudolf Schock and the Canadian soprano Teresa Stratas with "Schönste der Frau'n" (Fairest of Women) from Franz Lehár's operetta "Giuditta".


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And there is another one I like:

"Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" from Giacomo Puccini's "La Rondine", sung by Leontyne Price.


Btw. Leontyne Price is still alive and 99 years old.
 
Great stuff, George!

I played in the orchestra with the Cincinnati Opera for two seasons in 1965 and 1966. I was thrilled to be able to witness some great stars of the day like Beverly Sills, Norman Treigle, and Placido Domingo. There's nothing quite like live opera, and being part of the performance.
 
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