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05/13/2003 Archived Entry: "Tim Bray Enjoys Opera"

Puccini's La Bohème is one of my favorite operas. (I confess that sometimes the last two acts are too sad for me and I skip them.) Tim Bray went to see it a few weeks ago, and recommends that you should visit the opera! "I love loud electric music, but if you think that all those electronics in the signal path aren't stealing something of its soul, you're not listening carefully. There's nothing that sounds remotely like a tenor and soprano leaning into a crescendo of strings in a big duet, with the tympani's visceral rumble by way of commentary. Even if the story is silly, it takes you along with it, just like a lame-but-effective summer movie blockbuster. In the third act, with the two leading men standing in the snow singing 'Love is not enough to save her' and Mimi, standing aside, in soft counterpoint 'Must I then die?' there were few dry eyes in the house, certainly not mine."

Can you find contact info for Tim Bray on his website? I've looked, unsuccessfully.

Posted by Elaine @ 05/14/2003 02:03 AM PST