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That’s why Opera has so many long boring bits. Attendees weren’t expected to pay attention as if it were a High Mass. It was a social event, a place to see and
by User23 5y ago
That’s why Opera has so many long boring bits. Attendees weren’t expected to pay attention as if it were a High Mass. It was a social event, a place to see and be seen, as well as trade gossip and so on. The performance itself was somewhat analogous to the TV on in the background at a bar.
- whatshisface 5y agoHow would that work with the arrangement of having rows of seats all facing the show? At a modern theater there's hardly any way to talk to anybody.
- ghaff 5y agoSure, going to either an opera or the latest Marvel blockbuster is often a social event to some degree. But the idea that the entertainment itself is just background noise like a few musicians at a cocktail party is just bizarre.
- passerby1 5y agoWhen did it become trendy to parade one's illiteracy and narrow-mindedness?
- CRConrad 5y agoWas it ever not?