Absolutely loved Magic Flute. Opera is beautiful and I need to see more of it. Although I appreciate the classics and understand that time period heavily influences the content of operas, I wish we had more modern operas that weren't sexist/didn't pin women as prizes. That being said, I do love Mozart and his genius compositions.
I'm getting pretty drained. Well, I guess I've kind of been drained since day one. I was on tour with my acappella group right after finals ended and then I left for Germany two days later. I need a bit of a breather and some time to myself.
I don't think musicals/operas are better than straight plays - I just think that I'm mesmerized by how different artforms can mesh together in such harmony.
Time for some bluntness for a few shows. I thought Kill Your Darlings was cool. A spectacle. Very unique and took so much artistry and strength. But there wasn't any theme that was compelling to me. That's probably partially because of the language barrier (all I know is that he was discussing capitalism, really.) But, also, I didn't leave the theatre feeling changed, I didn't really learn anything. I just thought it was a pretty funny piece of performance art with a dude in an octopus suit. The same goes for Real Magic - I understand their whole "trying to make you uncomfortable" thing and the themes of failure and longing - but I really disliked the show (maybe that was their point) and it kinda pissed me off. I feel like there are more meaningful ways to portray those ideologies. Everyone has a different taste, though.
Word.
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