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<\/a><\/p>\nMy favorite things about the performance…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n 1) The costumes. \u00c2\u00a0The bedazzled pale pinks and yellows presented a delightful marriage of 1970s disco with seventeenth century Madrid. \u00c2\u00a0The soprano Rosina wore a beautiful leopard print and floral empire waist dress augmented by a fiery red floral cape with turqoise satin lining. \u00c2\u00a0And just about everyone wore shimmering opera wigs and red leggings. \u00c2\u00a0I have seen opera take some interesting turns in the way of set and costume design. \u00c2\u00a0I have seen flappers, 1950’s used car salesmen in checkered suits, as well as comedic characters in victorian full-body bathing costumes and flippers. \u00c2\u00a0But this rendition of Barber of Seville stayed true to opera form and upheld the opera hair and costume adage of ‘Go big or go home’.<\/p>\n 2) The Overture. \u00c2\u00a0The opening overture alone was enough to get my mom and sister giggling next to me. \u00c2\u00a0If you haven’t seen this cartoon, then stop whatever you are doing and witness the greatest integration of high opera culture and lowbrow cartoons…<\/p>\n Bugs Bunny in ‘What’s Opera Doc?’<\/a><\/p>\n 3) The arias. \u00c2\u00a0In addition to watching the animated brilliance of Bugs Bunny, you must listen to ‘Largo al Factotum’ if you are unfamiliar with you. Chances are, you have probably heard it countless times, and probably identify it as the ‘Figaro, Figaro’ song. \u00c2\u00a0I’ll admit that before the performance, I googled ‘factotum<\/a>‘ since I had heard this aria countless times, but never understood what a factotum was.<\/p>\n 4) The humor. \u00c2\u00a0Admittedly, opera humor is very different from the modern, deadpan, documentary-style humor you might see in ‘Office Space’ or ‘Modern Family’, but the physical comedy is never lacking. \u00c2\u00a0Laughing out loud at opera requires you to allow yourself to laugh at things that have no pop culture references and no swear words.<\/p>\n If you have never experienced opera, ‘Barber of Seville<\/a>‘ is a great place to start. \u00c2\u00a0Opera buffa<\/a> or ‘comic opera’ is the angel food cake of opera. It is light, fluffy, and full of funny hijinks that will help you unwind after a long day.<\/p>\n While I love opera seria or ‘serious opera’ it is not for the faint of heart. \u00c2\u00a0It is often longer, denser, and much more intense than opera buffa. \u00c2\u00a0Don’t get me wrong. \u00c2\u00a0There are many great serious operas, but for the beginner or someone who isn’t sure about opera in general, take a listen to the overture<\/a> from ‘Barber of Seville’ and revel in the accessible cadences of composer\u00c2\u00a0Giacchino Rossini<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This past Sunday, I had the amazing opportunity to see the music school’s performance of ‘Barber of Seville’. \u00c2\u00a0Next to ‘Marriage of Figaro’, I would say that ‘Barber of Seville’ is one of my favorite comedic operas. \u00c2\u00a0It is light hearted, short in terms of performance time, and full of great music. My favorite things […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[459,192,291,460,461],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4122"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4122"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4130,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4122\/revisions\/4130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![My favorite things about the performance…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n1) The costumes. \u00c2\u00a0The bedazzled pale pinks and yellows presented a delightful marriage of 1970s disco with seventeenth century Madrid. \u00c2\u00a0The soprano Rosina wore a beautiful leopard print and floral empire waist dress augmented by a fiery red floral cape with turqoise satin lining. \u00c2\u00a0And just about everyone wore shimmering opera wigs and red leggings. \u00c2\u00a0I have seen opera take some interesting turns in the way of set and costume design. \u00c2\u00a0I have seen flappers, 1950’s used car salesmen in checkered suits, as well as comedic characters in victorian full-body bathing costumes and flippers. \u00c2\u00a0But this rendition of Barber of Seville stayed true to opera form and upheld the opera hair and costume adage of ‘Go big or go home’.<\/p>\n2) The Overture. \u00c2\u00a0The opening overture alone was enough to get my mom and sister giggling next to me. \u00c2\u00a0If you haven’t seen this cartoon, then stop whatever you are doing and witness the greatest integration of high opera culture and lowbrow cartoons…<\/p>\nBugs Bunny in ‘What’s Opera Doc?’<\/a><\/p>\n3) The arias. \u00c2\u00a0In addition to watching the animated brilliance of Bugs Bunny, you must listen to ‘Largo al Factotum’ if you are unfamiliar with you. Chances are, you have probably heard it countless times, and probably identify it as the ‘Figaro, Figaro’ song. \u00c2\u00a0I’ll admit that before the performance, I googled ‘factotum<\/a>‘ since I had heard this aria countless times, but never understood what a factotum was.<\/p>\n4) The humor. \u00c2\u00a0Admittedly, opera humor is very different from the modern, deadpan, documentary-style humor you might see in ‘Office Space’ or ‘Modern Family’, but the physical comedy is never lacking. \u00c2\u00a0Laughing out loud at opera requires you to allow yourself to laugh at things that have no pop culture references and no swear words.<\/p>\nIf you have never experienced opera, ‘Barber of Seville<\/a>‘ is a great place to start. \u00c2\u00a0Opera buffa<\/a> or ‘comic opera’ is the angel food cake of opera. It is light, fluffy, and full of funny hijinks that will help you unwind after a long day.<\/p>\nWhile I love opera seria or ‘serious opera’ it is not for the faint of heart. \u00c2\u00a0It is often longer, denser, and much more intense than opera buffa. \u00c2\u00a0Don’t get me wrong. \u00c2\u00a0There are many great serious operas, but for the beginner or someone who isn’t sure about opera in general, take a listen to the overture<\/a> from ‘Barber of Seville’ and revel in the accessible cadences of composer\u00c2\u00a0Giacchino Rossini<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This past Sunday, I had the amazing opportunity to see the music school’s performance of ‘Barber of Seville’. \u00c2\u00a0Next to ‘Marriage of Figaro’, I would say that ‘Barber of Seville’ is one of my favorite comedic operas. \u00c2\u00a0It is light hearted, short in terms of performance time, and full of great music. My favorite things […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[459,192,291,460,461],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4122"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4122"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4130,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4122\/revisions\/4130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/http:\/\/music.umich.edu\/ContainerBridge.php?path=%2Ffmi%2Fxml%2Fcnt%2Fdata.jpg%3F-db%3DRecital_Form%26amp%3B-lay%3DCOE_Fall_2008_Layout%26amp%3B-recid%3D8224%26amp%3B-field%3Dimage%281%29\"){kind=link}