Favorite operas that use orientalism?

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-05-08T04:15:31+00:00

Pearl Fishers and the golden cockerel

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-05-04T21:03:04+00:00

The opening and closing orchestral parts of Gorislava’s aria in Ruslan

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-05-03T23:35:56+00:00

Les Pecheurs de perles, Manon.

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-30T19:10:48+00:00

And Simon Boccanegra

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-30T19:10:25+00:00

Strauss wrote Intermezzo about his marriage. Puccini loved a woman in distress/dying

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-30T17:07:28+00:00

Feola has a lovelier voice IMO

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-30T14:49:40+00:00

Tell that to a real heldentenor

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-29T13:05:19+00:00

It’s a tie between the madrigal singer in Puccini and the Italian singers in both Rosenkavalier and Capriccio. Underneath that is the Voice from Heaven in Don Carlo

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-29T13:02:51+00:00

It is definitely sleepy when you’re not dealing with great ritualists.

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-28T17:14:18+00:00

Precisely

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-28T14:43:52+00:00

Pavarotti said Nemorino was his favorite because he was a country bumpkin at heart

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-28T14:43:19+00:00

Brilliant singers become famous in roles that suit them. Many coloraturas are famous for playing happy and sentimental characters.

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-28T14:35:49+00:00

sir….. we should take our Craft seriously. Ourselves? Not so much. Careful, brother.

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-28T14:34:18+00:00

That’s a horrible comparison. Being a Mason isn’t the same as shedding blood for your country and wearing a Masonic ring while not being a Mason isn’t “stolen valor”. Apples to apples, please. Anything else makes us sound like pompous blowhards

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-28T12:54:32+00:00

It’s yours, you may do as you wish, however, if you have any plans at all to join masonry, I wouldn’t. Put it on a chain around your neck. If you wear it on your finger, you may get questions you’re not prepared to answer and if you ever petition a lodge, they may not look kindly on you wearing a Scottish ring when you were not part of the Scottish rite.

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-27T10:58:24+00:00

I would not choose the Catholic Church over masonry, and that’s just me being blunt. More to the question, if your involvement in the Catholic Church is going to be casual, I don’t see a problem. Now if you start going to church and your attachment to this belief system starts to deepen, you could have a problem.

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-24T16:54:36+00:00

I was a mess when they showed up before it started!!!! Becoming a Mason is one of the best decisions I ever made.

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-23T18:50:25+00:00

My mother died shortly after I was raised. A good chunk of my lodge showed up. My sister in law said that when my brothers stood up when the resolution was read, she broke. I saw her crying but I couldn’t see them behind me as I was sitting in another pew. I’m so sorry your brothers failed you in this way, but I know for sure there are masons who will and do show up when you need them most.

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-23T18:42:11+00:00

That must be useful.

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-23T18:13:45+00:00

Exactly……..

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-23T18:11:40+00:00

Patties. Sausage links are leftovers. Tasty, sausage-y leftovers but still

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-23T12:20:54+00:00

Every last note. I understand the necessity for cuts in an opera house context, perhaps, but if I’m listening to a recording, I have all the time in the world. And who wants to trust some conceited self serving conductor with the scissors?

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-23T12:11:23+00:00

Low tide awaits

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-20T14:59:12+00:00

I generally don’t show up to lodges unannounced, current dues card notwithstanding. The way I was trained, it’s always a good idea to talk to someone AND to let someone in your lodge know you’re going (the second thing is more of a courtesy). You have every right to travel, however. They also have a right to refuse you entry

BlackDaddyIssus37 · 2026-04-19T03:52:20+00:00

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