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Once more....with feeling.
Mar. 27th, 2021 12:45 pmTaken from the Crunchy Questions Meme:
Do you like musicals? Operas? Ballets? Do you have any favorites, least favorites, unpopular opinions?
I essentially grew up on musicals of a wide variety. The Sound Of Music was definitely the biggest imprint on my childhood, but it kind of continued on from there. I also grew up on musicals like Hans Christian Andersen (starring Danny Kaye), Once Upon A Brother's Grimm (1977), the Peter Pan musical (starring Mary Martin), both versions of Roger and Hammerstein's Cinderella (starring Leslie Ann Warren and Brandy, respectively), and plenty of others among that nature. It was a lot of these kinds of musical influences in my childhood, thanks to my mom who was mainly responsible for introducing them to us, that was very formative to what I would be interested in much later in life.
As I got older, I ended up being largely interested in other musicals such as The Phantom Of The Opera, RENT, Chicago, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Reefer Madness, Mamma Mia! (which I actually saw a live performance of in Las Vegas many years ago, and we got front row center seats which is still wild to me), and plenty of others. I also don't know if anyone remembers this, but when I was in high school there was Carmen: Hip Hopera, a modern hip-hop version of the Carmen opera that starred Beyonce on MTV, I really enjoyed that one. This, of course, should also include musical-based episodes of shows ("Once More, With Feeling" from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and webseries (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog). And in most recent years, of course, there's been Hamilton and Heathers: The Musical, and most recently I've been listening to Hadestown. So yeah, I guess you could say that I like musicals quite a bit. Not everything, mind you, but if the songs are catchy I will be listening to it.
(As for my unpopular opinions, there are some musicals that everyone has talked about but I never got that into, such as Les Mis or Wicked; I know the songs and references but never quite got into them for some reason.)
I don't really go much for operas, although I do like watching ballet. I mean, Hans Christian Andersen was mainly responsible for me wanting to get involved in ballet when I was young, and I did take ballet lesson for a short period of time. Although I'm not exactly that well-versed in ballets, but I think my favorite is The Nutcracker, and my most recent favorite production of that ballet is the 2016 Royal Opera House version with Francesca Hayward portraying Clara.
Do you like musicals? Operas? Ballets? Do you have any favorites, least favorites, unpopular opinions?
I essentially grew up on musicals of a wide variety. The Sound Of Music was definitely the biggest imprint on my childhood, but it kind of continued on from there. I also grew up on musicals like Hans Christian Andersen (starring Danny Kaye), Once Upon A Brother's Grimm (1977), the Peter Pan musical (starring Mary Martin), both versions of Roger and Hammerstein's Cinderella (starring Leslie Ann Warren and Brandy, respectively), and plenty of others among that nature. It was a lot of these kinds of musical influences in my childhood, thanks to my mom who was mainly responsible for introducing them to us, that was very formative to what I would be interested in much later in life.
As I got older, I ended up being largely interested in other musicals such as The Phantom Of The Opera, RENT, Chicago, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Reefer Madness, Mamma Mia! (which I actually saw a live performance of in Las Vegas many years ago, and we got front row center seats which is still wild to me), and plenty of others. I also don't know if anyone remembers this, but when I was in high school there was Carmen: Hip Hopera, a modern hip-hop version of the Carmen opera that starred Beyonce on MTV, I really enjoyed that one. This, of course, should also include musical-based episodes of shows ("Once More, With Feeling" from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and webseries (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog). And in most recent years, of course, there's been Hamilton and Heathers: The Musical, and most recently I've been listening to Hadestown. So yeah, I guess you could say that I like musicals quite a bit. Not everything, mind you, but if the songs are catchy I will be listening to it.
(As for my unpopular opinions, there are some musicals that everyone has talked about but I never got that into, such as Les Mis or Wicked; I know the songs and references but never quite got into them for some reason.)
I don't really go much for operas, although I do like watching ballet. I mean, Hans Christian Andersen was mainly responsible for me wanting to get involved in ballet when I was young, and I did take ballet lesson for a short period of time. Although I'm not exactly that well-versed in ballets, but I think my favorite is The Nutcracker, and my most recent favorite production of that ballet is the 2016 Royal Opera House version with Francesca Hayward portraying Clara.
