Nixon in Cincinnati
By Anna Mae - Posted on July 16th, 2007
I'm always impressed by the power required for opera singers to project their voices out over the orchestra without microphones and music hall is always a great experience. Saturday's audience for Nixon in China was a nice mix of the usual opera crowd and some < 40's.
Slice of life is an interesting style for an opera. Most operas involve big dramatic events, murder, kidnapping, weddings, etc. This one kind of moved along and then was over. My favorite part was the pig song in the second act.
Operatic Event
Submitted by Min Usha on Mon, 07/16/2007 - 5:43pm.
Given the number of occurrences, this opera really seemed to be about the handshake. I never realized that the simple handshake was such a dramatic event.
Also, I didn't know Mao was really Santa Claus in disguise. I thought he was a murdering piece of water buffalo turd. His wife was hot, too.
