Which opera did everyone last see / hear - mine was Tosca about a month ago - a small touring company who made a good job of it. Pretty dramatic best "flying" Tosca I've ever seen at the end. A large lady with no fear of throwing herself into the unknown
a decent voice too.
Reminds me.
I took my young daughter to see TOSCA at Lincoln Center, her first opera, eons ago and her comment
at the end was: how come we didn't the body crashing on the ground? (Or words to that effect.)
Kids.
Bloodthirsty.

My favorite Tosca is Leontyne Price, oh she of the divine voice!
Honestly why couldn't God have let her live and sing forever?
Oh wait, she does.
On dvd. Although her early stuff, when her voice was at its most sublime, is hard
to come by, unfortunately.
As for BBM as opera. Yes. Yes and YES!
We posted about this a while back on, I think, the BBM music thread,
and if anyone's interested, you can hit my name you'll come up with some
comments made then which were later used on The Daily Sheet.
So I am a MAJOR proponent of the idea.
Glad to see it and other things opera being discussed here and about.
My initial feeling then and now is that an opera of BBM is a natural.
I can see two maybe three fantastically strong arias sung by Alma and in the end,
on the phone, Lureen. Earlier, when Jack and Lureen meet, there could be a duo
divided by the length of the stage as she sings of her luck in having found this
rip-roaring cowboy prince and he sings (with the dancers in between) of his luck
in having come across this moneyed cowgirl princess, the answer to his privation.
He never need starve again.
Or so he thinks.
At the reunion, Alma reeling against what her eyes see but her senses tell her cannot
be true. I titled the aria: 'What have I seen?'
The emotional turmoil of the Thanksgiving reveal would be a good duo moment
for Alma and Ennis.
Later Lureen on the phone with Ennis.
On the mountain:
Jack can fully give voice to Water Walking Jesus written in operatic style.
Ennis will have his moment after the FNIT when he realizes the enormity of what
has occurred. A self directed aria meant only for his ears. Then a little later, the "One shot
thing..." (Is aria the right term for the male tenor singing alone? I forget...)
Later Jack in the Dozey Embrace scene can break our hearts once again. This must be
ALL about longing. Think how beautiful it would be.
I can envision Jack and Ennis singing duos merely because opera is not about realism
at all. And in the end, the famous "I swear...." Clutching the shirts.
Not a dry eye in the house.
Oh if only the right composer could be found, willing to take this on.
I can only dream.