When I was little, me and my family went on many road trips. My parents discovered very quickly that five hours of sitting in a car with two children (sometimes loud and boisterous, sometimes bickering) was not very pleasant. One that my brother and I never got tired of listening too was the opera “The Magic Flute” by Mozart. It was translated for children into a story with musical interludes (and certainly not in its original language of German) but all the same we got the picture. We listened to it so much that my parents grew sick of it and wouldn’t let us listen to it anymore. We mimicked the operatic style of the singer’s voices as we bellowed loudly in the car. The whole thing was ironic because no one in my family is particularly fond of opera, yet we all took a liking to this one because of one single little section. Our favorite song was the “Powers of Night” because it really emphasized operatic style and was fun to emulate/mock… I remember that me and my brother would take turns singing the staccato high section and compete to see who could do it the with the most volume and vibrato (we made our parents judge, who of course said we both sounded great). Looking back, I find the picture of me and my brother having opera sing-offs pretty funny, especially since we both probably sounded terrible.
Here is a link to the song we liked, the part we knew is a 1:28 seconds into it (I honestly can’t believe I found the same version we listened too)
On the first year I wasn't able to do Opera Camp (after 7 consecutive summers) they decided they were going to do the Magic Flute, which I was very upset about! I remember one of the counselors messaging my friend Amaya and I saying how upset they were we weren't there because they had chosen that show for our group, but anyways. I remember sitting in my room one evening and watching the Magic Flute that was on instant on netflix. When I told my old voice teacher this she got really excited that I knew this show, and showed me this video.
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It is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! I just remembered about it when I listened to the part of the aria you said that you and your brother knew from the recording. I think you would really enjoy it, if you liked that part of the song.
Hahah, I love this post! Coincidentally, my brother and I used to listen to this album a lot when we were younger and would actually mimic this part of the song too. Not only would Gavin and I mimic this part of the song, but I remember back in the day when I used to do a lot of All About Theatre, my friend Cheyenne and I would always sing this in dressing rooms while we were getting ready to perform. (Not really sure if that was good for our voices, but we were probably singing off-key anyway). Anyway, I'm really fond of this show and the songs in it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, commenting on what Carla commented, thats a really cool video and I really enjoyed watching it! The Magic Flute would be such a fun show to perform in, and an opera camp sounds very intriguing.
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ReplyDeleteHahah, I love this post! Coincidentally, my brother and I used to listen to this album a lot when we were younger and would actually mimic this part of the song too. Not only would Gavin and I mimic this part of the song, but I remember back in the day when I used to do a lot of All About Theatre, my friend Cheyenne and I would always sing this in dressing rooms while we were getting ready to perform. (Not really sure if that was good for our voices, but we were probably singing off-key anyway). Anyway, I'm really fond of this show and the songs in it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, commenting on what Carla commented, thats a really cool video and I really enjoyed watching it! The Magic Flute would be such a fun show to perform in, and an opera camp sounds very intriguing.