Favorite Mozart Opera

Started by DavidW, May 17, 2011, 07:19:09 AM

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Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, KV 35
0 (0%)
Apollo et Hyacinthus, KV 38
0 (0%)
Bastien und Bastienne, KV 50
0 (0%)
La finta semplice, KV 51
0 (0%)
Mitridate, re di Ponto, KV 87
0 (0%)
Ascanio in Alba, KV 111
0 (0%)
Il sogno di Scipione, KV 126
0 (0%)
Lucio Silla, KV 135
0 (0%)
La finta giardiniera, KV 196
0 (0%)
Il re pastore, KV 208
0 (0%)
Thamos, König in Ägypten, KV 345
0 (0%)
Zaide (incomplete), KV 344
0 (0%)
Idomeneo, re di Creta, KV 366
1 (2%)
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, KV 384
1 (2%)
L'oca del Cairo (incomplete), KV 422
0 (0%)
Lo sposo deluso (incomplete), KV 430
0 (0%)
Der Schauspieldirektor, KV 486
0 (0%)
Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492
17 (33.3%)
Don Giovanni, KV 527
18 (35.3%)
Così fan tutte, KV 588
3 (5.9%)
La clemenza di Tito, KV 621
0 (0%)
Die Zauberflöte, KV 620
11 (21.6%)

Total Members Voted: 42

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karlhenning

#60
May 18, 2011, 06:59:21 AM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on May 18, 2011, 06:56:27 AM
I would love to be the Stoned Guest... :)

Far out!

springrite

#61
May 18, 2011, 06:59:58 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 18, 2011, 06:57:54 AM
Well Gurn, I promise not to throw any stones in the nether regions.  ;D

but do provide him with plenty of Moosehead beer and Canadian Turkey.
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Opus106

#62
May 18, 2011, 07:00:58 AM
Il Gurnatore
Regards,
Navneeth

karlhenning

#63
May 18, 2011, 07:01:19 AM
Quote from: springrite on May 18, 2011, 06:59:58 AM
but do provide him with plenty of Moosehead beer and Canadian Turkey.

Labatt's!

Brahmsian

#64
May 18, 2011, 07:02:52 AM
Quote from: springrite on May 18, 2011, 06:59:58 AM
but do provide him with plenty of Moosehead beer and Canadian Turkey.

Canadian Turkey....is that a kind of whisky?  I prefer Crown Royal.  Sleeman's Honey Brown for beer.  8)

DavidW

#65
May 18, 2011, 07:03:01 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on May 18, 2011, 07:00:58 AM
Il Gurnatore

Il Gurnatore di Tito... oh wait we're not playing that game anymore! ;D

springrite

#66
May 18, 2011, 07:04:27 AM
Quote from: haydnfan on May 18, 2011, 07:03:01 AM
Il Gurnatore di Tito... oh wait we're not playing that game anymore! ;D

Il Re Gurnatore
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Dancing Divertimentian

#67
May 18, 2011, 09:33:34 PM
Quote from: Leon on May 18, 2011, 06:06:58 AM
I'm glad someone else voted for Cosi -

Yeah, you and me and the third person can form a brotherhood. It's my fave as well. Knocks my socks off with the most robust ensemble singing in all Mozart. Uncanny.

If David Ross were here I'd hazard he'd be the third Cosi voter. ;D

Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Wendell_E

#68
May 19, 2011, 03:13:44 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on May 18, 2011, 09:33:34 PM
If David Ross were here I'd hazard he'd be the third Cosi voter. ;D

But he's not.  I was the third first!   8)
"Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." ― Mark Twain

DavidW

#69
May 19, 2011, 07:05:43 AM
For those that didn't vote or can't see the results this is what we have so far:

Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492
    7 (36.8%)
Don Giovanni, KV 527
    3 (15.8%)
Così fan tutte, KV 588
    3 (15.8%)
Die Zauberflöte, KV 620
    6 (31.6%)

Total Members Voted: 19

It looks like Figaro will win this one.

Dancing Divertimentian

#70
May 19, 2011, 09:07:28 AM
Quote from: Wendell_E on May 19, 2011, 03:13:44 AM
But he's not.  I was the third first!   8)

:)



Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Guido

#71
May 21, 2011, 07:55:08 AM
Figaro. It used to be shared between Don Giovanni and Figaro, but while Don is super-fecund, vital and overwhelming, it is also flawed, whereas the gentler Figaro is just a perfect work in every way.
Geologist.

The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away

Jaakko Keskinen

#72
May 31, 2011, 09:54:23 AM
Don Giovanni, of course! I actually find this dramma giocoso much more hilarious than actual opera buffa, Figaro, yet still so dramatic. Although finale with Commendatore, Don Giovanni and Leporello is quite possibly Mozart's most kickass scene ever, I still always felt little disappointed about Don's death. He was the only character who didn't let stiff, hypocritic moral codes rule his life and that's why I love him so much. Oh well, guess he was too cool to live. Kind of amusing that two most badass characters in the whole opera are the only ones that get killed.
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

DavidW

#73
May 31, 2011, 12:42:09 PM
These are the poll results as of 5/31/11 perhaps by now we can declare Figaro the finest among equals. :)

Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492
    10 (35.7%)
Don Giovanni, KV 527
    9 (32.1%)
Così fan tutte, KV 588
    3 (10.7%)
La clemenza di Tito, KV 621
    0 (0%)
Die Zauberflöte, KV 620
    6 (21.4%)

Total Members Voted: 28

marvinbrown

#74
May 31, 2011, 01:07:25 PM
I was not going to vote as I expected Don Giovanni to win without contest (with all due respect to Le Nozze di Figaro).  But  when I saw them going neck to neck I figured I'd best get my vote in!

marvin

DavidW

#75
May 31, 2011, 01:08:31 PM
Oh no a tie! :o

Jaakko Keskinen

#76
June 01, 2011, 07:07:17 AM
Quote from: mozartfan on May 31, 2011, 01:08:31 PM
Oh no a tie! :o

Dud dud DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNN!

"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

Sergeant Rock

#77
June 01, 2011, 03:17:34 PM
Quote from: mozartfan on May 31, 2011, 01:08:31 PM
Oh no a tie! :o

If Mrs. Rock votes, it will break the tie...but not in your favor.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Brahmsian

#78
June 02, 2011, 08:41:25 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 01, 2011, 03:17:34 PM
If Mrs. Rock votes, it will break the tie...but not in your favor.

Sarge

Oh, please let her log on and vote for Don Giovanni!  :D

DavidW

#79
June 02, 2011, 08:42:26 AM
No Sarge don't do it!! :)
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