I Bought An Opera, ...First Ever,...

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Soldaten, what's it about?

Dixit Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Soldaten

Going by the description, it may really be the sort of work which has to be seen, not just heard.

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Right. Same with the Gorecki. Stefania Wotocotowoisz wot wot is my favorite singer like that. I think I have the 'Song of the Night'...

Umm...this is better than anything Gorecki composed IMHO.

[snyprrr]

Soldaten, what's it about?

I think soldiers rape a girl? The horrors of war? Now that I've heard it, I dread going back to reeeeead, lol!! Anyway, it's well nigh one of the most cumulatively awesome things I've ever heard- like Ive's 'Universe' Symphony for Opera??






Just ordered the 'Requiem for A YoungPpoet'... the new SACD 5:1... guess I'll have to go to the Bose store to hear this one proper, hah, that should scare em...

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For 2nd listen, am cutting up 'Die Soldaten', listening to individual Tracks So much powerful music. Quite literally the most bang for the buck in quite a while.


The fact that the instrumentation is so all encompassing, along with the poly-styles-at-once makes this some of the densed listening.


OK, I'll contain myself...

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Die Soldaten will be staged here in a few months. I've never heard anything by Zimmermann, but did see that this opera has won high praise. So, should I go?