Michigan Opera Theatre Flash Performance "O Fortuna" --Go Detroit!

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On Sept. 25, 2011, members of Michigan Opera Theatre's chorus, children's chorus, and Rackham Symphony Choir suprised Tigers fans at Comerica Park with a "flash opera" performance of Carl Orff's "O Fortuna" from "Carmina Burana."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-DfF1iLD5g&feature=related

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1. odds are it fell on deaf/irritated ears...

oh, and Hannity used to (maybe still does) as an intro piece for his 'show'...so maybe not.

Carmina Burana is one of my fav's! Fell in love with the ballet with this one...


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2. that's a snotty comment....

i watched the video, and the audience was both attentive and appreciative.

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3. yes, there was a small gathering that was indeed attentive

but in the vid you can see people just wandering right on past...even passing in front of people attempting to view. the bulk of americans have no appreciation for art and of those standing and viewing i would wager a good percentage of them were just watching because it was a novelty or because they thought Hannity was going to come out.

hell, even people that GO to the opera and ballet many times are there to be seen and not enjoy it...

if it is a snotty perception...then so be it.

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6. I used to go to the opera a lot.

And I was one of those nerds that would sing along in the original language.

Especially Cherubino's two arias from The Marriage of Figaro, Voi che sapete and Non so piu, cosa son, cosa faccio.

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4. Why do you feel compelled to make negative comments about a good thing?

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7. nothing more than a commentary on the lack

of arts appreciation in this world...it is a lament. i am sad about it and i commented about the sadness. forgive me for sharing an opinion on a discussion board.

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5. There is also an original Carmina Burana from the 14th century

I have the CD.

It's still cool.

You think that's bad, Joshua Bell was playing Bach Unaccompanied Sonatas and Partitas on the violin in a Washington D.C. subway station. Nobody stopped to listen because everyone was in a hurry.

But at a ball game I would think at least some people would stop. A lot of people did watch.

Orff also wrote an opera I saw many years ago called "Der Mond" (the moon).

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8. you have a CD?

I am confused. Carmina Burana is a name that was given to a collection of poems and prose from the 11th and 12th centuries and Orff set them to music in the 30's (I think though it might have been earlier). Do you have something like a reading of the originals NOT set to music? That WOULD be cool! If I understood you, I would LOVE to know where to get my hands on something like that...

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