Attendance of vice-president – who once disbelieved that people listened to classical music for pleasure – strikes sour note at Kennedy Center in light of Maga takeover
The situation invokes a thought of ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Opera was originally art for the masses. I get the thing about everyone thinking its elitest but i was brought up by 2 generations of working class people who loved opera and classical music. Worked at the Derby Playhouse, its just elitist because its in movies and stuff a lot
Oh that’s interesting. didn’t know that. I figured it was expensive since it “needed” and opera house so it was elitist because of pricing. Maybe it just became that way like you said.
Well I spoke to several music enthusiasts irl and we cant tell why anyone would play those ancient scores other than its technically difficult. It doesn’t sound good.
You can say exactly the same about any music
Yes I but i think its gatekeeping and pretentious. The elites just use old classical as their thing.
Opera was originally art for the masses. I get the thing about everyone thinking its elitest but i was brought up by 2 generations of working class people who loved opera and classical music. Worked at the Derby Playhouse, its just elitist because its in movies and stuff a lot
Oh that’s interesting. didn’t know that. I figured it was expensive since it “needed” and opera house so it was elitist because of pricing. Maybe it just became that way like you said.
100% there’s a culture of gatekeeping and elitism all too common around classical music - but it’s not the music’s fault
Well I spoke to several music enthusiasts irl and we cant tell why anyone would play those ancient scores other than its technically difficult. It doesn’t sound good.