In a message dated 1/19/2002 1:09:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, dgrogan@e... writes:
> It > sounded so much bigger on the CD.
as someone who has spent more time listening to opera on record than seeing it in the theater, the impression i get from listening to recordings is that the orchestra accompanies the singer (in terms of relative presence). hearing opera in the larger opera houses, i get more of an impression that the voices are part of the texture of the orchestra. i don't find this to be true in very small houses nor in places like boston's symphony hall.
mike
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