In a message dated 1/31/2002 9:18:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, ingo_d@y... writes:
> "Pop opera" is (potentially) a more recent phenomenon. I see it as a > counter-reaction to the impact technology and industrialisation has on > every day life. The masses are yearning for a return to simpler times. > "Pop opera" serves to fulfill this need -- it combines the musical > style of a 'simpler' era (consumer's perceiption) with gentle > arrangements to soothe the frazzled consumer. Simply put, it fits the > image that the masses have adopted of better days in the past. > ingo,
your point makes me think of puccini's 'oriental' operas. they are about as oriental as the cowboy and indian movies of old hollywood are 'old west'.
i think you can see a reaction against technology in a lot of art forms. even in pop music (sorry for that term), mtv started doing their 'unplugged' series. many musicians responded very enthusiatically to the chance to do something 'real' (relative to what had been, these concerts appeared more 'real'). if you look at the 'grunge' movement, it was clearly a reaction to the hi tech of the 80s. and while they were still using technology in their equipment, there was a sense that they were using it as if they'd found in the jungle rather than it being a carefully orchestrated plot.
mike
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