tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post148877694438231282..comments2024-03-18T20:41:56.222-04:00Comments on Kinderkuchen for the FBI: Young people at the operaDr.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-33688076145777704932011-08-14T20:05:45.990-04:002011-08-14T20:05:45.990-04:00When I was a kid and pestering my season-ticketed ...When I was a kid and pestering my season-ticketed parents to take me to the opera, they said "Maybe we'll take you to <i>Hansel & Gretel</i>" -- which prospect to me then was the Height of Uncool. Two years later I went (without them) to my first live opera performance, and it was <i>Tristan</i>. Go figure.<br /><br />If I were a kid today, raised on a whole range musical styles that are not particularly melody-dependent, why would I find <i>The Magic Flute</i> in the least interesting?strayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109343770835869181noreply@blogger.com