Saturday, February 10, 2024

The dangers of ooera …

… The Imaginary Operagoer: A Memoir | The Hudson Review. (Hat tip, Dave lull.)

I was raised among Italians and Mexicans, all deeply Catholic, even the atheists. Yet they half agreed with the Puritans. Opera crossed some boundary. It might not be depraved, but it was virulent in its pretention and sentimentality.

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