FormalWare t1_j2bnnno wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:34 AM

People who "don't care for" opera have no idea what good singing is. A trained opera singer is a good singer by any standard. I am not saying great singers only sing opera; k.d. lang, Sarah Vaughan, and Bobby McFerrin are all great singers. Just stop mistaking weak-ass, breathy crooners and autotuned pretenders for singers.

Slight_Purpose_9092 t1_j2cgi9g wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:28 AM

I don't think most people who "don't care for opera" also recognize that the singers are exceptional. The quality of singing ability is not the reason they don't like it.

FormalWare t1_j2cifct wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:47 AM

I think you've got one more "don't" in there than you intended. You believe people Do recognize the exceptional quality of the singing - but still don't appreciate or enjoy it.

The reason I put quotes around "don't care for" is that I think those who don't appreciate opera, don't "get" opera. It is the highest form of performing art; it isn't for anyone to dismiss, wholesale. A person who will open their ears and their heart will learn to appreciate opera.

Anyway, my main point is that good and not-so-good singing is an objectively determinable thing - to someone who knows how to listen.

GlueForSniffing t1_j2d6foe wrote on December 31, 2022 at 10:51 AM

I like opera but . . . I only half agree with your ending statement.

There are some people who are breathy and crooning and it works. IT's a choice and that make it work and it genuinely sounds good.

But if every song you make is a mumbled, washed out, formulated hipster rerun of what you've already done a dozen times I'm sick of it.