
{"id":24766,"date":"2021-03-26T16:57:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T15:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/?p=24766"},"modified":"2022-10-25T11:54:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:54:49","slug":"what-is-the-best-opera-to-see-for-a-beginner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/en\/what-is-the-best-opera-to-see-for-a-beginner\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the best opera to see for a beginner?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>There is always a first time: the best opera to see for a beginner<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;ve never been to the opera? Well, you have to start from somewhere! First of all, what is an <\/span><b>opera<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? It is a theatrical and musical performance, based on a libretto and then set to music. The staging involves the development of the story of one or more characters and often involves large sets. The acting alternates with the singing and the musical part is handled by an orchestra, which can be composed of a few elements until it becomes a symphony orchestra. &#8220;Very well, but how can I decide on one opera over another? And above all, which work should I choose? &#8221; One thing at a time \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>A few words about the best opera to see for a beginner<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, how do you choose <\/span><b>the best opera to see for a beginner<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? There are two basic elements to consider: the <\/span><b>plot<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014that is, the story itself\u2014and the <\/span><b>length<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the opera. Remember that opera is a certain age &#8230; four centuries old; therefore you have a large amount of material available, from tragic to comic to <\/span><b>love stories<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Here it all depends on your personal taste. Are you the sad and serious type or are you an incurable romantic?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, the length. If this is your first time at the opera, you should know that the opera already has its own &#8220;duration,&#8221; between two and three hours. So don&#8217;t choose an opera that is too long because\u2026 you might fall asleep. According to Nietzsche, Wagner was a narcotic!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>1) The best opera to see for a beginner: La Traviata<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22660 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/story-of-la-traviata-the-opera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1081\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/story-of-la-traviata-the-opera.jpg 1081w, https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/story-of-la-traviata-the-opera-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/story-of-la-traviata-the-opera-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/story-of-la-traviata-the-opera-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/story-of-la-traviata-the-opera-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1081px) 100vw, 1081px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Probably Giuseppe Verdi&#8217;s most famous opera, created in 1853, \u201c<\/span><b>La Traviata<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d is based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, \u201cLa Dame aux Cam\u00e9lias\u201d, and adapted from the libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is not easy to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/en\/what-is-the-story-of-la-traviata-the-opera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>summarize the story of &#8220;La Traviata<\/b><\/a><b>&#8220;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a few words but it is the tale of a very modern love, a love that defies all social conventions and asserts itself against all obstacles. Although the love story of Violetta Valery, a prostitute, and Alfredo Germont, a young man from a bourgeois family, ends with the death of the former, it speaks of a love beyond time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>2) The best opera to see for a beginner: Enchanting Opera Arias<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Rome, thanks to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>I Virtuosi dell\u2019opera di Roma<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the show &#8220;<\/span><b>Enchanting Opera Arias<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; gives you the chance to attend several operas at once. How is that possible? Simple: these are well-known arias from famous operas, such as, for example, &#8220;<\/span><b>Va&#8217; pensiero<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; from &#8220;<\/span><b>Nabucco<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; by <\/span><b>Verdi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or &#8220;<\/span><b>Nessun dorma<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; from &#8220;<\/span><b>Turandot<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; by Puccini. This really is the perfect show for <\/span><b>opera beginners<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So all you need to do is come to Rome, where you will surely find <\/span><b>the<\/b> <b>best opera to see for a beginner<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is always a first time: the best opera to see for a beginner &nbsp; You&#8217;ve never been to the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[696],"tags":[748,862],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24766"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}