Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Not a Fan

As much as I love music,
I’m not sorry to admit
That opera’s the exception,
For I like it not one bit.

It’s not that I don’t understand
The words (although that’s true),
But rather it’s the voices
All the critics ballyhoo.

Sopranos, tenors, baritones -
They all get on my nerves,
Then you toss in some vibrato 
(Which no audience deserves),

Add some overdone emoting,
Make-up way beyond the top
And the flashiest of costumes -
I’d go on, but here I’ll stop.

Opera fans the whole world over
Are both cultured and refined,
But, though classical I covet,
Opera leaves me disinclined.

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Caren Krutsinger October 20, 2022 at 1:54 AM I love classical music but despise opera. Too slow.

Rico Leffanta October 3, 2022 at 10:55 AM I grew up with opera in house, i.e., my eldest sister pouring her heart out on piano keys whilst my kid sister sang her heart out to the neighbourhood from the balcony, so I hear and feel quite differently although I enjoyed your poem! Aloha!

Gershon Wolf October 2, 2022 at 6:49 PM I agreed with you up to age 50. Then something happened inside me. Classical operas, waltzes, violin concertos, symphonies, ballets -- I love all of it now. Oh, well. Time to listen to Itzchak Perlman play Purple Haze (in the Key of Jeez). :) gw

Jim Slaughter October 2, 2022 at 1:51 PM I'm most definitely with you on this subject, Ilene. I keep trying to watch operas on Great Performances on PBS, but I usually don't get much past the first ten or fifteen minutes. I have enjoyed some of the movie renditions of some operas, however.

L Milton Hankins October 2, 2022 at 1:21 PM (chuckling) I love classical music, Ilene, but opera...well, I've never been to one. Although I do like Les Miserables, which is essentially an opera.