Opera Talk

A few days ago I asked my roommate what his thoughts were on opera.  He was immediately taken off-guard by the question, but was able to give me a few ideas of what opera was relative to him.  He said that when he thought of opera, he thought of oversized people singing in musicals on Broadway in New York City.  He claimed that the only people that go to see operas are very rich individuals with nothing better to do with there time.  He then went on to say that the word opera puts a vision of a large lady singing such a high, long note that glass begins to shatter everywhere.  These are some very interesting thoughts that he had to share with me and gave me an idea of what an indidivdual like him thinks about opera.