Quotulatiousness

January 14, 2015

QotD: Opera snobbery

Filed under: Humour, Media, Quotations — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 01:00

Opera makes things double tricky. A big swath of humanity regards fondness for opera as highbrow in itself. The merest acquaintance with truly dedicated opera buffs will set you right on that. To them, brow-height-wise, the bel canto style that owns my affections — which is to say, early 19th-century Italian opera — ranks somewhere down there with roller derby and monster truck shows.

John Derbyshire, “Confessions of a Middlebrow”, Taki’s Magazine, 2014-05-22

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