[ SECRET POST #2241 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2241 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

They're supposed to sing almost every line, like an opera, and it would be the same if you saw it on stage. The "monotone" parts are 'recitative' (reh-see-sah-teeve), and stand in for speaking. It's easier to emote with recitative than with a more traditional song melody, because the patterns are the same as speech so you can inflect things more naturally. It does allow some of the melodic phrases from the big songs (or 'arias') to come back at key points, which helps develop the key themes of the work.

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, thanks for putting people off opera even more. Bonus points for the condescending "this is how to pronounce a French word, because you are clearly dim" attitude.

It is possible not to enjoy a certain art form and still be quite intelligent, jsyk.

[(Anonymous)]

...what? I don't think they came across as condescending at all. I, for one, would have pronounced it the English way, as in "ree-sai-tay-tiv," had the anon not pointed out that it's supposed to be French. Anon was most likely making the assumption that most people would do the same as I, not because we're dim, but because "recitative" is also an English word that is pronounced in a different way.

I think you're trying too hard to be offended.

[(Anonymous)]

Uh, anon does not sound condescending at all? These are decidedly not common knowledge so anon just wants to explain some things.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, it really seems that you're reaching here.

Explaining things at a fundamental level =/= condescension. Almost everyone I know starts out saying it in a more Anglicized way until they learn better--mostly through going to school or asking me about opera.