Opera?

Watching Opera for an hour and half sounds quite painful. I am not a fan of Opera, and it gets a really bad wrap. However, the clips shown in class were actually quite interesting. While there is no way I am going to start listening to Opera frequently, I could appreciate the technological advances that it took to put on such performances. The amazing sets, fireworks, and huge musical numbers were impressive. The coolest thing was the dinner performance for the king of France in the garden. The set and pyrotechnics were extremely elaborate. In conclusion, I sill don't enjoy listening to the long high pitch tones in a foreign language that Opera often consists of, but the talent of the writers and performers can't be ignored.