Squirty Cream

Me and The Girlies love ballet - Swan Lake is beautiful and even the all male version is fantastic! I remember my great aunt taking me to the premiere of the film version the Beatix Potter ballet in London and I was quite entranced. She also took me to see The Black & White Minstral Show, which is probably banned forever and looked upon with horror as the epitomy of political incorrectness

Opera is wonderful - Carmen is fab.

And I love a good musicals Westside Story, Chicago, Caberet, Oliver, Joseph, Jesus Christ Superstar, Moulin Rouge, Evita, Lion King, Billy Liar, South Pacific, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Oaklahoma

Bit worried about the Little One's choice musical viewing at the moment - High School Musical and Hair with the really 'rude song' as she puts it!

Meow

I reckon part of it is some kind of inverse snobbery and part a lack of understanding. To a generation brought up with pop music, opera takes a while to 'get'.

Like any musical genre though, you don't have to like it all. I am not a huge Wagner fan for example, but like Puccini and Verdi. Same with ballet. The classics are OK, but I love modern ballet.

I like many classic musicals like Singing in the Rain, Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof, but Moulin Rouge was unbearable (IMO).


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Nic1

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I like many classic musicals like Singing in the Rain, Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof, but Moulin Rouge was unbearable (IMO).


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I think Moulin Rouge is a bit like Marmite.

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Roadking

I always thought the Teletubbies songs were brilliant.

Some day they will be viewed as classics in the same light as Nesan Dorma.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuiynIn-g9s

Blue Cat

we flew home to see Queen the Musical, it was fantastic, would love to see it again.

Lorna at Vicenza

Loved Oliver as a kid. Still know all the words to the songs. Thought Annie was a bit pathetic.

Also throughly enjoyed Phantom of the Opera.

Jacquie77

I like all three, although being a bit of a pleb I like musicals the most.

I was obsessed by Phantom as a teen; everyone else listed to NKOTB.
I listened to Michael Crawford.

I think ballet is amazing; the sheer athleticism of it astounds me.

I can barely turn a dodgy pirouette, so hats off to them I say!

Spugsy

you start the most bloody stupidest threads man....

Spugsy

thats why I'm glad I'm not indian, a lass I worked with was 'I'll take you to a bollywood film, honest you'll LOVE it',

I was 'erm no I'm not going to that, no way'.

And I have seen bits of some, bloody rubbish, people jumping out from behind trees and singing all the time. Musicals are shit.

Spugsy

ah there you go, rocky horror wasn't so bad, I love the blues brothers, but yeah, generally hate the rest, especially old ones that used to be on on a sunday afternoon.

'I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair' etc - aye right, go on then, bugger off love....

Spugsy

You should disown her mate.

Spugsy

I have to say I wouldn't fancy 3 or 4 hours of opera, although I do have some opera which I do like to listen to, a bit of pavarotti and stuff,

if that makes any sense.

Charismatic

Never really "got" musicals.

Opera - Like bits but couldn't bring myself to watch the whole thing.

Perhaps I'm just an uncultured phillistine, or perhaps there is a place in the market for porn musicals?

MacScot

Musicals are beloved by the friends of Dorothy !