Yesterday, i went to the Opera, and it was beautiful.
The Sarasota Opera House holds a free session every tuesday and friday, in an open courtyard lined with shrubs, and filled with about a hundred listensers.
The show was actually a sampler of the upcoming operettas and performances that were to be shown later this season, and consisted of a two Sopranos, a Tenor and a Baritone accompanied by a gallery piano. Pieces from the classics such as Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville' and Faust were part of the show.
It is impossible to comprehend the dramatic impact the live human voice makes on a listener, vis-a-vis a recording...comparing the two is a folly. Their voices were powerful, pure, and melodic, and they did not need any electric interface to send their soul volleying across the audience; like a tidal wave...
On the other end of the spectrum, i visited the 16th Annual Sarasota Blues festival about ten days ago, and was soaked to the bone in pure american music, surrounded by a crowd full of of tatoo-festooned bikers, middle-aged white folk and the occaisonal young person. The gig was presided over by some local veterans of this genre, who played the more laid-back and relaxed tunes, as opposed to the heavily rock-influenced output of the younger set. All the lead guitarists were brilliant, particularly the Greg Allman and friends group, where all the 'friends' are lead guitars too...one bassist made his axe so some truly scary things.
all in all, a very cool show...
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