[musictlk] Watching the Opera?

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello, that's just what one is supposed to do, get familiar with the opera 
before watching it. But it's still pretty boring unless Bryn Terfel or Renee 
Fleming is performing live, then the energy is enough to keep you awake.
The Met's subtitles are almost accessible, there just needs to be a Jaws 
script made to capture the run away text that pops up on the screen. I need 
to sit down with a libretto in Braille one of these days and see how it 
works.
I'm in contact with SFO to get moveable subtitles that would read out audio 
and or show up on a Braille Display, but I'm not sure how far they've 
gotten. I sent them an email a few mins ago to see their progress.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs
-----Original Message----- 
From: Julie McGinnity
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 7:39 PM
To: Music Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [musictlk] Watching the Opera?

Hi Brandon.

I recently took an opera literature class.  The majority of this class
was spent watching opera.  My friend sat there and read me all the
subtitles.  It worked for a class, but practically, it is not the best
way to do it.  It's not a bad option though if you are watching a dvd.

If you want to watch a live performance in a language with which you
are unfamiliar, you could do research ahead of time of the opera and
listen to the different arias.  Perhaps that would help.  This is a
difficult thing to do because if you simply bring translations to an
opera that is unfamiliar, you will be confused.  The only thing I
would suggest is getting yourself familiar with the opera ahead of
time so that you know how it will flow.  I'll let you know if I come
up with anything better. :)

On 6/14/12, Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I'd like to know how you all like to watch the Opera? Do you read Braille,
> put the libretto on a Braille display, live in Denmark where they have the
> automated Braille displays, or just restrict your Opera watching to Operas
> in your native language or that you know really well?
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs
>
>
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Julie McG
Lindbergh High School class of 2009, National Federation of the Blind
of Missouri recording secretary,
Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
and proud graduate of Guiding Eyes for the Blind

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