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A Newbie Night at the Opera
Date: 6/13/2012 By Anthony Mariani, Fort Worth Weekly
I liked Fort Worth Opera’s Tosca so much I made my friends go see it.
I didn’t really make them go, but I did talk two rock musicians and a Fort Worth Weekly sales rep into humoring me. They didn’t all turn into overnight opera fans, but, well, I think the results would have made my dad proud.
I’m a first-generation Italian-American whose father moved to the states when he was 18 years old, so I got my fill of opera growing up. We listened to recordings of productions and of Pavarotti arias on the orange eight-track player given to my older sister as a Christmas gift one year but quickly commandeered by my father for family use. Believe me, I wasn’t instantly hooked on all those high Cs and fluttery strings. I was way into rock ’n’ roll.
-- Anthony Mariani, Fort Worth Weekly
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Date: 6/13/2012 By Anthony Mariani, Fort Worth Weekly
I liked Fort Worth Opera’s Tosca so much I made my friends go see it.
I didn’t really make them go, but I did talk two rock musicians and a Fort Worth Weekly sales rep into humoring me. They didn’t all turn into overnight opera fans, but, well, I think the results would have made my dad proud.
I’m a first-generation Italian-American whose father moved to the states when he was 18 years old, so I got my fill of opera growing up. We listened to recordings of productions and of Pavarotti arias on the orange eight-track player given to my older sister as a Christmas gift one year but quickly commandeered by my father for family use. Believe me, I wasn’t instantly hooked on all those high Cs and fluttery strings. I was way into rock ’n’ roll.
-- Anthony Mariani, Fort Worth Weekly
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