#solraneth

OOooooh now this is going to be difficult! (except the first one, Il trovatore my beloved)

Il Trovatore (the bops, the complex character dynamics, the ~tragedy~, the vibe of it all...~sheer perfection~)

La Traviata (I love Violetta okay...the vulnerability and hope in this opera is astounding...and every. single. note. is perfection)

Don Carlos (I mean... the CHARACTERS, the ANGST, this one hits HARD and I can't watch it often cause it's just too much)

La Forza del Destino (This one has very musically sexy baritone/tenor duets, the OVERTURE, pace pace mio dio, and it's just.. good. )

Un ballo in maschera (sad angry baritone TM, full of bops, the BEST Verdi prelude of all, and all the angst)

Wow this was fun! I didn't know I had it in me!

Thanks so much for the ask!!! <333

I do have some unpopular opinions... Everyone, please don't get mad at me and be aware that this is just *vine voice* mY opINION and it's perfectly okay to disagree <3

In no particular order:

• Puccini is overrated

• Russian operas are the best operas by far <3

• Opera singers don't need to act. As long as the emotions are projected through their voice, I don't care what their faces are doing (it's not like you can see it from the balcony seats anyway, it's the close-up TV streams that puts too much emphasis on facial expression)

• Modernisations are great, but don't mordernise stagings just for modernisation's sake, it needs to make sense for the story. Anachronisms are okay, too, don't get weird trying to get rid of them!

• Netrebko's singing isn't as terrible as everyone says, actually. (Her opinions are stupid, though)

Honorary mention to excellent literature recs🥺💙

Yeeeeee!!!! Lets talk sunshine man <3

do I like them: you very well know of my feelings for this tall golden retriever but for those who don’t : I  A D O R E Thomas 

5 good qualities:  optimistic, driven, open-minded, loving, makes the bible sound sexy

3 bad qualities: horny on main; no self preservation instinct; makes the bible sound sexy ; bit of colonialist savior complex

favourite episode/etc: this is hard but I’m gonna go with 4x10 for OBVIOUS REASONS

otp: FlintHamilton

brotp: hmmmmmmmmmm canonical: Miranda/Thomas; in my head: Madi/Thomas

ot3: o boi... FlintHamiltons and SilverFlintHam both because I can’t choose

notp: Thomas :) and :) Peter :) bloody:) Ashe:))

best quote: “We are fighting a war in the service of the son of god and it is treason to offer forgiveness to any man who would seek it?”

head canon: enjoys cooking, can’t carry a tune to save his life, is a good painter, athletic but not really into sports, asked Miranda to marry him thrice before she agreed, is known to enjoy a good long make out session with certain John Silver while the both of them listen to James read

5. a composer you have tried and failed to like: I really don’t care for Leoncavallo.

9.  a casting/singer’s voice you’ll defend to the death. (now tell us why): Hampson is not a Verdi baritone, but his Rodrigo??? Perfection. He really gets it.

The only acceptable vibe to have <3<3<3<3<3 It automatically excludes people who think Martin is a good character from liking me and that’s the dream life baby!