Opera Can Be For Normal PeopleOpera Can Be For Normal People In the article, “The Sopranos: Dissecting opera’s fervent fans,” the author, Jessa Crispin, discusses people who like opera. I find this article very interesting because I study with Lorraine Nubar, the Head of the Vocal Division at Juilliard Precollege. I have liked opera since I first heard Monteverdi at four-years-old. Crispin quotes Claudio E. Benzecry, who groups opera fans into four groups: The hero, who attends performances under the belief that he is keeping the art alive by paying for tickets; the addict, who values their family, friends, spouses, money, and sanity less t
A Transformation of Sweetheart Roland A Transformation of “Sweetheart Roland” Introduction The original Grimms’ fairy tale, “Sweetheart Roland,” contains many interesting plots elements but ultimately lacks cohesion. Many of the events are unreasonable or illogical. The story includes too many climaxes in too short a time span. In my transformation of “Sweetheart Roland,” I attempt to condense unnecessary parts while expanding on others. I also reframe the time period so that the events take place in the modern era of the 1920’s. The story is about an unnamed female protagonist who I ref
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