Roger Waters - Ça Ira
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Free Music Review: Roger's *Opera* Opera
Hit: 4 Stars
I definitely enjoy classical music, and I do appreciate the opera genre, but I didn't own any classical operas on CD. Until now: I've just bought "Ca Ira" by former Pink Floyd bassist/composer Roger Waters. Like many other longtime Waters/Pink Floyd fans, I had known about Roger's "Ca Ira" project for some time. In the pipeline for 15 long years, it almost seemed as if "Ca Ira" would never see the light of day. But Roger has finally finished it and released it to the world, and, I must admit, it's a very impressive work. Basing his classical opera on an original libretto by Etienne & Nadine Roda-Gil, Waters' "Ca Ira" is the story of the French Revolution, with the opera metaphorically set inside a circus ring, complete with a ringmaster, clowns, and acrobats acting out the tale. To make a long review short, I'll just say this: I think the music is quite powerful, the libretto (in english) is very intriguing, and the vocal performances by such opera veterans as Bryn Terfel, Paul Groves and Ying Huang are all superb. I also like the various sound effects, such as guns & cannons being fired, dogs barking, and the falling of the guillotine, as they all add to the mood & atmosphere of the piece. And the sound quality is great, too."Ca Ira" may not be for everybody, as some of Roger's fans may have set their expectations of it too high. My advice to them is this: don't expect to hear "The Wall Part II," or anything "Floydian" for that matter. This is a *classical* opera, not a rock opera. There's no guitar solos, no rock elements whatsoever, and Roger doesn't sing on it, either. But Roger HAS done an incredible job here, and, after waiting 15 years for it, I'm just happy to finally hear "Ca Ira" at last. And it is very, very good stuff indeed. I hope I can see it performed on the live stage in the near future, too. I strongly recommend picking up Roger Waters' "Ca Ira." Free Music Review: Down off your high horse.
Hit: 5 Stars
For starters, for those who want to quibble about exactly whether Ça Ira is or isn't an opera, or whether it's musical theater, or whatever else, Webster's defines opera as, "a drama set to music and made up of vocal pieces with orchestral accompaniment and orchestral overtures and interludes." That being said we can all breathe a huge sigh of relief that we have the likes of Shaun to remind of not only of what is and isn't opera, but what is highbrow and what is middle-brow music. For those of you who don't want to waste your time on music that is merely beautiful, passionate, moving, stirring, or which just sounds good, you can weigh it's intellectual content, and thus judge its musical worth on that note, like those who believe language poets are superior because their poetry can mean anything to anyone (or nothing at all!) Talk about pretentious. I'm sure Mozart thought long and hard while composing his operas to make sure they appealed to the highest of the intellectuals and elitists, as opposed to the masses and unwashed rabble. The theatrical device of the circus ring I suppose is unoriginal; the same with the use of sound effects. I guess the lovely melodies are trite, as is the sustained power of the orchestration, and the great use of the children's choir. The music of revolt in the piece "Silver, Sugar and Indigo" is brilliant. There's nothing trite, or ponderous, or pretentious, or undrammatic, here except for one or two reviewers who completely missed the mark. Pity, instead of congratulating Waters for doing something few are capable of doing, and for branching out musically, he's criticized by arbiters of good taste and highbrow art like Shaun. Or Grant with his ridiculous litany of weak nonsense in comparing Ça Ira to The Wall or Animals. Let's hear your operas, laddies!Free Music Review: Oy!
Hit: 1 Stars
Why is that interesting artists from other mediums and genres drop everything that makes their music interesting, exciting, innovative and relevant when they decide to cross over to "serious' classical music? This is horrible "Les Mis" style drek; pretentious, ponderous, inert and excruciatingly simplistic. An awfully long way from "The Wall" or even "Animals".Free Music Review: Very well put together opera by a rockstar
Hit: 5 Stars
I had no idea Roger Waters was working on an opera until its release date, when I heard him promote it. Since I'm a fan of many operas and of Roger Waters I had to pick it up. It is fantastic in the sound and quality, the singers are great, and it all flows together to make something worth competeing against some of Wagner's first operas, such as Die Feen and Rienzi. 3 acts take up 2 CDs of some graet music, and the sampling he puts into the music only furthers it into a technologically advanced opera. If you've been waiting for a new opera to emerge, this is for you.Free Music Review: Eat Your Heart Out Mr. Webber....
Hit: 5 Stars
I've been waiting for about 6 years, ever since Roger Waters had announced he was working on an Opera. After picking it up and listening to it, I can't say that I'm disappointed with it. The music is very well written, the singing is awesome and it's quite a bit different than Roger Waters' normal stuff. Although, to the people who says he's never written classical music, they might want to listen to "Atom Heart Mother", that is sort of classical.
Anyways, now there is some substance behind the line, "Lloyd Webber's Awful STuff runs for years and years and years..."