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minus-square7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months agoIs there any constellation in which the opera gets to be leftist? I feel like it’s either hideously expensive or alternatively subsidized by tax money on the basis of it’s “high culture” despite 90% of people not having any interest in it
minus-squareLeZero [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_opera
minus-square7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoCrucialy I have nothing for or against Opera as an art, what pisses me off is that it’s seen as “high culture” and subsidized to no end
minus-squarethethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoSome Chinese opera is pretty great. This is from the Long March song cycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh63s2jyRXU
Is there any constellation in which the opera gets to be leftist? I feel like it’s either hideously expensive or alternatively subsidized by tax money on the basis of it’s “high culture” despite 90% of people not having any interest in it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_opera
Crucialy I have nothing for or against Opera as an art, what pisses me off is that it’s seen as “high culture” and subsidized to no end
Some Chinese opera is pretty great. This is from the Long March song cycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh63s2jyRXU