Opera seria were stories usually with a mythological or classical theme. The polar opposite of opera seria was opera buffa. These were stories that involved everyday people.
If opera interests you, Vancouver Opera’s 2023-24 season opens with Mozart’s The Magic Flute, a singspiel opera that features spoken words. If you get bored, amuse yourself by reinventing the Queen Of The Night aria into a hit for Taylor Swift.
Jane Macdougall is a freelance writer and former National Post columnist who lives in Vancouver. She will be writing on The Bookless Club every Saturday online and in The Vancouver Sun. For more of what Jane’s up to, check out her website,Send your answers by email text, not an attachment, in 100 words or less, along with your full name to Jane atDid you work a summer job? What was your first job?
• I was 15 and working at the Alberni Valley Drive-In patrolling the trails pretending to catch kids sneaking in. One day, while The Raspberries “Go All The Way” was being pumped through the speakers posted across the undulating field, I noticed the setting sun reflecting gold off the concession’s window. For a few seconds, I felt an appreciation of being young and full of life’s untapped potential.
This was my first “cheque paying” steady job. Six-day week, $34 a month. Nobody cared that I was underage. Most knew I needed the money to help my family of eight kids. I note this because working to make a buck at that age, I was regularly chiselled out or cheated out of rightful wages. Many families in those days were still dealing with the wrong side of the Depression.
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