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karinaal · 70-79, F
Some love jazz with the same passion as I love opera but hate opera as passionately as I hate jazz.
I have hated jazz since before I knew the word jazz. Already when I was only four – five years old it caused me headaches and when I heard jazz I for my inner eye saw a picture of some sweaty and apparently suffering black musicians playing in some crowded and smoky place.
One of the big mysteries in my life is where I – especially at so young an age – got that picture into my head and also why I always connected it with jazz.
Being allergic to jazz is not always easy because there is played a lot of jazz here in Denmark. Several of the most famous jazz musicians, for instance Ben Webster, have lived in Copenhagen and Copenhagen's annual jazz festival is the biggest in Europe so at times it is impossible for me to avoid jazz but I physically suffer whenever I hear it.
I have hated jazz since before I knew the word jazz. Already when I was only four – five years old it caused me headaches and when I heard jazz I for my inner eye saw a picture of some sweaty and apparently suffering black musicians playing in some crowded and smoky place.
One of the big mysteries in my life is where I – especially at so young an age – got that picture into my head and also why I always connected it with jazz.
Being allergic to jazz is not always easy because there is played a lot of jazz here in Denmark. Several of the most famous jazz musicians, for instance Ben Webster, have lived in Copenhagen and Copenhagen's annual jazz festival is the biggest in Europe so at times it is impossible for me to avoid jazz but I physically suffer whenever I hear it.
karinaal · 70-79, F
Thank you for the sympathy.
If you too love opera we maybe one day will meet in in the opera somewhere. We are regular guests in the opera houses in Copenhagen and Hamburg and when we travel we always try to visit the opera so I also have enjoyed Rigoletto in Covent Garden.
If you too love opera we maybe one day will meet in in the opera somewhere. We are regular guests in the opera houses in Copenhagen and Hamburg and when we travel we always try to visit the opera so I also have enjoyed Rigoletto in Covent Garden.
MartinII · 70-79, M
That would be great! I would like to visit both the Copenhagen and Hamburg opera houses. But my next opera trip is to Berlin, next Easter.
karinaal · 70-79, F
@MartinII: I love the opera in Hamburg. Our new (relatively) in Copenhagen is great but there is something intimate and almost cosy about the opera in Hamburg. The only thing that prevents me from considering the Hamburg Opera my local opera is that we have to allocate at least two days when we visit it.
Visiting the Berliner Opera will be a great experience for you and I hope that you enjoy it.
Visiting the Berliner Opera will be a great experience for you and I hope that you enjoy it.