What the SATs should look like

Thursday, 1 October 2009

Opera is to classical what show tunes are to jazz .

Which is to say operas are—excepting a few lyrical standouts and moments of pure musicianship like Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen—an abomination barely preferable to listening to a first year oboe student do scales.

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