I don't think there's any type of media in any genre (except this one special brand of folk music that got me through my teen years and of course classical music in general) that possesses me as much as opera. From my fist Zauberflöte to That One Met Don Carlo to Pelly's Cendrillon to the entirety of what makes Les contes d'Hoffmann there's nothing else that has taken over my entire heart and soul in such a way. It's like Emily D'Angelo said, "opera is everything."
It's always weird to say this in real life because when I tell most people I love opera they're not sure how to respond because they either know very little about it or are stuck on the stereotypes. Which is why I love this place so much because even if I don't get many reblogs I'll get maybe 10 likes, but that 10 likes is 10 people telling me "I get it! I like that too!" which is more than I get irl.
I get so into it to an absurd degree, to the point that I can't just watch new productions without it being a whole thing. I have to set aside the entire day because I need to give myself room to react and process. That doesn't happen with anything else.
idk but it's like. opera isn't just everything. it's everything to me.
