Sad tunes (was I knew that)

[David Casseres]

Mascaro sez

>Just about anything by Puccini, right?

Right -- most particularly Vissi d'Arte (Tosca) and Un Bel Di (Madama 
Butterfly).  The latter is particularly interesting in that it's the only 
Really Big Aria in the whole opera; everything that goes before leads up 
to it and everything that follows, follows directly from it.  It's 
beautiful and sad all by itself but in context it can be emotionally 
overwhelming.


Cheers,
David