| re: Some truly stunning acting & productions via this free streaming of Met Opera On Demand!! | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 06:00 pm EDT 04/09/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Some truly stunning acting & productions via this free streaming of Met Opera On Demand!! - Chromolume 03:03 pm EDT 04/09/20 | |
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| Well, a lot of pop music and hip-hop at least credits the material that is being re-used and re-mixed. And I think the main differences between Webber/Puccini and the others you mention are that A) Webber pulled multiple Puccini phrases from multiple operas for multiple musicals, and B) these are two of the most iconic composers of the 20th Century whose shared music are in their most iconic shows. If Weber got the rights to those songs for "Phantom" for $14 million, I'd say he got off cheap, the amount of money that "Phantom" has raked in. I can't speak for why others don't bring up Jerry Herman or Leoncavallo more often, but that's not a reason to stop remarking on Webber... and Schonberg and Boublil, who also pulled from "Madama Butterfly" for both of their major mega-hit musicals. And as I've written before, Webber wove those lifted tunes into gorgeous pieces of theater, so it's not as if he sat back and let Giacomo do all the work. |
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