Paradise Lost

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About 2 years ago I posted about Paradise Lost, an "Opera Electronica" written by Eric Whitacre. There are finally recordings available! They're still preliminary demos, but there's enough to really get an idea of what it is like. I like it. I can't tell yet though whether I'll like it more or less as I continue to listen. It's also hard to

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[katealaurel]

Ben-asaurus:

Re: your last several posts:

I suck at keeping in touch, but I <3 hearing about your life and seeing pictures.

Hugs!

-K

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Kate-radactyl:

No worries about your suckiness at in touch keepingness.

xoxo

[piezocuttlefish]

<3 Whitacre. Thanks for sharing!

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Happy to! What do you think of it?

[piezocuttlefish]

I've only listened to the first five songs thus far. In your old entry, you quoted him as saying that he'd been listening to Radiohead and Björk, and I think the electronica in the opus bears that mark. I have to remind myself that I'm listening to opera, not just electronica. At this point I'm a little confused, a little intrigued, and overall pleased.