The comments on youtube crack me up - people get into arguments and sometimes it becomes clear that the only reason they have crossed paths at all is because they are on the internet, the great Mixmaster. Often the opera comments escalate into the pounding-on-the-keyboard version of a heated exchange devolving into insults and metaphorical groin-kicks.

On the straight classical side there's a relatively tame argument about tempo on a Beethoven piece, and a callow youth (or whatever) exclaiming how happy he is to've found the music from some game or other; a music lover sourly points out that the music isn't "from" the game, it's "from" Beethoven. Someone thought Karajan had an easy job, just waving his hands about, and much eye-rolling followed from music lovers. For passion, though, it's best to slope over to the opera side for funny comments and the occasional bout of hair-pulling because for every singer's breathless fan there is another commenter who loathes the singer with every fibre of his being.
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Are you trying to be a living proof of Darwin you little fiddlestick. If you respect opera so much, you should be at dismay after watching this Euro-trash rendition of La Traviata which is marketed to the Opera-Lite Meets MTV crowd! Get a clue you dimwit!

Go fuck your mother. You don´t belong here with nice respectful opera fans!
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Villazon is a great tenor.I love his throatty Kemit the frog-like voice .His glissandi re great. I love his fraseggio, he always sounds exciting fierce ,his singing style is really great . His stage presence is very amusing, His timbre and style doesn't resemble to a tenor whose last name starts with D at all. He isn't being promoted by anyone.He's a great tenor his talent is obvious. He isn't overrated at all.
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Bwahahaha!

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