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Classical Music

sdfernando

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3. It's a great opera.

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 11:09 PM

23 hrs ago

So for the opening of the bacchanal, you have that solo that everyone knows (or should).....pretty much every Oboe player I've ever know says that the solo is "a racial slur for the oboe".

I find that so funny!

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Saint-Saens - 'Samson et Dalila' [View all] sprinkleeninow Yesterday OP

What a lovely voice. usonian Yesterday #1

I had an inkling....YOU might. An' you did❣️ sprinkleeninow 23 hrs ago #2

Some arias and other pieces really get to me. usonian 23 hrs ago #6

It's a great opera. sdfernando 23 hrs ago #3

I'm not that well equipped in my understanding, but I will take your expert word❣️ sprinkleeninow 23 hrs ago #4

I can hear it but I am short of racial slurs. usonian 23 hrs ago #5