'Well, basically there are two sorts of opera,’ said Nanny, who also had the true witch’s ability to be confidently expert on the basis of no experience whatsoever. ‘There’s your heavy opera, where basically people sing foreign and it goes like “Oh oh oh, I am dyin’, oh, I am dyin’, oh, oh, oh, that’s what I’m doin’” and there’s your light opera, where they sing in foreign and it basically goes “Beer! Beer! Beer! Beer! I like to drink lots of beer!” although sometimes they drink champagne instead. That’s basically all of opera, reely.’
‘What? Either dyin’ or drinkin’ beer?’
‘Basically, yes,’ said Nanny, contriving to suggest that this was the whole gamut of human experience.
‘And that’s opera?’
‘We-ll…there might be some other stuff. But mostly it’s stout or stabbin’.' (Ma)
‘What? Either dyin’ or drinkin’ beer?’
‘Basically, yes,’ said Nanny, contriving to suggest that this was the whole gamut of human experience.
‘And that’s opera?’
‘We-ll…there might be some other stuff. But mostly it’s stout or stabbin’.' (Ma)
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