I enjoyed reading Scenes from a Latin Quarter. My favorite chapter was 6, the one that showed the infatuation of Marcel with Madam Musette. I think it accurately represents the grandeur that many artists of the time had. This is especially true with their belief that they should not accept money for their art. I liked how the book portrayed the characters as people who not only appreciated art but also lived it.

I didn’t really enjoy Rent, mostly since it was a musical. I thought it ruined the pacing and made the movie unenjoyable. I think the use of the AIDs crisis within the movie was interesting, and the characters all had similar mindsets to those in the book. I was also surprised that I have heard some of the songs that were in Rent, since I have never heard about the movie before.

The opera lecture was a different experience for me. I liked hearing about the history, but didn’t enjoy some of the examples given. I did like how there were some operas that were adapted into different mediums, like books and movies, and I enjoyed comparing them to their counterparts.

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