/r/Opera SEETHES over the "This is opera!" YouTube channel which posts bitchy critiques of modern opera singers

14  2019-08-27 by JOHN_OLIVER_

In the past year, a YouTube channel known as "This is opera!" has gotten quite a few views.

In essence, the channel makes compilation clips of modern opera singers, and opines that they are all trash and can't sing.

Here's a couple of samples:

https://youtu.be/MCjNHsA6jCA

https://youtu.be/ciflHvnt-wM

From reddit, here is a rundown of the channel by somebody who is surely either a fan or the owner or the channel itself:

[https://www.reddit.com/r/singing/comments/b86igb/maybe_you_actually_do_like_opera_heres_why/

And so, we see the latest round of cattiness and seething from /r/opera:

https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comments/cw6245/question_whats_the_consensus_on_this_is_opera/

https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comments/cw64l8/my_opera_singer_friend_just_posted_this/

3 comments

Being a racist loser that makes fun of racist losers doesn't make you any less of a racist loser.

Pretending you're too stupid to understand how you spend your free time doesn't make it any less pathetic to spend your free time that way.

Snapshots:

  1. /r/Opera SEETHES over the "This is ... - archive.org, archive.today, removeddit.com

  2. "This is opera!" has gotten quite a... - archive.org, archive.today

  3. https://youtu.be/MCjNHsA6jCA - archive.org, archive.today

  4. https://youtu.be/ciflHvnt-wM - archive.org, archive.today

  5. https://www.reddit.com/r/singing/co... - archive.org, archive.today, removeddit.com

  6. /r/opera - archive.org, archive.today*

  7. https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comm... - archive.org, archive.today, removeddit.com

  8. https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comm... - archive.org, archive.today, removeddit.com

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Finally, some classy drama 🧐🍷

*sip* Caruso. Now that guy had some pipes.