My first big exposure to classical music was through the Saturday morning cartoons.
There was a good reason for this. Classical music was in the public domain. No copyright. No royalties. No problem.
A classic among the Looney Tune/Meerie Melonies cartoon series (which ran for 80 years) is the 1957 short morality tale...
What's Opera, Doc?
The long running feud between Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd continues in the setting of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
"In 1992, the Library of Congress deemed it "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant", and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry, the first cartoon short film to receive such honors."
(reference: What's Opera, Doc?)
(reference: What's Opera, Doc?)
Looney Tunes meets Opera.
Best cartoon ever!
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