As you only listened to the opers then I do not think that you are really able to make a valid judgement. Opera is like a play. You cann;t just listen to a play. You jave to be there and watch it. Folk music can be just listened to to get the story. To fully appreciate an opera, you need to be therein the moment. The passion of the singers and their delight are notjust put through their voices, they are put through their bodies. YOu cann't tell someone in the real world something passionate without moving. You cannot tell someone you love then with your hands glued to your sides. Opera, I think is on of the greatest art forms. Dance brings the story through movement, opera brigs it through entirely. I am onlu fifteen and I can appreciate or at least try to apprecite all forms of music, why can't you, why do you have to e so closed minded.