July 2012
122 posts
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When the three ladies see Tamino
When the tenor and the soprano fight in front of...
it usually looks something like:
When yet another review just says that the singers...
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When the Countess and Susanna rock it out in...
they’re like
When I sing a lament/death/mad scene in studio...
i feel like:
June 2012
249 posts
Returning from the bar after intermission ready...
When my dad gives me a Josh Groban opera hits CD...
I’m just like
When Susannah sings What am I gonna do, Sam, What...
I can’t help but
When that fun timpani player spices up the...
I’m just like
When you officially have 600 followers
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And now for a little somethin’ from another important “Seicento“…
When I found out that Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau had...
When Gustavo Dudamel and Juan Diego Florez do...
there’s so much latin spice that its just like
….and i’m inevitably like:
Mmmmm.
When I'm trying to find my pitch in a 20th century...
i just feel like i’m:
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Poorly executed Gilbert and Sullivan
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How The Consul makes me feel
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When the Mozart recit starts to get sassy
i can barely stay in my seat like:
(example: all of figaro/cosi)
When I saw the opera selection available for...
When an opera singer is asked to do anything...
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When Gheorghiu and Alagna appeared onstage...
it was all well and good til the love scenes, and then i was like:
When there's opera on TV
When the orchestra starts tuning
i go:
When Cecilia Bartoli sings Agitata Da Due Venti
When they sing "The Promise of Living"
I feel like
Aria integration
baroque opera:
romantic opera:
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When Desdemona sings "Salce"
i can’t help but:
…and suddenly the three hours of otello were more than worth it
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When I introduce my friend to Mady Mesple
(and he falls in love, inevitably)
i just feel like:
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When I saw Natalie Dessay's jacked arms in La...
(Video)
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Whenever Tonio's around Nedda
When there's an offstage chorus or soloist section
the audience is like
When there's a successful messa di voce
the singer’s like
See “Pace, pace, mio Dio!”
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Macbeth: A Summary
When a fifty-year-old lyric soprano sings Zerlina
it’s sort of like:
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When the chorus marches in in a Verdi opera
it’s just like:
When they zoom in during the Met HD broadcasts
When the tenor is taller than the soprano
when he’s not
Cadenza Inception
When an opera singer sings
when a pop star sings
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When I first heard "I was looking at the ceiling...
(…and i was expecting it to be a little boring and nixon-in-china-y)
i was just fascinated like:
(audio)
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When a white soprano sings "Summertime"
i’m usually like:
but for some reason, when it’s renee fleming, i’m like:
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When Romeo and Juliette sing a duet
american staging:
german staging:
When a civilian recognizes the Rent-Boheme...
When my roommate tries to talk to me and I've been...
i’m just like:
When a singer has to "play" a stringed instrument...
it usually looks like:
(example: Susanna)
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When Wozzeck sees the moon in Act III
he opts out like:
When there's a duet in a Bel Canto opera
all the coloratura phrases just whirl around each other like:
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When the tenor's rolling along
…and then unexpectedly takes the cadence up the octave:
When I opted not to go see the met's new Tosca
When people compliment how "cultured I am" because...
When someone tells me they don't like Elisabeth...
I glare like
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When somebody, somewhere programs a Korngold opera
I go
