July 2012
122 posts
Intermission
when the production’s good, and the feelings are just too much:
when the production’s bad:
Schauspieldirektor: Jersey Shore Edition
It went down like
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When Marcellina and Susanna run into each other
susanna is just like:
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Handel arias with period staging
the singers go:
When whoever's singing the smaller roles is crazy...
(and you’re like, I totally just discovered someone)
commence career stalking!
When my favorite singer cancels a performance
When one of my friends gets to see Written on Skin
(Written on Skin)
When someone's cell phone rings during my aria
I just stop like
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When Cherubino gets a little too sexual onstage
I look around like
The Melocchi technique
During The Tender Land
Kat'a Kabanova
When I see heated youtube comment debates on opera...
When I'm cruising on through an ensemble
(because i probably sing five the whole time) i just feel like
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When I hear that a soprano is singing Rosina
i go:
The chorus in Meistersinger
How we wish La Wally would end
thanks to OperaTeen for the suggestion!
When I met Renee Fleming
explaining the fach system
When I see famous people out and about
and they’re opera singers:
when they’re movie stars/athletes/TV personalities/aka not opera singers:
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When it's an operetta/singspiel
i just sit through the dialogue like:
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When the mezzo blows the soprano out of the water...
it’s like:
When Faust realizes who Mephistopheles really is
Cherubino has to act...
when a Handel aria has serious subject matter but...
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Soave sia il vento
Fiordiligi:
Dorabella:
Don Alfonso:
after I get home from a Puccini opera
when a singer uses a microphone
When I buy tickets for the 6-hour long Wagner...
When there are intermission interviews during Live...
dotseurat:
whatshouldwecallopera:
option one:
option two:
Unless you’re Anna Netrebko, then it’s option three:
Bwaaaahaha so true! Or this:
When I heard that Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott...
(yup)
i was like:
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When there are intermission interviews during Live...
option one:
option two:
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When a company programs Don Giovanni
all the mezzos go:
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When I found the Callas master classes on youtube
(fall into the youtube void here)
Hanslick vs. The New Germans
When the toreador doesn't quite look the part
You imagine
More mezzo pants role walking
When Magda wants to sing the dream song
Everybody says
Shortly followed by
My mental image of LA Opera's new Ring cycle
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What is your name? Magda Sorel!
(bish plz)
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When I saw Otello in Vienna
i wanted to be all:
but the austrians were just like:
When I heard they found 20 more Vivaldi arias
(shit’s gettin real people)
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When Thais starts the Mirror Aria
she’s like
Post-show letdown
When the Otto Schenk production of Rusalka ends
When an opera house has to close its doors
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Opera Favorites
We seem to get asked this question a lot! Here is a list of some of the WSWCO team favorites:
Aaron: Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold Opera: Lohengrin by Wagner Role: Hans Sachs from Meistersinger von Nürnberg Aria: Dopo Notte from Ariodante Scene: Bevo Al Tuo Fresco Sorriso from La Rondine
Bryana: Composer: It’s between Beethoven or Handel Opera: For now I’ll say Marriage - I never...
"Do you want to go see the Marriage of Fi..."
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Boheme opening scene, translated for our...
