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A quotation from Shakespeare
FALSTAFF: Setting the attractions of
my good parts aside, I have no other charms.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2, sc. 2, l. 105ff (2.2.105-106) (1597)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #shakespeare #attractiveness #beauty #charm #handsomeness #ego #selfregard
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Gus Van Sant’s bricolage road movie of Falstaff, lost parents, painful unrequited love, hustling the streets and highways of America. We’re not in Kansas anymore. #Film #RiverPhoenix #GusVanSant My ★★★★ review of My Own Private Idaho on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/e0sZ9V
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Right now, #Salieri's 'Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle' with Pohl, Fritsch, Mironov and Penda from #Vienna https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/salieris_falstaff_ossia_le_tre_burle_with_pohl_fritsch_mironov_and_penda_from_vienna/87189/ #wch
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Today, #Salieri's 'Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle' with Pohl, Fritsch, Mironov and Penda from #Vienna https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/salieris_falstaff_ossia_le_tre_burle_with_pohl_fritsch_mironov_and_penda_from_vienna/87189/ #wch
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🎵 Wind on the weathervane
Tearing blue eyes sailor-mean
As Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain
For a boy in Fiddler's Green... 🎵 -
Tonight is some comedy, Juilliard Opera's Falstaff
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In 20 minutes, #Salieri's 'Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle' with Pohl, Fritsch, Mironov and Penda from #Vienna https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/salieris_falstaff_ossia_le_tre_burle_with_pohl_fritsch_mironov_and_penda_from_vienna/87189/ #wch
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Urban Gorillas und Carlitos sind insolvent
Ausgezeichnet mit 95 von 100 Punkten im „Streetfood-Guide“ des Gourmetmagazins Falstaff, geadelt als bestes veganes Restaurant der Stadt…
#Duesseldorf #Deutschland #Deutsch #DE #Schlagzeilen #Headlines #Nachrichten #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Düsseldorf #Betreibergesellschaft #Details #Germany #Gorillas #Insolvenz #Insolvenzwelle #insta #Nordrhein-Westfalen #Pleite #Restaurant #Streetfood #Urban #Veganes
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El 9 de febrero de 1893 se representa por primera vez en la #HistoriaDeLaÓpera
📖 🎼 Falstaff
#Ópera, genial carcajada lírica del gran Giuseppe Verdi, obra basada en, 📖 Las alegres comadres de Windsor de Shakespeare.
Fabulosa la grabación dirigida por Karajan en 1956,
con Tito Gobbi y Elisabeth Shwarzkopf
¿Escuchas un corte?
🎶 👉 https://t.co/PDW0OlnT4o
Y... ¡Feliz lunes! con #Música #MúsicaClásica -
Book Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
Author: William Shakespeare
Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Publication Info: New York : Washington Square Press, 2004. [written circa 1597]
Summary/Review:Sir John Falstaff is back, this time thrust into the center of madcap comedy and romance. Seeking money as always, he sends identical notes attempting to woo married women, Alice Ford and Margaret Page. They catch on to his Falstaff’s plan and conspire to go along with meeting him in order to play trick on him. Unaware of the plotting, Frank Ford becomes exceedingly jealous of his wife and goes about in disguise. And while all of this happening, three men court the Page’s daughter Anne but she only desires one of them, a gentleman named Fenton.
This is one of three plays featuring Falstaff, but scholars are uncertain whether this play was written before or after Henry IV, part 2. I haven’t read that one yet, but of the two I’ve read, I can’t say that I particularly like Falstaff. I mean, I know he’s rogue, but he’s not even a funny one. And the comic hijinks of this play don’t feel up to Shakespeare’s best. The legend is that he wrote it quickly on the request of Queen Elizabeth to create a play about Falstaff in love, and it feels like a rush job.
It’s still better than The Two Gentlemen of Verona, but otherwise it doesn’t rank highly in the Bard’s oeuvre for me.
Rating: **1/2
I’m reading every Shakespeare play, one per month, in chronological order. Here’s my progress thus far:
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Titus Andronicus
- Richard III
- The Comedy of Errors
- Love’s Labours’ Lost
- Richard II
- Romeo and Juliet
- A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream
- The Life and Death of King John
- The Merchant of Venice
- The History of Henry IV, Part 1
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Book Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
Author: William Shakespeare
Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Publication Info: New York : Washington Square Press, 2004. [written circa 1597]
Summary/Review:Sir John Falstaff is back, this time thrust into the center of madcap comedy and romance. Seeking money as always, he sends identical notes attempting to woo married women, Alice Ford and Margaret Page. They catch on to his Falstaff’s plan and conspire to go along with meeting him in order to play trick on him. Unaware of the plotting, Frank Ford becomes exceedingly jealous of his wife and goes about in disguise. And while all of this happening, three men court the Page’s daughter Anne but she only desires one of them, a gentleman named Fenton.
This is one of three plays featuring Falstaff, but scholars are uncertain whether this play was written before or after Henry IV, part 2. I haven’t read that one yet, but of the two I’ve read, I can’t say that I particularly like Falstaff. I mean, I know he’s rogue, but he’s not even a funny one. And the comic hijinks of this play don’t feel up to Shakespeare’s best. The legend is that he wrote it quickly on the request of Queen Elizabeth to create a play about Falstaff in love, and it feels like a rush job.
It’s still better than The Two Gentlemen of Verona, but otherwise it doesn’t rank highly in the Bard’s oeuvre for me.
Rating: **1/2
I’m reading every Shakespeare play, one per month, in chronological order. Here’s my progress thus far:
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Titus Andronicus
- Richard III
- The Comedy of Errors
- Love’s Labours’ Lost
- Richard II
- Romeo and Juliet
- A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream
- The Life and Death of King John
- The Merchant of Venice
- The History of Henry IV, Part 1
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Book Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
Author: William Shakespeare
Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Publication Info: New York : Washington Square Press, 2004. [written circa 1597]
Summary/Review:Sir John Falstaff is back, this time thrust into the center of madcap comedy and romance. Seeking money as always, he sends identical notes attempting to woo married women, Alice Ford and Margaret Page. They catch on to his Falstaff’s plan and conspire to go along with meeting him in order to play trick on him. Unaware of the plotting, Frank Ford becomes exceedingly jealous of his wife and goes about in disguise. And while all of this happening, three men court the Page’s daughter Anne but she only desires one of them, a gentleman named Fenton.
This is one of three plays featuring Falstaff, but scholars are uncertain whether this play was written before or after Henry IV, part 2. I haven’t read that one yet, but of the two I’ve read, I can’t say that I particularly like Falstaff. I mean, I know he’s rogue, but he’s not even a funny one. And the comic hijinks of this play don’t feel up to Shakespeare’s best. The legend is that he wrote it quickly on the request of Queen Elizabeth to create a play about Falstaff in love, and it feels like a rush job.
It’s still better than The Two Gentlemen of Verona, but otherwise it doesn’t rank highly in the Bard’s oeuvre for me.
Rating: **1/2
I’m reading every Shakespeare play, one per month, in chronological order. Here’s my progress thus far:
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Titus Andronicus
- Richard III
- The Comedy of Errors
- Love’s Labours’ Lost
- Richard II
- Romeo and Juliet
- A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream
- The Life and Death of King John
- The Merchant of Venice
- The History of Henry IV, Part 1
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Book Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
Author: William Shakespeare
Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Publication Info: New York : Washington Square Press, 2004. [written circa 1597]
Summary/Review:Sir John Falstaff is back, this time thrust into the center of madcap comedy and romance. Seeking money as always, he sends identical notes attempting to woo married women, Alice Ford and Margaret Page. They catch on to his Falstaff’s plan and conspire to go along with meeting him in order to play trick on him. Unaware of the plotting, Frank Ford becomes exceedingly jealous of his wife and goes about in disguise. And while all of this happening, three men court the Page’s daughter Anne but she only desires one of them, a gentleman named Fenton.
This is one of three plays featuring Falstaff, but scholars are uncertain whether this play was written before or after Henry IV, part 2. I haven’t read that one yet, but of the two I’ve read, I can’t say that I particularly like Falstaff. I mean, I know he’s rogue, but he’s not even a funny one. And the comic hijinks of this play don’t feel up to Shakespeare’s best. The legend is that he wrote it quickly on the request of Queen Elizabeth to create a play about Falstaff in love, and it feels like a rush job.
It’s still better than The Two Gentlemen of Verona, but otherwise it doesn’t rank highly in the Bard’s oeuvre for me.
Rating: **1/2
I’m reading every Shakespeare play, one per month, in chronological order. Here’s my progress thus far:
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Titus Andronicus
- Richard III
- The Comedy of Errors
- Love’s Labours’ Lost
- Richard II
- Romeo and Juliet
- A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream
- The Life and Death of King John
- The Merchant of Venice
- The History of Henry IV, Part 1
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Book Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
Author: William Shakespeare
Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Publication Info: New York : Washington Square Press, 2004. [written circa 1597]
Summary/Review:Sir John Falstaff is back, this time thrust into the center of madcap comedy and romance. Seeking money as always, he sends identical notes attempting to woo married women, Alice Ford and Margaret Page. They catch on to his Falstaff’s plan and conspire to go along with meeting him in order to play trick on him. Unaware of the plotting, Frank Ford becomes exceedingly jealous of his wife and goes about in disguise. And while all of this happening, three men court the Page’s daughter Anne but she only desires one of them, a gentleman named Fenton.
This is one of three plays featuring Falstaff, but scholars are uncertain whether this play was written before or after Henry IV, part 2. I haven’t read that one yet, but of the two I’ve read, I can’t say that I particularly like Falstaff. I mean, I know he’s rogue, but he’s not even a funny one. And the comic hijinks of this play don’t feel up to Shakespeare’s best. The legend is that he wrote it quickly on the request of Queen Elizabeth to create a play about Falstaff in love, and it feels like a rush job.
It’s still better than The Two Gentlemen of Verona, but otherwise it doesn’t rank highly in the Bard’s oeuvre for me.
Rating: **1/2
I’m reading every Shakespeare play, one per month, in chronological order. Here’s my progress thus far:
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Titus Andronicus
- Richard III
- The Comedy of Errors
- Love’s Labours’ Lost
- Richard II
- Romeo and Juliet
- A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream
- The Life and Death of King John
- The Merchant of Venice
- The History of Henry IV, Part 1
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@jerzone I promise I won't go on forever with the #LitterPicking pics but this was a favorite... Falstaff steel beer can from Eaton Park in San Carlos. It waited a long time for me. https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_1297502
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Spending a sunny weekend on the coast?
Ramsgate is a-bustle with events and our very own Holland House authors Anna Blasiak and Lisa Kalloo are book signing their latest anthology of photo-poetry 'Deliverance' @the_falstaff this Sunday - 11- 3 p.m. !https://www.thefalstafframsgate.com/
#books #booksigning #photopoetry #anthology #newtitle #outnow #justpublished #whattoreadnext #bookstodon #booktokker
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‘Player Kings’ Review: Ian McKellen and Toheeb Jimoh Give Star Turns in a Chilly New Take on Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV’
#Variety #Reviews #HenryIV #IanMckellen #RobertIcke #ToheebJimohhttps://variety.com/2024/legit/reviews/player-kings-review-ian-mckellen-falstaff-1235968505/
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🧵 In loving memory of the one and only #KeithBaxter.
You may not recognize Keith, but you most certainly know his work. Among other notable roles, #OrsonWelles chose him to play Hal to his Falstaff in #ChimesAtMidnight, still one of the best films ever made.
📸1: At Joe Allen, 2018
📸2: Backstage, 2008#Theatre #ActorsLife #Shakespeare #Moliere #ClassicalTheatre #TheatreRoyalty #InLovingMemory
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There’s been much news about the #Moon lately, Voyagers. While #OdysseyOpera has not yet programmed a space-based or Moon-centric #opera, we can’t forget the role our planet’s only natural satellite played in our 2015 staging of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Sir John in Love. Beneath the Moon in the depths of Windsor Forest the exploits of the vain and boastful knight, Sir John Falstaff, are revealed — and reveled — in the grand tradition of Shakespearean comedy.
📸 Ball Square Films
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Book Review: The History of Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
Author: William Shakespeare
Title: The History of Henry IV, Part 1
Publication Info: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2020. [Originated circa 1597]
Summary/Review:Of the Shakespearean English histories I’ve read so far, this one is the least stand alone. It definitely feels like it’s setting up Henry IV, Part 2 and Henry V. King Henry IV has a couple of problems: first, he falls out with Henry Percy – a.k.a. Hotspur – who allies with Welsh and Scottish rebels against the king. Meanwhile, his son Prince Hal is leading a licentious life with his rowdy friend Sir John Falstaff. I’ve known from reading about Shakespeare that Falstaff was an incredibly popular character, cowardly yet quick-witted, but I found him kind of irritating. Hopefully, I’ll find him more entertaining in upcoming plays. The various storylines come together with Prince Hal regaining the king’s affections by fighting the rebels at the Battle of Shrewsbury.
Rating: ***
I’m reading every Shakespeare play, one per month, in chronological order. Here’s my progress thus far:
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Titus Andronicus
- Richard III
- The Comedy of Errors
- Love’s Labours’ Lost
- Richard II
- Romeo and Juliet
- A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream
- The Life and Death of King John
- The Merchant of Venice
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Episode 269 – Cutting Tiles, Dream og Henriaden
Vi kommer en dag tidligere, så I kan nå at høre os på pinsefridagen. This is the big one, Vi tager tre Shakespeare-skuespil på én gang og det kræver to kraftige øl. Cutting Tiles og Dream, der hver på sin måde refererer til Henriadens store spillere – de fremmeste af hvilke er Hal og Falstaff, for evigt låst i en kamp imellem fantasi og pragmatisme, hedonisme og pligt, fabuleren og sproglig uformåen. Hvis man ikke kan lide Shakespeare er dette en god en at springe over – for det hele er gamle Shake! I næste uge er det en normal episode, og derudover også et kvarter med Stor Ståhej For Ingenting.
Skriv til os med ris, ros og rettelser på [email protected] eller inde på Instagram (hvor vi også hedder Ologavl)
We believe the clips in this episode where we use excerpts of music and/or other media are used under fair use for commentary. If you are a rights holder and disagree with us, please get in touch. This episode contains a clip from these Youtube-videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-olVfJZ4EFI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9fq6jINAeo
Find den gamle Spotify-liste her: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/56slbIN3T8CUjuUbzShR5L?si=3JgimcYhRZCl0ZySRTH3KA
Her er de to sange, som I gerne må forsøge at identificere sammenhængen imellem – måske gør Mikkel det så også: og https://open.spotify.com/track/7lIyBKp2KX7ABDjDfo9EtL?si=hJjESNdlTzyYiz0L-jB_gA
Henry V
Yndlingskarakter: Henry V og Henry V
Hadekarakter: Dronning Isobel og Le Dauphin
Mathias’ karakter: 7/10
Mikkels karakter: 9/10Henry IV, part 2
Yndlingskarakter: Rumour og Falstaff
Hadekarakter: Henry IV og John of Lancaster
Mathias’ karakter: 4/10
Mikkels karakter: 5/10Henry IV, part 1
Yndlingskarakter: Edmund Mortimer og Hotspur
Hadekarakter: Bardolph/Quickly og Two Carriers
Mathias’ karakter: 9/10
Mikkels karakter: 10/10#DIPA #EtKvarterMedShakespeare #ØlOgÆvl #stout
https://superkultur.dk/2024/05/19/episode-269-cutting-tiles-dream-og-henriaden/
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Hamburg ist zwar nicht gerade Karnevalshochburg, aber es gibt bestimmt auch bei uns Feierwillige auf der Suche nach einem richtig guten Kostüm. Heute (4. Februar) ist noch
Kostüm- und Maskenverkauf im Fundus der StaatsoperKostüme, Schuhe und Hüte vergangener Produktionen müssen raus. 60 Stunden Arbeit stecken in jedem Kleid von Verdis Oper "Falstaff".
https://www.staatsoper-hamburg.de/de/spielplan/stueck.php?AuffNr=501953
#Hamburg #Kostüm #Fundus #Staatsoper #Verkauf #Karneval #Fasching
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(original Reddit link: https://www.reddit.com/r/OldOpera/comments/1olcp4p/macbeth_1947/ )
"Macbeth, 1947
I've been on some sort of Verdi/Tamagno kick lately and I was trying to return to my normal, light repertoir, but I wanted to listen to an opera for Halloween. I immediately thought of McBeth, which I hadn't heard yet, only to discover that it was written by Verdi! It's just one of those weeks.
Libretto
http://www.operafolio.com/libretto.asp?n=Macbeth&translation=UK
Recording
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQVoC7skN9Y
There really isn't much to say about the libretto. Anyone who has received a good education knows the story of Macbeth, and Verdi follows Shakespeare very closely. But I will say that this is yet another time when the text has no ocr errors and when the Italian and English are easily separated, so I had no problem reading it with my screen reader, NVDA.
I'm glad that I chose this version because it gave me the chance to hear mostly new (to me) singers. I actually found an article about MARGHERITA GRANDI just prior to hearing this. It was a review of a cd of her music, but part of it was this exact performance. Apparently, recordings by her are rare.
https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-13451/
I agree with the author that she had a unique sound and a good range. I could also hear the dramatic and the softer parts as her voice changed. I read somewhere that Lady Macbeth is one of the most difficult roles in opera, but she handled it very well. I did know of Frank Valentino, but mostly because of his background. He was a student of Emilio Piccoli, Schipa's second serious singing teacher, his first being Alceste Gerunda. Valentino went on to become a teacher in America, until the 1970's. At any rate, while I can't describe his voice as beautiful or appealing, for this role, it fit perfectly. His acting was also wonderful, particularly in the dramatic parts. I could feel his emotions, as if he had become Macbeth! I really must add Italo Tajo to my regular rotation. I have heard him in several operas, and each time, I liked him. He will be the second bass to join the group, with the other being Salvatore Baccaloni. I just wish he had a larger part here. New to me were the two tenors, Walter Midgley and Andrew McKinley (Macduff and Malcolm, respectively). I'm very annoyed that I never heard of them, particularly Midgley, who has a beautiful voice! I hope I can find more recordings of them.
The opera itself was okay. I certainly can't rate it as highly as La Traviata or Rigoletto, but I can't say I didn't like it musically, like Falstaff. It definitely had its moments and Verdi did capture the right mood, given the subject. But part of it dragged. Still, for Halloween, it was a good choice.
Now, I desperately must return to my bel canto and Romantic operas, preferably with large tenor roles! Can anyone please recommend something? Italian strongly preferred."
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With our ASL Opera project picking up steam, I was curious to know just how the “High Art” of Opera has influenced mainstream American culture over the last 50 years or so, and I was surprised to learn, via ChatGPT-4 AI, just how deeply many of the most famous Opera melodies made their way into our shared childhoods and our culturally maintained totems of relevance!
As a young child growing up in the barren Midwest, I was delighted to appear in several Operas: Albert Herring, and Carmen and Così fan tutte and in that memory of my childhood, I recall several unifications of comedy and sublimity engaging in cartoons and classic Opera arias! I get the reason why: Opera music is free to use, it is out of Copyright protection, and the music, and melodies, are universal in exchange, creating the perfect storm between interpretation, and performance!
You wouldn’t naturally think that Opera and children’s cartoons go together, and that they can influence one another, can coconspire in the same mindspace and playspace, but that’s exactly the beauty of this sort of majestic Art — where one thing becomes another, and everything, in its essence, belongs to another. We are each other. We become our enemies. Our enemies befriend us because life is a swirl of experience, and emotion, and we are never, ever, just one thing or only one life.
So, here we go in our Operatic analysis! Here are some of the stories you already know as popular musicals are based on Operas, including Rent (based on La Bohéme), Moulin Rouge! (La Traviata), and Aida (Aida). Many Operas are also based on classic plays. If you like Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives Of Windsor (or the Public Theater’s 2021 production of Merry Wives) check out Verdi’s Falstaff. If Greek tragedy is more your speed, give Medea a go.
Hey, sure, many classic Operas have also inspired adaptations in other forms of media. Here are more examples:
Broadway Shows:
1. “Miss Saigon” – This musical is based on Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly”, but moves the action to 1970s Vietnam during the final days of the Vietnam War.
2. “Aida” – The Elton John and Tim Rice musical is based on Verdi’s Opera of the same name, although the story and characters are significantly different.Movies:
1. “Moonstruck” – This 1987 film starring Cher and Nicolas Cage is not based on an Opera but has strong thematic links to Puccini’s “La Bohème” and especially “Tosca.”
2. “Carmen: A Hip Hopera” – This 2001 film is a contemporary adaptation of Bizet’s “Carmen”, starring Beyoncé in the title role.
3. “Madame Butterfly” – Several film adaptations have been made of this Puccini Opera, including a 1995 version directed by Frédéric Mitterrand.Television Shows:
1. “The Simpsons” – The episode “The Homer of Seville” has Homer discovering a talent for Opera singing, with plot elements borrowed from several classic Operas.
2. “Hey Arnold!” – The episode “Eugene, Eugene!” is based on the Opera “Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky.
3. “Looney Tunes” – The classic cartoon has several episodes that are inspired by or parody Opera, such as “What’s Opera, Doc?” (inspired by Wagner’s “Ring Cycle”) and “The Rabbit of Seville” (based on Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”).Films which are screen adaptations of Operas, examples include:
- Don Giovanni, directed by Joseph Losey
- The Magic Flute, directed by Ingmar Bergman
- La traviata, directed by Franco Zeffirelli
- Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto Story
- Carmen, directed by Francesco Rosi
- Porgy and Bess, directed by Otto Preminger
- La Bohème, directed by Luigi Comencini
- Otello, directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
Don’t leave out Children’s Television! Here are some classical Opera pieces that were used in Bugs Bunny cartoons:
- “Barber of Seville Overture” by Rossini: Featured in “The Rabbit of Seville” (1950) where Bugs assumes the title role and humiliates Elmer Fudd.
- “Ride of the Valkyries” by Wagner: Although I was unable to find the specific episode, it was mentioned that this piece was used in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
- “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2” by Liszt: Featured in “Rhapsody Rabbit” (1946).
- “Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325” by Johann Strauss II: Featured in “A Corny Concerto” (1943) where Bugs is chased by Porky Pig and his dog to the music.
- “The Blue Danube” by Johann Strauss II: Also used in “A Corny Concerto” (1943), this time as a bird-song based cover while Daffy Duck paddles over with his off-key honking.
- “Minute Waltz in D-Flat” by Chopin: Featured in “Hyde and Hare” (1955) where Bugs plays the piano in Dr. Jekyll’s house.
- “Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna” by von Suppé: Featured in “Baton Bunny” (1959) where Bugs conducts the piece.
- “Beethoven’s 7th” by Beethoven: Featured in “A Ham in a Role” (1949) where a snippet from the symphony is played during a ghost scene in Hamlet.
- “Träumerei” by Schumann: Featured in “Hare Ribbin’” (1944) where a segment of Schumann’s theme plays while Bugs’ latest tormentor mistakes him for dead.
- “Largo al Factotum” from “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini: Featured in “The Long-Haired Hare” (1949) where Bugs declares war after his musical instruments are destroyed by an Opera star.
- “Hungarian Dances” by Brahms: Featured in “Pigs in a Polka” (1943) where the “Three Little Pigs” fable is set to highlights from these dances.
- “William Tell Overture” by Rossini: Featured in “Bugs Bunny Rides Again” (1948) where the tune is used during a horseback chase sequence featuring Yosemite Sam.
Opera, and classical music arias, have played a major role in shaping common American mainstream culture. We must embrace this fading, Operatic, High Art, and allow it to seep back into the sleeping bones of our eternal youth!
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https://bolesblogs.com/2023/09/19/opera-in-mainstream-american-culture/
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With our ASL Opera project picking up steam, I was curious to know just how the “High Art” of Opera has influenced mainstream American culture over the last 50 years or so, and I was surprised to learn, via ChatGPT-4 AI, just how deeply many of the most famous Opera melodies made their way into our shared childhoods and our culturally maintained totems of relevance!
As a young child growing up in the barren Midwest, I was delighted to appear in several Operas: Albert Herring, and Carmen and Così fan tutte and in that memory of my childhood, I recall several unifications of comedy and sublimity engaging in cartoons and classic Opera arias! I get the reason why: Opera music is free to use, it is out of Copyright protection, and the music, and melodies, are universal in exchange, creating the perfect storm between interpretation, and performance!
You wouldn’t naturally think that Opera and children’s cartoons go together, and that they can influence one another, can coconspire in the same mindspace and playspace, but that’s exactly the beauty of this sort of majestic Art — where one thing becomes another, and everything, in its essence, belongs to another. We are each other. We become our enemies. Our enemies befriend us because life is a swirl of experience, and emotion, and we are never, ever, just one thing or only one life.
So, here we go in our Operatic analysis! Here are some of the stories you already know as popular musicals are based on Operas, including Rent (based on La Bohéme), Moulin Rouge! (La Traviata), and Aida (Aida). Many Operas are also based on classic plays. If you like Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives Of Windsor (or the Public Theater’s 2021 production of Merry Wives) check out Verdi’s Falstaff. If Greek tragedy is more your speed, give Medea a go.
Hey, sure, many classic Operas have also inspired adaptations in other forms of media. Here are more examples:
Broadway Shows:
1. “Miss Saigon” – This musical is based on Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly”, but moves the action to 1970s Vietnam during the final days of the Vietnam War.
2. “Aida” – The Elton John and Tim Rice musical is based on Verdi’s Opera of the same name, although the story and characters are significantly different.Movies:
1. “Moonstruck” – This 1987 film starring Cher and Nicolas Cage is not based on an Opera but has strong thematic links to Puccini’s “La Bohème” and especially “Tosca.”
2. “Carmen: A Hip Hopera” – This 2001 film is a contemporary adaptation of Bizet’s “Carmen”, starring Beyoncé in the title role.
3. “Madame Butterfly” – Several film adaptations have been made of this Puccini Opera, including a 1995 version directed by Frédéric Mitterrand.Television Shows:
1. “The Simpsons” – The episode “The Homer of Seville” has Homer discovering a talent for Opera singing, with plot elements borrowed from several classic Operas.
2. “Hey Arnold!” – The episode “Eugene, Eugene!” is based on the Opera “Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky.
3. “Looney Tunes” – The classic cartoon has several episodes that are inspired by or parody Opera, such as “What’s Opera, Doc?” (inspired by Wagner’s “Ring Cycle”) and “The Rabbit of Seville” (based on Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”).Films which are screen adaptations of Operas, examples include:
- Don Giovanni, directed by Joseph Losey
- The Magic Flute, directed by Ingmar Bergman
- La traviata, directed by Franco Zeffirelli
- Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto Story
- Carmen, directed by Francesco Rosi
- Porgy and Bess, directed by Otto Preminger
- La Bohème, directed by Luigi Comencini
- Otello, directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
Don’t leave out Children’s Television! Here are some classical Opera pieces that were used in Bugs Bunny cartoons:
- “Barber of Seville Overture” by Rossini: Featured in “The Rabbit of Seville” (1950) where Bugs assumes the title role and humiliates Elmer Fudd.
- “Ride of the Valkyries” by Wagner: Although I was unable to find the specific episode, it was mentioned that this piece was used in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
- “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2” by Liszt: Featured in “Rhapsody Rabbit” (1946).
- “Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325” by Johann Strauss II: Featured in “A Corny Concerto” (1943) where Bugs is chased by Porky Pig and his dog to the music.
- “The Blue Danube” by Johann Strauss II: Also used in “A Corny Concerto” (1943), this time as a bird-song based cover while Daffy Duck paddles over with his off-key honking.
- “Minute Waltz in D-Flat” by Chopin: Featured in “Hyde and Hare” (1955) where Bugs plays the piano in Dr. Jekyll’s house.
- “Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna” by von Suppé: Featured in “Baton Bunny” (1959) where Bugs conducts the piece.
- “Beethoven’s 7th” by Beethoven: Featured in “A Ham in a Role” (1949) where a snippet from the symphony is played during a ghost scene in Hamlet.
- “Träumerei” by Schumann: Featured in “Hare Ribbin’” (1944) where a segment of Schumann’s theme plays while Bugs’ latest tormentor mistakes him for dead.
- “Largo al Factotum” from “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini: Featured in “The Long-Haired Hare” (1949) where Bugs declares war after his musical instruments are destroyed by an Opera star.
- “Hungarian Dances” by Brahms: Featured in “Pigs in a Polka” (1943) where the “Three Little Pigs” fable is set to highlights from these dances.
- “William Tell Overture” by Rossini: Featured in “Bugs Bunny Rides Again” (1948) where the tune is used during a horseback chase sequence featuring Yosemite Sam.
Opera, and classical music arias, have played a major role in shaping common American mainstream culture. We must embrace this fading, Operatic, High Art, and allow it to seep back into the sleeping bones of our eternal youth!
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With our ASL Opera project picking up steam, I was curious to know just how the “High Art” of Opera has influenced mainstream American culture over the last 50 years or so, and I was surprised to learn, via ChatGPT-4 AI, just how deeply many of the most famous Opera melodies made their way into our shared childhoods and our culturally maintained totems of relevance!
As a young child growing up in the barren Midwest, I was delighted to appear in several Operas: Albert Herring, and Carmen and Così fan tutte and in that memory of my childhood, I recall several unifications of comedy and sublimity engaging in cartoons and classic Opera arias! I get the reason why: Opera music is free to use, it is out of Copyright protection, and the music, and melodies, are universal in exchange, creating the perfect storm between interpretation, and performance!
You wouldn’t naturally think that Opera and children’s cartoons go together, and that they can influence one another, can coconspire in the same mindspace and playspace, but that’s exactly the beauty of this sort of majestic Art — where one thing becomes another, and everything, in its essence, belongs to another. We are each other. We become our enemies. Our enemies befriend us because life is a swirl of experience, and emotion, and we are never, ever, just one thing or only one life.
So, here we go in our Operatic analysis! Here are some of the stories you already know as popular musicals are based on Operas, including Rent (based on La Bohéme), Moulin Rouge! (La Traviata), and Aida (Aida). Many Operas are also based on classic plays. If you like Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives Of Windsor (or the Public Theater’s 2021 production of Merry Wives) check out Verdi’s Falstaff. If Greek tragedy is more your speed, give Medea a go.
Hey, sure, many classic Operas have also inspired adaptations in other forms of media. Here are more examples:
Broadway Shows:
1. “Miss Saigon” – This musical is based on Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly”, but moves the action to 1970s Vietnam during the final days of the Vietnam War.
2. “Aida” – The Elton John and Tim Rice musical is based on Verdi’s Opera of the same name, although the story and characters are significantly different.Movies:
1. “Moonstruck” – This 1987 film starring Cher and Nicolas Cage is not based on an Opera but has strong thematic links to Puccini’s “La Bohème” and especially “Tosca.”
2. “Carmen: A Hip Hopera” – This 2001 film is a contemporary adaptation of Bizet’s “Carmen”, starring Beyoncé in the title role.
3. “Madame Butterfly” – Several film adaptations have been made of this Puccini Opera, including a 1995 version directed by Frédéric Mitterrand.Television Shows:
1. “The Simpsons” – The episode “The Homer of Seville” has Homer discovering a talent for Opera singing, with plot elements borrowed from several classic Operas.
2. “Hey Arnold!” – The episode “Eugene, Eugene!” is based on the Opera “Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky.
3. “Looney Tunes” – The classic cartoon has several episodes that are inspired by or parody Opera, such as “What’s Opera, Doc?” (inspired by Wagner’s “Ring Cycle”) and “The Rabbit of Seville” (based on Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”).Films which are screen adaptations of Operas, examples include:
- Don Giovanni, directed by Joseph Losey
- The Magic Flute, directed by Ingmar Bergman
- La traviata, directed by Franco Zeffirelli
- Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto Story
- Carmen, directed by Francesco Rosi
- Porgy and Bess, directed by Otto Preminger
- La Bohème, directed by Luigi Comencini
- Otello, directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
Don’t leave out Children’s Television! Here are some classical Opera pieces that were used in Bugs Bunny cartoons:
- “Barber of Seville Overture” by Rossini: Featured in “The Rabbit of Seville” (1950) where Bugs assumes the title role and humiliates Elmer Fudd.
- “Ride of the Valkyries” by Wagner: Although I was unable to find the specific episode, it was mentioned that this piece was used in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
- “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2” by Liszt: Featured in “Rhapsody Rabbit” (1946).
- “Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325” by Johann Strauss II: Featured in “A Corny Concerto” (1943) where Bugs is chased by Porky Pig and his dog to the music.
- “The Blue Danube” by Johann Strauss II: Also used in “A Corny Concerto” (1943), this time as a bird-song based cover while Daffy Duck paddles over with his off-key honking.
- “Minute Waltz in D-Flat” by Chopin: Featured in “Hyde and Hare” (1955) where Bugs plays the piano in Dr. Jekyll’s house.
- “Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna” by von Suppé: Featured in “Baton Bunny” (1959) where Bugs conducts the piece.
- “Beethoven’s 7th” by Beethoven: Featured in “A Ham in a Role” (1949) where a snippet from the symphony is played during a ghost scene in Hamlet.
- “Träumerei” by Schumann: Featured in “Hare Ribbin’” (1944) where a segment of Schumann’s theme plays while Bugs’ latest tormentor mistakes him for dead.
- “Largo al Factotum” from “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini: Featured in “The Long-Haired Hare” (1949) where Bugs declares war after his musical instruments are destroyed by an Opera star.
- “Hungarian Dances” by Brahms: Featured in “Pigs in a Polka” (1943) where the “Three Little Pigs” fable is set to highlights from these dances.
- “William Tell Overture” by Rossini: Featured in “Bugs Bunny Rides Again” (1948) where the tune is used during a horseback chase sequence featuring Yosemite Sam.
Opera, and classical music arias, have played a major role in shaping common American mainstream culture. We must embrace this fading, Operatic, High Art, and allow it to seep back into the sleeping bones of our eternal youth!
#adaptation #aslOpera #broadway #bugsBunny #cartoons #highArt #movies #musicals #opera #television
https://bolesblogs.com/2023/09/19/opera-in-mainstream-american-culture/
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With our ASL Opera project picking up steam, I was curious to know just how the “High Art” of Opera has influenced mainstream American culture over the last 50 years or so, and I was surprised to learn, via ChatGPT-4 AI, just how deeply many of the most famous Opera melodies made their way into our shared childhoods and our culturally maintained totems of relevance!
As a young child growing up in the barren Midwest, I was delighted to appear in several Operas: Albert Herring, and Carmen and Così fan tutte and in that memory of my childhood, I recall several unifications of comedy and sublimity engaging in cartoons and classic Opera arias! I get the reason why: Opera music is free to use, it is out of Copyright protection, and the music, and melodies, are universal in exchange, creating the perfect storm between interpretation, and performance!
You wouldn’t naturally think that Opera and children’s cartoons go together, and that they can influence one another, can coconspire in the same mindspace and playspace, but that’s exactly the beauty of this sort of majestic Art — where one thing becomes another, and everything, in its essence, belongs to another. We are each other. We become our enemies. Our enemies befriend us because life is a swirl of experience, and emotion, and we are never, ever, just one thing or only one life.
So, here we go in our Operatic analysis! Here are some of the stories you already know as popular musicals are based on Operas, including Rent (based on La Bohéme), Moulin Rouge! (La Traviata), and Aida (Aida). Many Operas are also based on classic plays. If you like Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives Of Windsor (or the Public Theater’s 2021 production of Merry Wives) check out Verdi’s Falstaff. If Greek tragedy is more your speed, give Medea a go.
Hey, sure, many classic Operas have also inspired adaptations in other forms of media. Here are more examples:
Broadway Shows:
1. “Miss Saigon” – This musical is based on Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly”, but moves the action to 1970s Vietnam during the final days of the Vietnam War.
2. “Aida” – The Elton John and Tim Rice musical is based on Verdi’s Opera of the same name, although the story and characters are significantly different.Movies:
1. “Moonstruck” – This 1987 film starring Cher and Nicolas Cage is not based on an Opera but has strong thematic links to Puccini’s “La Bohème” and especially “Tosca.”
2. “Carmen: A Hip Hopera” – This 2001 film is a contemporary adaptation of Bizet’s “Carmen”, starring Beyoncé in the title role.
3. “Madame Butterfly” – Several film adaptations have been made of this Puccini Opera, including a 1995 version directed by Frédéric Mitterrand.Television Shows:
1. “The Simpsons” – The episode “The Homer of Seville” has Homer discovering a talent for Opera singing, with plot elements borrowed from several classic Operas.
2. “Hey Arnold!” – The episode “Eugene, Eugene!” is based on the Opera “Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky.
3. “Looney Tunes” – The classic cartoon has several episodes that are inspired by or parody Opera, such as “What’s Opera, Doc?” (inspired by Wagner’s “Ring Cycle”) and “The Rabbit of Seville” (based on Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”).Films which are screen adaptations of Operas, examples include:
- Don Giovanni, directed by Joseph Losey
- The Magic Flute, directed by Ingmar Bergman
- La traviata, directed by Franco Zeffirelli
- Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto Story
- Carmen, directed by Francesco Rosi
- Porgy and Bess, directed by Otto Preminger
- La Bohème, directed by Luigi Comencini
- Otello, directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
Don’t leave out Children’s Television! Here are some classical Opera pieces that were used in Bugs Bunny cartoons:
- “Barber of Seville Overture” by Rossini: Featured in “The Rabbit of Seville” (1950) where Bugs assumes the title role and humiliates Elmer Fudd.
- “Ride of the Valkyries” by Wagner: Although I was unable to find the specific episode, it was mentioned that this piece was used in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
- “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2” by Liszt: Featured in “Rhapsody Rabbit” (1946).
- “Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325” by Johann Strauss II: Featured in “A Corny Concerto” (1943) where Bugs is chased by Porky Pig and his dog to the music.
- “The Blue Danube” by Johann Strauss II: Also used in “A Corny Concerto” (1943), this time as a bird-song based cover while Daffy Duck paddles over with his off-key honking.
- “Minute Waltz in D-Flat” by Chopin: Featured in “Hyde and Hare” (1955) where Bugs plays the piano in Dr. Jekyll’s house.
- “Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna” by von Suppé: Featured in “Baton Bunny” (1959) where Bugs conducts the piece.
- “Beethoven’s 7th” by Beethoven: Featured in “A Ham in a Role” (1949) where a snippet from the symphony is played during a ghost scene in Hamlet.
- “Träumerei” by Schumann: Featured in “Hare Ribbin’” (1944) where a segment of Schumann’s theme plays while Bugs’ latest tormentor mistakes him for dead.
- “Largo al Factotum” from “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini: Featured in “The Long-Haired Hare” (1949) where Bugs declares war after his musical instruments are destroyed by an Opera star.
- “Hungarian Dances” by Brahms: Featured in “Pigs in a Polka” (1943) where the “Three Little Pigs” fable is set to highlights from these dances.
- “William Tell Overture” by Rossini: Featured in “Bugs Bunny Rides Again” (1948) where the tune is used during a horseback chase sequence featuring Yosemite Sam.
Opera, and classical music arias, have played a major role in shaping common American mainstream culture. We must embrace this fading, Operatic, High Art, and allow it to seep back into the sleeping bones of our eternal youth!
#adaptation #aslOpera #broadway #bugsBunny #cartoons #highArt #movies #musicals #opera #television
https://bolesblogs.com/2023/09/19/opera-in-mainstream-american-culture/
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CW: Carpetbaggers part 2
The hilarious part of all of this. I believe most of the things you #carpetbaggers claim to value. I, however, #respect your humanity enough to let you make your own decisions. Y’all have a #blessed day and fuck on right back off to the People’s Republic of Self Righteous Idiots.
I didn’t vote for the dude from my Alma Mater by the way… he’s nuts. But that is OUR decision down here
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CW: Politics part 2
The hilarious part of all of this. I believe most of the things you #carpetbaggers claim to value. I, however, #respect your humanity enough to let you make your own decisions. Y’all have a #blessed day and fuck on right back off the the People’s Republic of Self Righteous Idiots