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profbutters

A Squeaky Clean Opera

Sep 02, 2008 12:41

. . .is at last online.

It is not an original story, but my translation/adaptation of Puccini's opera Gianni Schicchi. However, since it is *my* translation, and I've put my own spin on it, and since Puccini and his librettist lifted the idea from Dante's Inferno anyway. . .

I figure it's fair game (and also public domain.) You may well ( Read more... )

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wtsims September 3 2008, 01:30:57 UTC

Best. Opera. Ever.

profbutters September 3 2008, 02:08:33 UTC

It's certainly always on my top ten list. Hope you don't disapprove of the casting :) .

I'm always a bit puzzled as to why it's not often considered as a good entry-level opera, especially for kiddies. It's nice and short, it's funny, and who doesn't like watching a guy running around in his nightie kicking people in the butt?

For some reason, though, people always take kids to see *Madama Butterfly* or *La Boheme* and I'm not sure why. Stuff happens in those operas that are really hard to understand. But maybe I just think that because I was taken to see a dress rehearsal of *Madama Butterfly* when I was about 15, and I already liked opera. Yeah, that didn't go so well. She couldn't get the timing of the suicide right, and we all laughed. Including me. Little Philistines. Still, it's kind of weird. . .

Pinkerton: What's that in your sleeves, sweetie? Awww a fan and some toys and flowers and combs soooo kawaaaaaiiii WHOA BIG OL' KNIFE.

Butterfly: Daddy killed himself with it! Isn't it kawaaaaaiiiii?

PB

wtsims September 3 2008, 03:03:48 UTC

Heh, I meant your version. I don't think I've ever seen the original, not being a big opera fan normally.

If I were going to introduce a kid to opera (which seems unlikely) this wouldn't be a bad choice, though. It's fairly straight-forward, which a lot of opera is very not. Which I guess was your point. If I thought they could like more romance, I might try Lohengrin, though, or something else by Wagner, because Wagner is awesome, albeit sometimes a tad depressing. Or, um, anything else that isn't La Boheme, which I seem to recall is about 384 hours long. Not that I've actually seen a production of it, but I've heard parts from it, with Pavarotti singing, and he was a terrific singer, but I swear, it lasted forever. This may just be me ( ... )

swhedonberry September 3 2008, 04:41:10 UTC

I thought that it would either be an opera or a Shakespeare!! I'm so excited to read it!