It’s usually Nigel who finds posters featuring, how shall I put it, erm, dubious looking characters, generally of a wrestling persuasion, but yesterday it was Darrell’s turn ………
Now, we’ll be the first to admit, unlike our Foreign Correspondent Mr D in far away, hot and sultry Mexico, we are total strangers to the pleasures of the opera …….
……… however, said poster did pique Darrell’s interest as he thought that both gentlemen (above and below) looked decidedly shady, especially the one who appeared to be completely unable to rock a cravat in any shape or form, although, Darrell did concede that even he might have had difficulty, as the offending article was obviously new and needed to be rinsed several times in order for all the starch to be removed and thus sit more comfortably around his neck!
……. and don’t get him started with that t-shirt under that jacket!!!!
As for the rather accusatory looking lady, well, Darrell thought she looked like an old school headteacher, the one you would never want to cross, the sort who could see the guilt written all over your face from across a crowded hall and whose pointed finger, as she called your name, would put the fear of God into your heart. However, after a bit of a shudder of memories past, he was still a little curious to know why she appeared to be wearing an apron while summoning someone to her study!
So, Mr D, your starter for ten, given that the featured arias appear to be fashioned for modern times, which operas, in your expert opinion, do you think they may be from. Sorry, no prizes ………. but it would help to put Darrell out of his quizzical, musical misery!
4 comments:
Well, Mum, the two men could be in disguise, as happens in Mozart's "Così fan tutte", although the said men in the opera are soldiers, who are in love, so these two are rather past their youth.
Could the woman be a maid? It wouldn't be Tchaikovsky's "The Maid of Orleans", which tells the story of Joan of Arc. It could one of my favourites, another Mozart opera - "The Marriage of Figaro", as Figaro is a servant, and his fiancée, Susanna, is a maid.
I just Googled the opera company shown in the advert, and I was right about the two men. I didn't find out anything about the woman.
https://consensusopera.uk/cosi-fan-tutte/
Ooh a night at the opera! I’d go if I were you, it’s an acquired taste a bit like olives!! Some I love and some not so much. We go to Italy in September and plan to go to a similar night there, hoping it’ll be magical in such a romantic place 🥰
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I Googled the opera company shown in the advert, and it is indeed, Così fan tutte. In the opera plot, the two men are disguised as Albanian's but a fair degree of artistic license has been used in their production.
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