The music didn’t stop, but the evil voice of the wizard somehow stifled. The audience watched with interest as the sound went across the stage behind the dark curtain. The magician and the bizarre light were an excellent combo until towards the end of the story when the music brimmed up, the basso sound emerged, and the light broke. As the magician enters the young woman’s salon, a green-tinted light foreshows the scene. This happened with Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman. A wicked wizard takes control of the beautiful and young damsel, having her sing continuously without any mercy for her life. From Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmanįunny moments in operas also happen due to mismanagement and blunders. Astradamors and Piet don’t stop ridiculing Nekrotzar as he angrily keeps galloping the wine, supplemented by loud instrumental hiccups.Īs the scene continues, chaos sets in, and the crazy chief of the secret political police arrives. However, soon, the smell of the wine lures him, and the music melts into a trio, with rhymes and throbbing beats. As they get high, they start to dance around Nekrotzar, yelling and making fun of him in a folksong-like jingle, and instructing him to drink wine.Īt the start, Nekrotzar speaks arrogant apocalyptic phrases in loud tones. Piet and Astradamors ask for a final wine party. To accomplish the task, he hires astronomer Astradamors and Piet the Pot - the wine taster. The dingy harvester Nekrotzar decides to demolish the world at nighttime. From scene 3 of Le Grand Macabre by György Ligeti She tries to get Gonzalve laid, but her efforts don’t affect him. And when Gonzalve finally arrives, he seems more involved in uttering sumptuous poetry than doing romance. The muleteer Ramiro constantly interrupts her, saying he wants his watch fixed. However, things are not working in her favor. From L’Heure espagnole by Maurice RavelĬoncepcion has set a date with the poet Gonzalve at a time when her old husband Torquemada is out of town. And finally, it becomes apparent that Beckmesser was hitting on the wrong girl. Wagner then cunningly juxtaposes Beckmesser’s portentous song –complemented by wavering mandolin and crammed with fancy embellishment and tongue-tied poems – with Sachs’s dull remarks. Saying he has to polish Beckmesser’s shoes quickly so that he has no problem attending the singing competition the next day, the cobbler strikes each of Beckmesser’s performance mistakes with a severe blow of a hammer. ![]() ![]() The finicky clerk Sixtus Beckmesser tries to regale the gorgeous Eva Pogner however, the cobbler Hans Sachs continuously disturbs him. From Act II of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner Donizetti funnily juxtaposes Nemorino’s mute tune with Adina’s rising annoyance, as she struggles to have him notice her and – for once – is snubbed. As Adina enters the scene, he acts as if he hasn’t seen her, and starts to sing the song ‘la-ra-las’ supplemented by jamming strings. He plans to drink the elixir of love only for his bellowed Adina so that she can fall in love with him within 24 hours.Īs he gets high on the wine, Nemorino experiences joy. Nemorino has bought an ‘elixir of love’ from the fake physician Dulcamara Dulcamara after hearing about its power. From Act I of L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti As they vanish, Papageno and Pamina agree that the magic bells have the power to eradicate the ills from the world. ![]() Monostatos’s anger disappears promptly, and he dances away cheerfully, singing along with his assistants. Suddenly, Papageno starts to play a lively dance tune on his mystic bells, the tunes of which are generated from the glockenspiel. While attempting to escape from Sarastro’s temple, Papageno and Pamina come face to face with the notorious Monostatos.
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