Here’s the second batch of #Operaplot 2011 orphans.
Just write the first three words or so and the name of the opera in the comments and please only guess on ones you are reasonably sure of.
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If your #operaplot is here, don’t be sad. Inclusion on this list doesn’t at all mean that you’re plot isn’t good, merely that our crack team of identifiers didn’t want to consign you by accident to the wrong section.
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Aksel
It’s like Downton Abbey, only funny. – Nozze di Figaro.
singingscholar
Both “Lady looks for lover, leans on log,” and “Where is my lover?” are Schoenberg’s Erwartung.
“Wow, that Emperor guy” I think is Clemenza di Tito, though I admit to occasionally getting entangled in all the romantic knots of that one.
“There is a bull” – Birtwistle’s Minotaur?
“The man is doom” Fliegende Hollaender
“Part of your woooorrrld” Rusalka, unless there actually is a Little Mermaid opera
“Sniffing flowers” Adriana
“No I can’t shag you” Parsifal
“Just another fun day” Walkueren perspective on Die Walkuere
“I’m supposed to marry a king” Tristan und Isolde
“Damn it, officer” Hindemith’s Cardillac?
“Mogul mixes hi-low plotz” Ariadne auf Naxos?
“hat, hat, look at my hat” All I can think of is Mimi’s guffietta rosa, despite lack of dancing in Boheme
Two of mine: “One sailor lad’s a prince” is Gioconda; “A sofa’s serenaded” is Andrea Chenier.
JohnGilks
My brother killed my mother who killed my father
– Iphigenie en Tauride?
Sereisa
True, it’s Iphiginie en Tauride..
Indybrendan
You got one of mine:
Oh honey, I’m sorry…Hercules
JohnGilks
A clone of M. Antoinette
– wild guess – Ghosts of Versailles
JohnGilks
British but served the US in Asia.
Heart of a Soldier
JohnGilks
Terrorists completely ruin the vacation of hundreds, kill one
Death of Klinghoffer
JohnGilks
Witch brother?
Trovatore
joncaves
“War, rape, revenge …” – Adriana Mater
“Mark, my words: …” – Tristan und Isolde?
“A rabid anti-communist …” – Nixon in China?
“Goldsmith’s daughter turnes …” Der Meistersinger??
“It is an …” Il Postino
“It’s not a bad …” Tannhauser
“Knight errant sings …” Don Quichotte
“Man with an armored …” Lohengrin?
“No, I can’t shag …” Parsifal?
“Terrorists completely ruin …” The Death of Klinghoffer
“There is a bull…” The Minator?
“They start the …” The End of the Affair
Indybrendan
Also:
@pitchforkmedia I met this cool old guy…Meistersinger
A rabid anti-communist…Nixon in China
Terrorists completely ruin…Death of Klinghoffer
Stinker, soldier, sailor…Billy Budd
sohothdog
“Called a beast!”… The Tale of Tsar Saltan
“A rabbi moonlighting…” L’Amico Fritz
“Let me put it this way…” La Juive
Manuela Kleeman
#operaplot a bandit, an old man, and a royal pursue a lady. The bandit dies in the end. = Ernani
I’m supposed to marry a king, but his knight’s so hot. This is magical, but it’s totally doomed, isn’t it? = Tristan & Isolde(?)
If you introduce a gun in the first act, it must be fired also in the first act = Forza Del Destino
In variant #operaplot, polygamist duke almost gets what he deserves, 6th wife gets away, others just won’t go (punishment enough?). = Bluebeard’s Castle
It is an amazing story about learning to live your dreams by performing a simple task of delivering mail to a genius of a poet = Il Postino
Polovtsians capture a Russian. They force him to watch them dance. Eventually he escapes. = Prince Igor
Sniffing flowers of unknown provenance may result in injury, loss of sanity, and death. = Adrianna Lecouvreur
Swiss maid discovers 19th century precursor to the Twinkie Defense. Breaks into coloratura of disbelief when it actually WORKS = La Sonnambula
I also think that “Violetta must be pissed off…I had a rich lover, a young boyfriend, a fling in the country…but I DIDN’T die! HAHAHAHA!!!” is Rondine and not Vanessa
Lowell Liebermann
“@pitchforkmedia I met” Meistersinger
“#operaplot Lady looks” Erwartung
“Be afraid” The Fly
“Born of a woman” Before Night Falls
“Do u know” Angels in America
“I thought I could do better” Florentine Tragedy
“In variant #operaplot polygamist” Bluebeard’s Castle
“It is an amazing story” Il Postino
“It’s not a bad life” Tannhauser
“No, I can’t shag you” Parsifal
“Despondent Widower” Die Tote Stadt
“Polovstians” Prince Igor
“There is a bull” The Minotaur
“War Rape” Cyrano de Bergerac
Sereisa
#operaplot He killed my fiance – Fedora
#operaplot My brother killed my mother – Iphiginie en Tauride
#operaplot a bandit, an old man – Ernani
Sorry I can’t help with other’s entries.. My knowledge on opera is also very limited, I think..
Miss Mussel
AuthorNot to worry – you’ve been a great help. There are so many operas I don’t know how one person could know anywhere near to them all!
Sarah
“How come the only guy…” – Bliss
“Old queen” – I Puritani
“A terrible crime” – Dead Man Walking?
“Friends, Romans, Countrymen” – Rienzi
“In infierno” – Don Giovanni?
“Self-referential, self-indulgent…” – Capriccio
“She’d rather burn…” – Dido & Aeneas
“Shipwreck, mayhem, murder…” – Batavia
Matt Greenall
@sarah
In Infierno, ancora zero was indeed supposed to be Don Giovannie (as in, in spain 1003; in hell none yet)
harryfiddler
Stinker, soldier, sailor, spy, Breeches man, boring man, beggar man, bi
My version of Partenope (bit of a long bow, I know…)
Mirto_P
Egyptian king falls into tourist trap – Akhnaten (Mine, hah!)
Pharonic efforts toward theocratic reform … – Akhnaten (Another great one!)
Irene Vartanoff
“Just another fun day” is indeed Die Walkure. After the fact, I realized that “Dad’s gonna clip your wings” is a better last line. Ah, well.
tastath
Although killing my wife’s lover… Zemlinsky’s A Florentine Tragedy
In variant operaplot… Dukas’ Ariane et Barbe-bleue
She’d rather burn alive… Roussel’s Padmâvatî
Despodent widower seeks… Korngold’s Die tote Stadt
Art Wagner
BIG GUY starts acting like a girl — La Calisto
Supergreek
“Tom Tom the pipers son Stole a pig and away he ran,” #disturbingNurseryrhymes #operaplot- The Turn of the Screw
John
@DameElizabeth performed it – Turn of The Screw
Wagner Fly – The Fly
Solider / Towers – Solider’s Story
Flying Soprana – Angels In America
End of Affair – End of The Affair
High Voice Male Singers – Julius Ceaser
True Love from Spoprana – Flying Dutchman
All Have Biblical Names – Moby Dick
Pregnant Wife / Idiot – Life with an Idiot
Give Up Wife Pretend to marry dauther – Il Trionfo dell’Onore
John
Delivering Mail to a Poet – Il Postino
John
Dies of AIDS – Angels in America
John
Redemption by walking with incredible lady – Dead Man Walking
Bonniesituation
Take this job and shove it! -Death
-Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis
I thought I could do better than my clod husband
-Zemlinsky’s A Florentine Tragedy