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re: Plays about opera
Posted by: stgmgr 08:53 am EDT 05/28/18
In reply to: Plays about opera - commedia 08:25 am EDT 05/28/18

If you're willing to dip a toe into an actual opera giocoso, I've always had a soft spot for Donizetti's "Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali," which follows an opera company's hapless attempt to stage a new production. (There's an English-language version called "Viva la Mamma.")
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re: Plays about opera
Posted by: OldTheaterGuy 08:22 pm EDT 05/28/18
In reply to: re: Plays about opera - stgmgr 08:53 am EDT 05/28/18

Going back to early in the previous century, there was a huge hit comedy, Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines that had an opera diva as the heroine. The role made a star of Ethel Barrymore. There have been several musical adaptations over the years.
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re: Plays about opera
Posted by: Chromolume 08:38 pm EDT 05/28/18
In reply to: re: Plays about opera - OldTheaterGuy 08:22 pm EDT 05/28/18

There have been several musical adaptations over the years.

Including an opera (by Jack Beeson), naturally...;-)
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re: Plays about opera
Posted by: whereismikeyfl 08:55 pm EDT 05/28/18
In reply to: re: Plays about opera - Chromolume 08:38 pm EDT 05/28/18

Well, if we are going to go there, how about La Tosca by Victorien Sardou.
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