The romantic male figure in both Preston Sturges's STRICTLY DISHONORABLE and Istvan Orkeny's CATSPLAY is an opera singer.
Mention of TWILIGHT OF THE GOLDS below reminded me that the opera singer Jessye Norman is one of the figures Anna Deavere Smith interviewed and played in her TWILIGHT: L.A.
I'm pretty sure, though I couldn't find it on IBDB, that there's been a stage version of James M. Cain's SERENADE, in which the hero is an opera singer.
Paul Rudnick's VALHALLA deals in part with the relationship of Wagner and Ludwig of Bavaria. A very funny one-act sketch on the same subject is Robert Patrick's LUDWIG AND WAGNER.
In addition to GEMINI, mentioned below, Albert Innaurato wrote a play (I'm not sure if it was ever produced) called MAGDA AND CALLAS. (That makes three Maria Callas plays, with Ludlam's GALAS and McNally's MASTER CLASS.)
The hero of John Guare's RICH AND FAMOUS has an encounter with a very eccentric composer (vaguely based on Leonard Bernstein) who wants him to provide an opera libretto.
There are probably a great many more. Will post others if they come to mind. |
