| re: Mentions in musicals | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 09:14 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:08 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Mentions in musicals - PlayWiz 07:45 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| And some others: "It's An Art" from Working has the waitress comparing herself to Madama Butterfly (vocalizing a bit of "Un Bel Di") and Carmen (dancing to a pastiche of the opera's final Entr'acte), as well as to a swan dancer in Swan Lake. "Everybody's Girl" from Steel Pier also refers to Carmen, with a quote of the gypsy song that opens Act II. "West End Avenue" from The Magic Show mentions a soprano in an upstairs apartment who "tries to sing the Waltz from La Boheme." "The Germans At The Spa" from Nine quotes the iconic opening figure from Tristan Und Isolde at the lyric "be sure there's lots of German music playing." There's "Catch Our Act At The Met" from Two On The Aisle, and As Thousands Cheer has a number about the new donors at the old Met (with a quote from Pagliacci near the end. The latter revue also has a bizarre but funny scene where a radio broadcast of Lucia Di Lammermoor, a family radio drama, and a mustard sauce commerical vie for airtime simultaneously. In Passion, Lt. Torasso is an opera fan who decries the terrible local productions, singing a line from L'Elisir d'Amore. In "Come Up To My Place" from On The Town, when Chip suggests going to the now-defunct Hippodrome, Hildy explains that "Aida sang an A and blew the place away." In Carnival during "The Rich," Marguerite (the diva puppet) makes claims of her singing "Carmen in Aida", her Barbara of Seville, and "The Madame in Butterfly." The aforementioned "The 3 B's" from On Your Toes not only has the reference to Lady Macbeth From Minsky (no possessive on the name), but also "Puccini wrote 'Poor Butterfly.'" And a very honorable mention to Jonathan Tunick's clever throwing in the opening horn figure from Der Rosenkavalier at the final modulation in "A Weekend In The Country." Inexplicably and unforgivingly, the most recent Broadway revival cut that modulation, throwing away Tunick's fun quote with the bathwater. |
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