Big Ol' Opera Dork

Not fancy. I just love opera, and I want to share the love with everyone!! I'm a coloratura soprano just trying to express and connect through this stellar art form.

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I feel like this screenshot really captures the essence of most opera endings.

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Fatma Said singing Strauss’ Epheu, accompanied by Joseph Middleton.

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tv shows with time travel organizations/bureaus/police/agencies/whatever should have a department with instead of a tech genius eating candy, it’s a harried seamstress or fashion designer who is like

“1450 italy? does it look like I have the time to dye you wool? nO. YOU’RE GOING TO THE 1980s”

and throws shoulder pads at the hapless time agent

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“I literally made three- THREE- 18th century corsets last week. You can wait until one of them gets back, or you can go sometime post-1920s, because if I have to sew one more god damn channel I will literally lose my mind.”

“Upper middle class?!?!? You told me upper class! FUCK YEAH THERE’S A DIFFERENCE!!!”

“How about kimoNO.”

“Look me in the eyes. I do not care what you want. This is the 1500s. You absolutely cannot wear trousers.”

“Another court gown?? Here’s a novel idea: go as a peasant for once in your life. Why do you do this to me? You’re fucking sadists that’s why.”

“Don’t mind me, I’ll just be up all night hand painting silk.”

“THE POLICY IS ONE MONTH’S ADVANCE NOTICE ON PRE-1900s WOMEN’S FASHION FOR A REASON, DEBRA.”

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😍😍😍

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I think Mitzi Gaynor is very underrated! I love this woman. Also, this Gershwin song is a gem!

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Two numbers from Judy Kuhn’s American Songbook concert did not make it onto her eventual album based on the program. Here’s one of them.

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Why do you like opera?

The unamplifed voices, there is nothing like it.

The history of opera itself.

Hearing a full orchestra LIVE

Opera houses! The architecture!

The costumes! Good lord the costumes

The audiences are unlike anything…ever

Oh and…you know, woman kissing women…there is that.

lesbians

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The Romanov Women || Anastasia: The Musical

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darth vader is just the phantom of the opera in space

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fucked up face. wears a cape. super dramatic all the time

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First of all, how dare you…

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always enters rooms to his theme music. really likes choking people. clearly owns a shit ton of strobe lights and fog machines

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the Same™

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Julie Andrews BEAUTIFULLY singing Whistling Away The Dark, and Crazy World. Mancini and Friends: Live, 1987. 

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Edith Piaf

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all english teachers are either chaotic good or lawful evil

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I feel like the same applies to music theory teachers.

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everyone’s like “Omg girl’s smiles are just mMMMM” to which I would say “preach it”

but have you ever seen girls calves?

Weak™

or her shoulders?

I’m getting gayer.

Or that feeling when the girl you like is super close to you and you feel like you’re gonna fucking melt fight then and there.

The best.

and that squinty thing they do when they look at the board when they tilt their head a little?!

I have c h i l l s.

AND THE WAY SHE DOES THE SIMPLEST SHIT LIKE OPEN HER LOCKER BECAUSE I’LL BE DAMMED IF THAT HADN’T MADE ME CRY INTERNALLY AT LEAST ONCE.

p.s.

whoever invented neck muscles and strong jaws for girls needs and an Oscar or some shit.

Anyway this was my rant hope you are having a great time see you in hell.

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Opera David Leventi

“Opera” records the interiors of world-famous opera houses, all photographed with 4x5” and 8x10” Arca-Swiss cameras to maximize detail. Architecturally meticulous, this body of work serves to historically document these national and cultural landmarks. 

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Opera can be  i n c r e d i b l y  sexy…thanks to Elīna Garanča, who oozes sexuality & hot-blooded charm! …and her seductive voice is like a magic spell that puts you in a trance & you can’t escape!

@elinagaranca as Carmen at the MET New York