#this ending though

[opera-simplified]

Opera Simplified #1: Don Carlo(s)— Notes, Act V

** Okay SO. This Ending.

This is the single most confusing part of this entire opera. First, is the monk actually Charles V? Is he Charles’ ghost? Is he just a monk who very closely resembles him? Who knows?

Second, the actual ending. The stage direction given here is a) how both main versions of the libretto end it and b) how most productions end it. However, productions have ended a variety of ways, and so it heavily depends on what production you’re watching. Personally, I prefer the original ending, but that’s a whole ‘nother post.

Please leave your thoughts about the ending below!

[adnexy]

[shoujoandbobatea]

Secrets From the Past - Ota Kisaki

[springagainafter]

[springagainafter]

[thehikingastronomer]

Either I'm finished Book 3, or I'm going to write one more chapter. I don't know if I love this ending, or hate it. It's very open-ended. I'll mull this over for the rest of the day. I'm emotionally destroyed right now though. I couldn't write more today even if I drank 10 more cups of coffee. This is what it's like to write a book, people. There comes a point (for me, right at the end, or near it) where it just ruins me. Where I just drag because I'm ready to be finished. But hey, no matter what, that's why we do revisions. Revisions are life savers. Revisions: the real MVPs of writing a book.

[amberlehcar]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT'S HOW MICHIKO AND HATCHIN ENDS????

[sophue]

im waiting for the apparent 'sasusaku' child to not actually be theirs or some shit because to me it seriously doesnt look like it could be theres