#l’elisir d’amore

[leporellian]

monostatos (“stands alone”) and nemorino (“[the] little nobody”) fighting in the pit for saddest possible name to give a tenor character in an opera

[spghtrbry]

FINALLY…. l’elisir d’amore, THE UKRAINIAN AU…

so everything’s basically the same, except it’s happening somewhere in the central ukraine (presumably sloboda, maybe a little bit more western… for example POLTAVA lol)

also dulcamara sells nemorino a bottle of horilka (ukrainian vodka) instead of red wine

yeah also the vibe i get from this is very...... gogol-ish ... idk if you read his plays you know klfslkjlksd

nemorino is now nemir, adina is … idk probably her name doesn’t change, belcore is BOGDAN which is. very funny trust me, and um i couldn’t come up with a slavic name for dulcamara smidneifjdudejsisi

@malusienki @supercantaloupe (gd i forgot who was at the stream…….and who asked to tag them if i'll make the au………sorry it was a while ago sjdnajdjejdn)

[opera-shitpost]

Guys, if a girl accepts to marry you right before you go off to war, that means she likes you.

If a girl buys your military contact to prevent you from going to war, that means she loves you.

[rayatii]

Having SO MANY THOUGHTS on L’elisir. NEED to talk.

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

(For the character opinion bingo) I don’t exactly remember all of your blorbos (at least from the operas that I have watched; I feel like such a bad friend! 😅), but: Mimì, Nemorino, Figaro, Lucia (Ashton), and one Verdi girlie of your choice!

embarrassingly late BUT:

Mimì:

Nemorino:

Figaro:

Lucia:

Maria-Amelia Grimaldi (Simon Boccanegra):

[malusienki]

STOP IT!!!!!!!!’ IM CRYING!!!!! SO SWEET AND SILLY!!!!

[housesghastlymenhaunted]

anyway may I never as long as I live forget Golda Schultz planting such an exaggerated, comedic, dramatic stage kiss on Javier Camarena at the end of L’Elisir (with Javier going full pinwheel arms while she grabbed his face) and the audience (even with the Met half full on a Tue) laughing so hard that Javier broke character, barely able to half giggle half sing through the subsequent “que joia!”

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

production of l’elisir d’amore where everything is the same except this is dulcamara’s cabinet

since when did snapple start dabbling in elemental elixirs

[spacelazarwolf]

What are some of your favorite operas?

my absolute favorite is l’elisir d’amore. i also really like mozart’s operas in general. love puccini, and i did an aria from jennifer higdon’s cold mountain a few years ago and it was amazing.

[drinkthemlock]

the opera is l’elisir d’amore btw and i feel SO BAD for nemorino bro he’s just really in love and really drunk and everyone be hating…..

[leporellian]

l’elisir d’amore is a kidz bop version of carmen. 163627 opera posts remain

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

elisir di sì perfetta

di sì rara qualità

ne sapessi la ricetta

conoscessi chi ti fà!

piece i made for a production of sweeney todd i did props and set for! i usually costume but this was a fun respite

going to start trying to add image ids to my artwork as well.

image id: An early victorian snake-oil poster with the heading “Ladies love… Pirelli’s Elissir Miracoloso.” A drawing of a woman with ringlet curls and a smoothly parted bun with two small roses pinned in, as well as a rather simple evening dress holds a small bottle. An intentionally tony disclaimer below reads “May cause the following symptoms: irritation of the skin and eyes, burning, itching, peeling, scabs, bleeding pustules, blisters, and sores. Ingestion may cause inflammation and ulcers in the nose, throat, stomach and mucousal linings.” End id

[slaygentford]

My favorite operas rated by how wrong Lestat is in his opinion of them.

5. Barber of Seville. I think he wants to be slash fuck Figaro and I can’t stomach that because a sexy Figaro is the only thing that Carries me through this post human chatgpt cold modern landscape. Get a job. You will never be Figaro qua figaro la. Wanting to be/fuck him is a pretty mild crime however. There are no real wrong opinions involved except his own hubris. Also I think he thinks he could sing figaro and that’s embarassing

4. Orpheus in the underworld. Again largely inoffensive takes except that he has like immense fomo that he didn’t spend the 1860s in Paris which is like, get over it. I also think he thinks that this opera is endlessly funny and gives and gives and it doesn’t. It just doesn’t. I love it but it’s a rare listen. You can’t wear out the cd. It’s not meant for that. But he does because of the fomo and it’s like okay take the fucking aux cord away from him please god the can can is not that funny

3. Così fan tutte. Here we get into real problematic territory. This is a brain off prima facie misogyny extravaganza for Lestat. Women ARE just like that, thinks Lestat. Histrionics. Amusing histrionics but histrionics. He somehow makes this about fucking actors and musicians but seeking a proper lady of society to wife. Like he would fuck the entire female cast and think it’s funny that they’re irl slutty and not wife material and he would out loud comment on this. The phrase loose woman would probably get involved and in a really vulgar pun on top of it. The entire viewing experience of this is just an evening reinforcing his Edwardian family values. Get away from her. GET A JOB

2. La traviata. Man shut the hell up

1. L’elisir d’amore. Local man who had to fight wolves for dinner 150 years ago thinks he’s still poor and can relate to the trials of Italian peasants. Lots of “back in my day” sort of talk; mean about the barber character without recognizing that is literally him in several ways. Convinces himself he’s a tenor and tries to sing una furtiva. Rough for the entire household. This takes first place bexause if I was trying to enjoy this, one of my favorite opera experiences of all time, and I had to sit next to him, and had to put up with his condescending laughter at the romance shenanigans when he is literally stupider than any character here, I’d push him out of the box and straight into the orchestra

[woodsteingirl]

il barbiere di siviglia……..‼️ l’elisir d’amore! operatic borrowing in sweeney todd.

[rayatii]

i think your opera is definitely l’elisir d’amore :)

No surprise there 😁 (and by the way, I am working on another Elisir fic 😉)

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

😍😍😍