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comradesummers · 6 days ago

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watching some of the opera adaptations of the orpheus and eurydice story for a paper, and can i just say, giving it a happy ending is for cowards only. this is opera for god's sake! how are you not committing to the angst? christoph willibald gluck this is a callout post

#orpheus #orpheus ed euridice #opera #orpheus and eurydice #anais mitchell you're the only one i respect #okay edit: having now seen monteverdi's l'orfeo (one of the first operas ever!) monteverdi has rights too #hilarious scene where right after hades (although we're using roman names in this one so pluto actually) lets eurydice go #orpheus sings a whole aria about how awesome his lyre is and how he's the sickest musician ever #only to immediately fuck it up by turning around #very funny and eurydice stays dead so i'm on board #but gluck is my mortal enemy #shitty opera boring songs (because he was part of this weird movement where they decided opera songs should be simple and and a happy endin #the only part i liked was the weird marital argument orpheus and eurydice had while actively walking out of hell #like it was fully mommy and daddy are getting a divorce vibes which was odd but at least funny and an interesting take on the myth #the rest sucked

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