#like obviously in these summaries you could just swap out 'hatred' for 'disdain' | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

shredsandpatches · 6 months ago

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I realize it's very silly to expect any sort of nuanced commentary from one-sentence context summaries of individual operatic arias, but also: this sort of description shows up a lot for this specific aria and I think it's very off, tonally. It's not so much an expression of "hatred" as...affectionate contempt, I guess? The world sucks and people suck and I love that for them, and also, more importantly, for me. (Hear that, squishy human whom I dragged along to this party? I OWN YOUR ASS)

#i'm trying to learn this aria despite not being a bass and you're all stuck here with me #(someday i will learn to whistle and then i will also take on 'son lo spirito che nega')#mefistofele #hot faust summer #like obviously in these summaries you could just swap out 'hatred' for 'disdain'#and yes even if you are not shipper trash like me i think it's important that a lot of it is played toward faust specifically #whom after all meph is trying to...not even corrupt so much as prove he's already corrupt #and of course this scene reveals that he's *not* -- not entirely anyway #and that makes him a challenge! and also: irresistible

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