#operaposting

[werewolfetone]

Opera is so good. has anyone else noticed this

[isaddeos]

big fan of rossini i especially like that aria that goes ahhahhahahah AAAAAAH ahhhhh

[instantpansies]

me listening to "disprezzata regina" from l'incoronazione di poppea: wow this is so shoot from the hip abigail coded

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Don Giovanni characters as fountain pens

I have long postponed making this post as I was afraid it might convince me to spend more money. However, armed with a new sense of fiscal responsibility, I think I am prepared.

I've tried to have a range of prices that roughly correspond to the status of the characters, as well as many different brands. Honestly all of these are just vibes, but I've tried to give my justifications were I can.

Leporello - Sailor Profit Junior in Kohiru ($60 as part of a limited edition set, including other products)

I know I just said that I would try and match the lower-class characters to appropriately-priced pens, but look at it. It has a bunny on it. This is the best pen ever.

Don Giovanni - Visconti Opera Gold in Red ($348)

This is probably the only pen on this list that I would absolutely never buy, no matter how much opera-themed branding it has, because it is a ridiculous price and also looks stupid. But "ridiculous price" and "looks stupid" are both things I associate with Don G, and he would definitely be a Visconti whore -- it's a brand highly associated with luxury.

My other choice for him is also a Visconti model, this time the Divina Matte in Bordeaux. This is an even more ridiculous price, at $796. However, it is less obnoxiously red than the Opera Gold, so it is an alternate. He probably would have both anyway.

Donna Anna - Nahvalur Voyage in Shanghai ($130)

I have this one! She is beauty, she is grace. She is also very poorly designed but I forgive her for that. This pen is super elegant, albeit large, and is made from resin with real diamond flakes in it. I love the color also - black, with streaks of blue that show up under light. It reminds me a bit of Anna's costume in the Kasper Holten production. It's simply a very beautiful pen (with tons of design flaws and constitution issues, grr).

The Commendatore - Parker Jack-Knife with silver filigree ($5 in 1902, which is equivalent to $183 today)

This is a very lovely vintage pen from the Parker company, of which I scoured this ancient website for a picture (https://parkerpens.net/index.shtml). As an aside, this site is great; it's very well-kept and contains a detailed account of Parker models through time, with pictures. This pen, though gaudy, is exactly the type of thing that I think old men who do things like duels in the middle of the night would have. (Please work with me here, I don't exactly have a lot of content to go off of :P)

Don Ottavio - Sailor Pro Gear Slim, Shikiori Amaoto collection in Kirisame ($360)

Honestly, any purple Sailor will fit for Ottavio. They're generally on the smaller side, but the designs have an elegant simplicity to them. Also, purple. It's him! It's just him.

This will probably be the ultimate piece in my collection. It's such a lovely little thing, with a 21k gold nib. Unfortunately, I will not be purchasing it any time soon, due to my responsible spending habits.

Donna Elvira - LAMY Al-Star in Black Purple ($48)

Also another model I own -- I swear by Lamys as a great everyday pen. They're reliable and ergonomic, even if they're not as visually appealing as some other brands. The Al-Star, being made of aluminum, is a bit of an upgrade from their plastic model, the Safari with a slightly higher price. I think it's very fitting for Elvira, as a travelling woman.

Zerlina and Masetto - LAMY Safari in Savannah Green and Terra Red ($19)

The Lamy Safari is my favorite everyday pen to use, full stop. It's the same model as the Al-Star, but made from a lightweight plastic. They have a very practical and minimalist aesthetic, but it works, and it works well. They're super durable and apparently can survive being run over by warehouse equipment. I just think this model really suits these two, or maybe I'm biased since it's my favorite.

In particular, these are the two special edition colors made to celebrate the 40 year anniversary of the model, as they were the original colors to be manufactured. The green (which I own) matches Zerlina's dress in the IvH production, which is why I named it Zerlina to begin with. That seems to have been a good name - although filling the converter for the first time was a dramatic ordeal, it's been a reliable pen no matter how much wear and tear I put it through (the black paint on the clip has completely flaked off by now).

Hope you guys enjoyed this tenuous connection between my nerdy hobbies that was actually just a vessel for my rant about how much I love Lamy Safaris. I had fun putting it together, even if a few of these are out of my price point right now. Maybe I will do inks next, although I have put less thought into that.

Off of this list, I hope to eventually buy both Sailors (Leporello and Ottavio) as well as the other Safari (Masetto), although that's not a priority. I just like thinking about having nice things.

[jonphaedrus]

this is a claudio desdèri doing shit that makes it really hard to sing opera while still singing opera appreciation post

look at how willing this man was to just toss himself around like a boneless sack of potatoes. especially as leporello. while singing!!!

in the last one he then does almost all of the ah! pieta signori miei aria flat on his back on the floor facing upstage and is STILL entirely and clearly audible even over the recording. im just in awe of him.

[nastassyafilippovna]

katerina lvovna being a normal and believable amount of dramatic

[picaroposting]

there needs to be a (bigger?) fandom for The Nose. all my gogolians? all my shostakovich listeners? join forces

[epaulando]

hbd meowww

daniela mack makes a handsome twink

thank you for the birthday wishes…. but fierro what is wrong with you

[youraveragecatastrophe]

happy valentines day ft Bizet's most romantic opera :)

[dolokhoded]

what a normal barber !

[dendropolis]

Local policeman stabbed in the heart (deserved).

[werewolfetone]

Les huguenots is so good. I wish every "can a catholic and protestant fall in love" piece of media ended in a building falling on them and a resounding "no"

[isaddeos]

La cerntola

[instantpansies]

also incredibly funny to me that brokeback mountain is held up as this incredible groundbreaking work when it is literally Just a Romance Novel Plotline. and in a way it was groundbreaking especially the movie because it was coming into the mainstream with big deal actors and portraying gay relationships as like. the same as straight ones but with more angst. that is important! and given the huge backlash it received, it certainly had an impact. i mean it's been selected as a culturally significant film. but also lmao it's so tropey and kind of cheesy and silly and like. idk it's just funny to me

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Behold, my favorite segment out of any Parterre zine:

(note that the Chevalier de La Force could be shirtless in any scene in Dialogues and I wouldn’t complain)

(Re: that last one, I feel like any Britten here is a cop-out.)

[jonphaedrus]

if you've been enjoying my operaposting, then you may be interested to know that i've posted my first opera review, this time for the 2013 teatro real madrid/michieletto production of l'elisir d'amore, which i can only possibly describe as "somewhat unhinged" and "way more weird and sexual than i was expecting, and i was expecting pretty weird and sexual". if that sounds like something you'd be interested to hear more about, come check it out!