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No one:

Absolutely no one:

Figaro:

#which figaro? #doesn't matter; both #opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #opera memes #figaro #il barbiere di siviglia #the barber of seville #le nozze di figaro #the marriage of figaro #in this house we enjoy feeling schadenfreude for rich people's little inconveniences

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🎶 Bunt, bunt, bunt sind alle meine Kleider, Bunt, bunt, bunt ist alles was ich hab. Darum lieb ich alles was so bunt ist, Weil mein Schatz ein Maler, Maler ist. 🎶

- Tosca, probably.

#opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #tosca #puccini #giacomo puccini #grün grün grün sind alle meine kleider #it's been a while hasn't it #mod rayatii's been in a tosca mood lately #our german-speaking followers will probably be the only ones to understand #but even so it's still a very niche shitpost

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RIP Cavaradossi, you would have loved Beethoven.

#yes i got this idea from reading a fanfic but this idea had sorta kinda occurred to me once or twice before then #opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #tosca #mario cavaradossi #giacomo puccini #cavaradossi #puccini #much like beethoven cavaradossi was a supporter of napoleon bc he saw him as a figurehead for justice and freedom #i'm sure that had he lived longer cavaradossi would have had the same reaction as beethoven upon hearing napoleon declaring himself emperor #(dammit mod rayatii don't explain the joke)

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tfw you married a charming leggiero tenor who sang you some beautiful serenades and went to ridiculous lengths to make sure that you loved him for himself and not for his title or money, and 3 years into your marriage he becomes a nasty jealous baritone who constantly cheats on you and sides with the very people he was previously up against…

#a moment of silence for our girl rosina #opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #opera as memes #il barbiere di siviglia #the barber of seville #rossini #gioachino rossini #le nozze di figaro #the marriage of figaro #mozart #wolfgang amadeus mozart

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Surely I'm not the only one who noticed similar plot patterns in these operas??

#opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #opera memes #opera venn diagrams #(new tag who dis) #fedora #giordano #umberto giordano #puccini #giacomo puccini #potential spoilers i guess #i was too lazy to note down their differences and besides that's not the point anyway #yeah it's been a while since we posted

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Mimì @ Rodolfo: I love resting my head on your chest and hearing your heart beat as I drift off to sleep. Musetta @ Marcello: I recorded you snoring so you can hear how fucking loud it is.

#source: twitter #opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #incorrect opera quotes #la bohème #la boheme #puccini #giacomo puccini #mimì #mimi #rodolfo #musetta #marcello #posting here bc incorrectoperaquotes blog seems currently inactive #i know this meme is old but who cares

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“Fedora”

Non opera people:

Opera people:

#opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #opera memes #fedora #giordano #umberto giordano #mod rayatii has FINALLY watched the met's recent hd broadcast (it's finally on met on demand) and kinda wants to talk about it #of course i'd choose an indiana jones-related pic

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You: I Feel Pretty

Me: Son vergin vezzosa

#opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #i puritani #bellini #vincenzo bellini #west side story #i feel pretty #obviously i mean no disrespect to wss or leonard bernstein #i just thought son vergin vezzosa could be considered an opera equivalent of i feel pretty

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Has everyone ever noticed this? Especially given that Italian itself uses the solfeggio system in music.

#opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #opera as memes #opera puns #la bohème #la boheme #puccini #giacomo puccini #mimì #mimi #sì mi chamano mimì

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Let me tell you a story.

Picture it: Sicily, 1883.

An attractive peasant girl is minding her own business, when a young man from her village starts courting her without warning. That young man, Turiddu, is a former soldier who recently returned from the army, so she’s of course impressed. It’s a well-known fact that he had been courting with Lola, the village beauty, before he set off into the army, but that by the time he returned, she was married to Alfio, the village carter.

Anyway, after that betrayal, Turiddu immediately sets his sights on the aforementioned peasant girl, who believes his ardent declarations and promises well enough to allow him to make passionate love to her. Of course, what is bound to happen happens, and soon enough, the entire village hears all about this affair. And because this was Sicily, 1883, the girl gets all the blame and is even excommunicated from the church, while Turiddu gets away with everything.

To make matters worse, it becomes very clear that he seduced her with the intention of making Lola jealous, which works flamboyantly well, because soon enough, the jilted peasant girl witnesses him hanging around Lola’s house every night while Alfio is away carting shit, blissfully unaware of all these happenings.

And then on Easter, she begs Turiddu one last time to come back to her, to no avail. Outraged, she curses his Easter, and later tells Alfio all about Lola’s affair, though she immediately comes to regret it. Alfio challenges Turiddu to a knife fight, which he accepts by biting his ear till it bleeds, which is a Sicilian custom meant to represent a fight to the death. Turiddu gets killed in the fight, but not before telling his mother to look after the girl in case he doesn’t come back.

That peasant girl was me. And this story was a summary of the plot of Cavalleria rusticana in the style of the “Picture it: Sicily” stories from The Golden Girls.

#cavalleria rusticana #mascagni #pietro mascagni #picture it: sicily #happy easter from the opera-shitpost team! #or should i say: #a voi la BUONA pasqua!! #i tried so hard to capture sophia's voice but it's really difficult #1883 is the year the short story that the opera was based on was published and i didn't have any better reference

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You: Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

Me: È sogno? o realtà?

#opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #falstaff #verdi #giuseppe verdi #bohemian rhapsody #queen #it's insane how similar the opening lyrics of both are tho #credit for finding this connection goes to mod notyouraveragejulie afaik (in the falstaff met 2013 liveblog)

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If anyone remembers the very easy “Identify the Opera Voice Types” games that mod rayatii made back in 2020 (which most of y’all probably don’t), here is the third, equally easy installment created 3 years later.

#opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #bad art #identify the opera voice types #guess the opera voice types #you may have noticed that the art is of a lesser quality than the previous 2 bc i used the og ms paint for it instead of paint 3d

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In honor of the Met announcing their 2023-2024 season today.

For @leporellian.

#it's always a riotous experience in the opera circles when the met announces their season #opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #opera memes #met opera #metropolitan opera #puccini #giacomo puccini #tbh over here at opera-shitpost we all love puccini #but by GOD this season is so REPETITIVE when it comes to him specifically #these productions really refuse to die

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Mod rayatii finally has access to the polls function, and has decided to reboot an old post.

#opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #opera polls #tosca #please give us your opinions! #if this doesn’t take off i’ll be very sad

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A remake of that Rondine meme, made more legible. Frito-Lay hire me challenge.

#i'm literally this close to emailing this meme to frito-lay to convince them to make an ad based on it i'm serious #opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #opera memes #opera puns #la rondine #chi il bel sogno di doretta

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Nothing like a soprano VS mezzo operatic catfight amirite

#opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #opera as memes #opera meme #opera memes #maria stuarda #adriana lecouvreur #donizetti #gaetano donizetti #cilea #francesco cilea #the girls are fighting #operatic catfights #2 opera memes in one day mod rayatii's on a roll

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I find it funny how this opera pretty much “others” Japanese culture, but at the same time it literally also says “exoticism bad”. They tried, at least.

#opera #opera shitpost #opera shitposts #madama butterfly #madame butterfly #puccini #giacomo puccini #in a nutshell #ignore sharpless' caillou egg head #i was just too lazy to give him hair #i literally used the opera strip adaptation of this opera for reference for their clothes #we do all agree that the f in b. f. pinkerton stands for 'fuckface'