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opera-ghosts · 3 months

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Coloratura Comparison! Four historic sopranos wind up Olympia's DOLL SONG, High E-flat THE SONGBIRDS: - Lucy Gates (1882 - 1951) was an American soprano who made many records of popular songs and arias for Columbia. She made her debut in Berlin in 1909. Gates was the granddaughter of Brigham Young and in 1916 married Albert Ernest Bowen, a leader in the LDS Church. THE MUSIC: Jacques Offenbach composed at least 100 works for the stage in the 34 years between 1847 and 1881. Yet only his masterpiece “Les Contes de Hoffmann” lives in the standard repertory, deservedly so. According to operabase.com, “Hoffmann” is the second most performed French opera in the world, after “Carmen.” The first of three fantasy lovers that the poet Hoffmann conjures in the story is Olympia. Initially she appears luminous to Hoffmann, but she turns out to be a mechanical doll. She only has one aria in the opera, "Les oiseaux dans la charmille," commonly referred to as the Doll Song. And what an aria it is -- an extremely popular and challenging coloratura showpiece. This ditty is so ubiquitous that it’s easy to overlook how clever and original it is: Offenbach ingeniously composed an intricate and precise coloratura vocal line to convey Olympia's wind-up doll characteristics, all with a bit of a wink. It's inevitably a crowd pleaser for sopranos who can display their technique and have a little fun at the same time.

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fruitpunchnoice · 5 months

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This Thanksgiving I'm thankful for Gianna in Chicago

#the mountain goats #the doll song #tmg

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angelwngd · 1 month

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nivsthirdeye · 2 months

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song jia ° ᡣ𐭩 . ° .

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francy-sketches · 4 months

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POV they caught you chasing cats in the red keep

#asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #valyrianscrolls #myrcella baratheon #tommen baratheon #my art #last art of the year n it’s them <3 very on brand #just thot the description of myrc in ble was cute n I wanted 2 draw it 💙#pretty as a doll in blue satin so true 💙#that stag’s supposed to be embroidered in pearls cut I couldn’t figure out how to draw it. use your imagination #black pearls ofc #tried 2 post this n it got sent to the void if you see two of it that’s why. hopefully not tho

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scourge-sympathiser · 5 months

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SCOURGE SUNDAY 015/???

a mask of my own face. id wear tht

#scourge wc #warriors #warrior cats #scourge warriors #wc scourge #scourge #scourge warrior cats #bloodclan #scourge sunday #i will be honest i am saving this in my draftz at 2am aftr franticly finishing it so uhhh he got a bit rushed at the end. rip #the mask waz gonna be a lot more like. halloween originally n thn the sktch just kinda started going towardz rubber doll n i accepted this #it did come abt bcuz the lemon demon song is in my scourge playlist lol not sure why but im like no this is a scourge song actually #im right i think #ok im actually so fucking tired i actually work in the morning tomorrow so uhhhh yeah see u. later.#whn im actually at work n posting this from my draftz lmfaoo

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exitwound · 1 year

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Grief is like: Someday you will ache like I ache

#Doll parts is a totally different song right now #z

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best-overplayed-song · 1 year

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#best overplayed song bracket #polls #tumblr bracket #the goo goo dolls #snow patrol

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cupidarrow10 · 13 days

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#coquette dollete #coquette aesthetic #coquette #swan song #swan lake #dollcore #bimbo doll #dollette #angel energy #angel dust #this is what makes us girls #girlblogging #this is a girlblog #girl blog aesthetic #lana del ray aka lizzy grant #female manipulator #cinnamon girl #lana del rey

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c4bin-fever · 9 days

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never was there ever a girl so pretty do you think we'll be in love forever? ;P [do you think we'll be in love? :) ]

#murder drones #doll murder drones #lizzy murder drones #dizzy #dizzy murder drones #song is diet mountain dew by lana del rey

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newwavesylviaplath · 14 days

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pretty much yeah

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opera-ghosts · 3 months

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Coloratura Comparison! Four historic sopranos wind up Olympia's DOLL SONG, High E-flat THE SONGBIRDS: Aurelia Revy (1879 - 1957) was Hungarian and sang several seasons in London, Milan, Vienna, and Berlin.

THE MUSIC: Jacques Offenbach composed at least 100 works for the stage in the 34 years between 1847 and 1881. Yet only his masterpiece “Les Contes de Hoffmann” lives in the standard repertory, deservedly so. According to operabase.com, “Hoffmann” is the second most performed French opera in the world, after “Carmen.” The first of three fantasy lovers that the poet Hoffmann conjures in the story is Olympia. Initially she appears luminous to Hoffmann, but she turns out to be a mechanical doll. She only has one aria in the opera, "Les oiseaux dans la charmille," commonly referred to as the Doll Song. And what an aria it is -- an extremely popular and challenging coloratura showpiece. This ditty is so ubiquitous that it’s easy to overlook how clever and original it is: Offenbach ingeniously composed an intricate and precise coloratura vocal line to convey Olympia's wind-up doll characteristics, all with a bit of a wink. It's inevitably a crowd pleaser for sopranos who can display their technique and have a little fun at the same time.