Opera thread

[littlesongbird]

This will be a list of all opera arias that have appeared thus far and other arias will either show later or are pieces most of the cast will have heard of - give you a small taste of culture

[littlesongbird]

Gianni Schicchi:
Lauretta Mia: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVrB6OfW2PQ
O Mio Babbino Caro: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxy4qrnKwVo

Lakme:
The bell song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZjwRN6v9bE (talk about your vocal workouts)
The Flower Duet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qx2lMaMsl8

Madama Butterfly:
Un bel di vedremo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkUq98oiyRc
Con onor muore: www.youtube.com/watch?v=25qOY9cwz88 ((tissue warning!))

Tosca:
Vissi d'arte: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXQvPwYYVBI
Vissi d'arte, version2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYG5wtRWT0E
Te Deum: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3McP88FGHo (Gobbi)
Te Deum, version2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUX3QzIEun4 (Macneil)
Lucevan le stelle: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxdiJ74AL5Y
Recondita armonia: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx3nd9c3spA

Aida:
Celeste Aida: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_eWsuMekSw
Ritorna vincitor: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElL4OAzn5bg
Ritorna vincitor, version2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kDUm-rDsN4 (this was from her farewell performance)
Triumphal March: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_NRazjCiG4
Triumphal March, version2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxgOIwOd_5I

Il trovatore:
Di quella pira: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZifAhqGS9x0&NR
Anvil Chorus/Stride la vampa/Condotta ell'era in ceppi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmWPlCbokSU

Die Walküre:
Ride of the Valkyries: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGU1P6lBW6Q

The Flying Dutchman:
Overture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqezCR_XzaI (if you've seen "What's Opera, Doc?" then you'll recognize this piece right away)

Lohengrin:
Overture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fci7Co3FGB4
Prelude to Act III and the Bridal Chorus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh8MrtRvAPI

Tannhäuser:
Overture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgpOctKSwp4 (And how many of you are singing "Return my love" from "What's Opera, Doc?")

Lucia di Lammermoor:
The Mad Scene: www.youtube.com/watch?v=As6utP3ENPg (part 1)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVaJGb7Al6I (part 2)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tquDkL7Lciw (part 3) ((I believe this is the singer that scared my mother. You can see how Lucia just *lost* her sanity during this aria.)) To give you a brief warning, Lucia was forced into a marriage to a man she didn't love by her older brother, the man she did love hurled a curse at her, and she's mentally unstable to begin with. Oh, and that blood.. Well.. Don't let Lucia near any blades...
The Sextet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci3RWcZxP_U

Rigoletto:
Questa o quella: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lGOZhnIngE
La donna é mobile: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3zetSuYRg

La Fille du Régiment:
Ah mes amis, pour mon ame: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6NkMeR2Z0M

Turandot:
Nessun Dorma: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1z5uXWsPCk
Signore ascolta: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoYAcwTWdjo
Non Piangere Liu: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjudtk5tbFs (the reason the man has a rope tied around his waist and is attached to Liu, is because the man is blind and Liu guides him)

La Traviata:
Brindisi (The Drinking Song): www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcKdnkGBSgA (this is a fun version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zmwRitYO3w - a flash mob)
Di Provenza il Mar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj-s8J1v1Ag (and it is allowed for you to hate Papa Germont with this song. His intentions were good, the excution.. was not)

Carmen:
The Toredor song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bymQ0j4LcLY (yay for flash mobs. Just to clarify, these *are* members of an opera house doing it)

Orphée aux Enfers:
The Can Can!: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0WRJES4cyw (flash opera version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9izcGX-5k2s - so much fun)
The Can Can, version2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lks7YtP4984 - this lets you see a can can ((Lise will not be amused. At all.))

La Boheme:
Quando m'en Vo (Musetta's Waltz), version1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYhBqYZGVvc
Quando m'en Vo (Musetta's Waltz), version2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwboZEyjsrM
Quando m'en Vo (Musetta's Waltz), version3: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaQgMhsb7Xg (RENT!)
Si, mi chiamano Mimi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgaN3vIqJUY
Che gelida manina: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiQw70EzSgw (this leads into Mi chiamano Mimi)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (yes, this is an opera)
Wedding March: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0wmzoHd6yo (the other famous wedding march - the counterpart is up in Lohengrin, Act III)

[littlesongbird]

I will admit that this is not opera by any stretch of the imagination, it's from a ballet, and a modern production at that. The reason I'm linking it is, the Beast seems to display some very feline tendencies (watch and judge for yourselves): www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ7zsEWNaRs

Also, not an opera - but one of my favorite country songs - the lyrics could be apropos for our board:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LscKgLXFYqI ((and I reveal a small bias with this one. One of my favorite anime fandoms for this vid. Lady Kayura and Shuten Douji from Yoroiden Samurai Troopers))

Not another opera song, but I think this one could work for the board. Cinema Bizarre's Angel in disguise www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8gTbskTASo ((forgive me if I drool over Strify - he's just too adorable))

Another ballet excerpt - The Nutcracker, only with a minor change to two of Drosselmeyer's dolls..: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlMjiQjw2Bc (a black cat and a white cat.... Hm.. who does that remind you of?)

Yet another ballet cat - Puss in Boots and the White Cat from Sleeping Beauty (Yes, that's the female cat's name. The White Cat.): www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-NwGYLpNyU (you may recognize this as the "Rose, don't touch anything!" music that plays as Briar Rose walks up those steps while under the Wicked Fairy's enchantment in Disney's Sleeping Beauty)

Swan Lake:
Black Swan Coda: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOdE0P7K0HM (these are like Misto's conjuring turns, as seen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUQ-trOrTAQ)

Oh, decidedly *not* opera or ballet, but I was listening to this song on the radio earlier and immediately thought of several characters on the board.
Indiana wants me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDppeMt0FeQ (This strikes me as an almost good song for Cori, especially with these two lines from the lyrics:

If a man ever needed dying he did - No one had a right to say what he said about you

- the jist of the song is that the guy is on the run from the police in Indiana for killing a man who insulted the singer's persona's wife.)