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i will see youuuu in the neeext liiiifeeee

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so. time of the year again.

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hi.

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the rake's progress really has everything. heavy handed morals. a tenor who makes every bad decision possible. a lesbian with a beard. a meta relationship with opera as an artform and its history. some of the most gorgeous orchestrations of the past hundred years. some of the most awkward dialogue ever put to english language. the literal devil

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Les Contes d'Hoffman, La Scala 2023. Photo by Marco Brescia and Rudy Amisano

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this just in: stéphanie d’oustrac and ying fang are SERVING over at the dutch national opera

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Oh btw what in the world was this

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this is mermaidcore

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by Benjamin Britten at Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier. Tito Muñoz direction musicale, Ted Huffman mise en scène, Marsha Ginsberg décors, D.M. Wood lumières, Annemarie Woods costumes, Sam Pinkelton chorégraphe, Perrine Villemur assistante aux décors,  Juliette Gaudel assistante costume Devin Petersen maquettiste, Ran Arthur Braun régisseur vol.

Photographs courtesy of Marsha Ginsberg

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Now why did my last gifs flop so bad

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Renée Fleming in Eugene Onegin (Met 2007)

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hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby

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Medea grabbing Jason's ass. aaaand post

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Miah Persson as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Salzburg 2009

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i know everyone (including me) loves the teatro comunale di bologna posters but i feel like we need to talk about the don giovanni one. they understand the assignment, which is 'this guy has to look like a trust fund grade-A SHITHEAD'. truly incredible

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Paul Appleby and Julia Bullock in The Rake's Progress, Festival D'Aix en Provence, 2017