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** remade as the Elton John musical ''[[Aida]]'' in modern times |
** remade as the Elton John musical ''[[Aida]]'' in modern times |
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* ''[[Theatre/Un Ballo In Maschera|Un Ballo In Maschera]]'' |
* ''[[Theatre/Un Ballo In Maschera|Un Ballo In Maschera]]'' |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[Don Carlo]]'' |
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* ''[[Theatre/Falstaff|Falstaff]]'' (based on [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[ |
* ''[[Theatre/Falstaff|Falstaff]]'' (based on [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'') |
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* ''[[Theatre/La Forza Del Destino|La Forza Del Destino]]'' |
* ''[[Theatre/La Forza Del Destino|La Forza Del Destino]]'' |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[Macbeth]]'' |
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* ''[[Theatre/Nabucco|Nabucco]]'' |
* ''[[Theatre/Nabucco|Nabucco]]'' |
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* ''[[Othello |
* ''[[Othello|Otello]]'' (''someone'' was a Shakespeare fanboy) |
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* ''[[Rigoletto]]'' (source of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3zetSuYRg "La donna e mobile"], a tune synonymous with opera for even non-fans) |
* ''[[Rigoletto]]'' (source of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3zetSuYRg "La donna e mobile"], a tune synonymous with opera for even non-fans) |
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* ''[[Theatre/Simon Boccanegra|Simon Boccanegra]]'' |
* ''[[Theatre/Simon Boccanegra|Simon Boccanegra]]'' |
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* [[Author Appeal]] |
* [[Author Appeal]] |
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* [[Badass Baritone]]: Some of the most famous baritone roles come from here. Sparafucile from ''Rigoletto'' comes to mind. |
* [[Badass Baritone]]: Some of the most famous baritone roles come from here. Sparafucile from ''Rigoletto'' comes to mind. |
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** Sparafucile is a bass. Better examples are Rigoletto himself, [[Il Trovatore|Count di Luna]], [[Don Carlo |
** Sparafucile is a bass. Better examples are Rigoletto himself, [[Il Trovatore|Count di Luna]], [[Don Carlo|Rodrigo]], [[Nabucco]], [[Othello|Iago]]. |
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* [[Banned in China]] / [[Americans Hate Tingle]]: Even with its locale changed to Boston, ''Un Ballo in Maschera'' was never performed in Sweden until the 1920's. When it was performed there, the Swedish derided it as historically inaccurate. |
* [[Banned in China]] / [[Americans Hate Tingle]]: Even with its locale changed to Boston, ''Un Ballo in Maschera'' was never performed in Sweden until the 1920's. When it was performed there, the Swedish derided it as historically inaccurate. |
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* [[Bowdlerization]]: ''Un ballo in maschera'' and ''Rigoletto'' had to be re-written to mask the similarities to a [ |
* [[Bowdlerization]]: ''Un ballo in maschera'' and ''Rigoletto'' had to be re-written to mask the similarities to a [[wikipedia:Gustav III of Sweden#Assassination|real life royal murder]] ''and'' some plays inspired on it (''Ballo'') and a play by [[Victor Hugo]] (''Rigoletto'') |
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* [[Broken Bird]]: More than one of his female leads, like Violetta from ''[[La Traviata]]'' or Aïda. |
* [[Broken Bird]]: More than one of his female leads, like Violetta from ''[[La Traviata]]'' or Aïda. |
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* [[Deus Angst Machina]] |
* [[Deus Angst Machina]] |
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* [[Driven to Suicide]] - [[Spurned Into Suicide]] - The [[Uriah Gambit]]: Many causes of death in his operas. |
* [[Driven to Suicide]] - [[Spurned Into Suicide]] - The [[Uriah Gambit]]: Many causes of death in his operas. |
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* [[Follow the Leader]]: His early operas were inspired by Rossini's and Donizetti's. |
* [[Follow the Leader]]: His early operas were inspired by Rossini's and Donizetti's. |
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: It has been [ |
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: It has been [[wikipedia:Va, pensiero|quite discussed among scholars]] if the famous ''Va pensiero'' from ''Nabucco'' is or not a thinly-veiled allegory to the war between the Austrian Empire and the Italian territories and the wish for an Italian Unification. |
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* [[Historical Fiction]] |
* [[Historical Fiction]] |
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* [[Melodrama]] |
* [[Melodrama]] |
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