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eruanto
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« Reply #15 on: 17:00:26, 15-06-2007 »
How about auntie in Peter Grimes?

Swallow: we don't call her that here

Auntie: *giggle*
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roslynmuse
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« Reply #16 on: 21:12:22, 15-06-2007 »
The Mikado is rather an evil laugher...
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« Reply #17 on: 21:27:00, 15-06-2007 »
Did anybody mentioned Mephistophile? He laughts in Gounod opera. I don't know about Boito.
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Tony Watson
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« Reply #18 on: 12:16:10, 16-06-2007 »
Quote from: roslynmuse on 21:12:22, 15-06-2007
The Mikado is rather an evil laugher...

The tradition of a loud, long laugh in the Mikado's song began in the 1930s, I think. This is a good moment to remind everyone that my favourite film - Topsy-Turvy - is on BBC2, 11.15pm on Sunday. It shows how the Mikado came to be written and performed and they do stick very well to the facts. When the Mikado's song is sung (it was almost cut for the first night) sure enough there is no theatrical laugh.

There are many examples of laughing in the songs in G&S but perhaps the best examples are the "Paradox" song from Pirates and "I once was as meek" and "The ghost's high noon" from Ruddigore.
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Tony Watson
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« Reply #19 on: 20:32:39, 17-06-2007 »
Did anyone see the Cardiff Singer of the World final today? I know there's a thread elsewhere about this but I was thinking of the laugh the Hungarian put in at the end of the Champagne aria from Don Giovanni. I think there's a fine line in performance, and especially in competitions, between making a strong impression and showing off and I think this was a case of the latter. I didn't like the way he seemed to rattle it off, either.
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« Reply #20 on: 22:40:49, 17-06-2007 »
Not operatic strictly but IMHO certainly 'operatic': Mussorgsky Song of the Flea.
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