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« on: 19:59:57, 04-03-2007 » |
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After the suggestion in the "Tosca Time" thread, expound gracefully (but briefly) on operas that present magnificent (or grotesque) opportunities for product placement from grateful sponsors. As an inducement (or disincentive) I will mention a real-life example once we've got the ball rolling....
(perhaps we might at last lure Parsifal and Tonyyyy over there with this...?)
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They say travel broadens the mind - but in many cases travel has made the mind not exactly broader, but thicker.
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tonybob
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« Reply #1 on: 20:10:48, 05-03-2007 » |
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'From the Barrat House of the dead.'
/apologies
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« Reply #2 on: 20:28:48, 05-03-2007 » |
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Love of three oranges by Prokofiev. (He did turned down an offer from Orange juice company to sponser his opera).
Tchaikovsky Cherevitchki (schoes company or Niki) Qeen of Spades could be sponsored by gambling casino from Los Vegas.
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reiner_torheit
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« Reply #3 on: 20:46:09, 05-03-2007 » |
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I found this one funny because (a) it really happened to me and (ii) the product had no connection at all with the piece.
I was staging "Bastien & Bastienne" (about, ehem, a shepherd and shepherdess in the C18th), and we were offered sponsorship by a company making tea-bags. But the condition was that the characters in the opera had to make themselves a cup of tea, and say how nice the tea was, because it was made by the ABC Tea Company. I eventually persuaded them that, with the best will in the world, we couldn't rewrite Mozart's music to advertise their tea - but we would put posters in foyer, and offer the audience free cups of tea in the interval ;-)
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They say travel broadens the mind - but in many cases travel has made the mind not exactly broader, but thicker.
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trained-pianist
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« Reply #4 on: 21:27:44, 05-03-2007 » |
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I hope Reiner, that the tea company agreed. This is really funny story.
Otherwise, rewriting great Mozart would not be a good idea.
I can not think of any other operas and sponsors.
Does any opera has apples in it so that Apple computer can sponsor it?
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« Reply #5 on: 21:43:53, 05-03-2007 » |
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Coming to a shopping centre opera house near you:
The Love for Three Jaffa Oranges
From the House of the Dead (sponsored by XYZ Funeral Services) (By the way did you know that 'funeral' is an anagram of 'real fun'?)
Madam I can't believe it's not Butterfly
The Magic Yamaha Flute
Eugene OneGordon'sGin
The Merry Wives of Windsor Castle (Buy one get one free)
Albert Sainsbury's Herring - always a good catch.
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« Reply #6 on: 22:18:39, 05-03-2007 » |
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Bizet Pecheurs de perles sponsored by either purle company or fish fingers.
Leoncavallo, Pagliacci sponsored by McDonald chain.
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« Reply #7 on: 22:50:42, 05-03-2007 » |
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Peter No-Grimes (sponsored by Cilit BANG!)
Lady Big MacBeth of Every High Street (You're Lovin' it)
Harry Janos, Cyrano de Bergerac, and The Nose (joint sponsorship from Kleenex 3-ply) - perhaps you could also add Akhnaten (Bless you!)
Paul Bunyan (any Chiropedist)
Tommo
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Made by Thompson & son, at the Violin & c. the West end of St. Paul's Churchyard, LONDON
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« Reply #8 on: 22:56:43, 05-03-2007 » |
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Harry Janos sponsored by Preperation H.  |
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #9 on: 00:00:59, 06-03-2007 » |
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A double-bill of Aida and Zaide, sponsored by the A-Z guides.
Lulu, sponsored by Smarties (Sorry, youngsters, you'll need to be of a certain age to get that one.....)
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« Reply #10 on: 00:18:34, 06-03-2007 » |
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BT sponsors The Telephone
Toys-R-Us sponsors L'enfant et les sortileges
Guillotines-R-Us sponsors Dialogues des Carmelites
(alternatively, Cadburys sponsors Dialogues des Caramelites)
The Sun sponsors Les mamelles de Tiresias
Winalot sponsors Les Troyens (think about it!)
Powergen sponsors Elektra
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« Reply #11 on: 09:07:56, 06-03-2007 » |
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"L'Amico Fritz" sponsored by the California Cherry Advisory Board in duet with Duerrs' Jams.
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Ho! I may be old yet I am still lusty
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« Reply #12 on: 09:11:28, 06-03-2007 » |
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How about - "La Gioconda" sponsored by The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, Las Vegas.
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Ho! I may be old yet I am still lusty
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George Garnett
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« Reply #13 on: 12:23:06, 06-03-2007 » |
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'Tristan and Isolde' sponsored by Savlon
'La Boheme' sponsored by Strepsils
'Peter Grimes'. You're never alone with a Fisherman's Friend
'The Rake's Progress' brought to you by Panasonic Bread Making Machines
'Dido and Aeneas'. To make sure on that big day, use Swan Vesta
'Orfeo'. Information Systems Solutions from Perivale Rear-View Periscopes
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« Reply #14 on: 12:30:38, 06-03-2007 » |
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Wagner's Ring Cycle sponsored by Ratners.
(Are they still in business. How about H Samuel instead?)
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