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Aristus

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1. Seattle Opera just did a production of 'Cosi' set in modern-day Seattle.

Reply to BeyondGeography (Original post)

Sat Mar 31, 2018, 11:08 AM

Mar 2018

It was in Italian with English supratitles. The translation was altered to conform to the setting, and to include topical jokes.

When the servant girl comes in disguised as a doctor, she touts her accomplishments, including the number of languages she speaks. The supratitles listed the languages as: "English, French, Esperanto, Dothraki, and Jive."

It was hilarious.

There was a similar joke in SO's production of The Magic Flute last season, in which the Three Woodland Ladies complained to Pamino about 'fake news.'

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Cosi fan tutte set in the 1960s [View all] BeyondGeography Mar 2018 OP

Seattle Opera just did a production of 'Cosi' set in modern-day Seattle. Aristus Mar 2018 #1

Great stuff! BeyondGeography Mar 2018 #2

In SO's production, the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella were played by real-life sisters. Aristus Mar 2018 #3

I had the great privilege and honor and joy to play two runs of fierywoman Mar 2018 #4

Thank you so much for this post BeyondGeography Mar 2018 #5

"Scherzo of life" -- what a beautiful way of putting it! fierywoman Mar 2018 #6

Looks more like late '60s, judging by the skirt lengths and The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #7

The TV is kind of Jetsonny BeyondGeography Mar 2018 #8

I was in college during the late '60s and had skirts similar to those. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #9