It’s you and just about only you who had finally made opera accessible to me with context! So excited to be incorporating opera into my listening habits.
Seriously amazing concept you have going on here. I’ve never been to an Opera as I’m from small town in the south and now live overseas. Visiting NY soon and seeing Tosca as my first. I’ve watched a bunch of videos and I have a good understanding but yours has me sold on seeing this. You made this really easy to understand and relatable. It’s hard for me to imagine the emotion and humor in an Opera based in the 1800s but now I got it. You put it in my words and I’m now so excited to go to NY!!!
OMG I'm dying and you are AMAZING, and normally I hate Spanish Literature and Opera for all the gruesome endings but again... You're amazing. So... 🤷♀️ Also, the spill(s)? Thank you for keeping it (them) in there. 🤣🤣🤣 ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
Tiktok is one thing, but here on YT, I'll watch way longer videos if they're interesting. And you, sir, have a gift for storytelling! Make them longer, I'll watch!! :)
Safe-conduct - this is a special letter -- in legal terms - sent to one who wants to leave the state for someplace else, usually for protection from something or from a threat or danger.
Tunde, you left out the fact Scarpia was going to _(TW: sexual violence)_ rape Tosca. She's is not like "Fine 🙄" in that act. She sobs, she begs, She tries to pay him. Then she tries to kill herself than be raped. Scarpia tells her that her hopes are in vain and when he tries to grab her, Tosca actually fights him. Then he forces her, saying that her wish [or lack thereof to give herself to him] is the reason why her man has no more than an hour left to live. Tosca begs him on her knees, and again when he tries to seize her she calls for help. Like you said, they're informed everything is ready to execute Cav and she finally gives in. When she fights to make sure he is granted freedom and a safe escape, Scarpia still deceives her by saying "everyone has to believe he is dead" = the sham execution plan, while giving command to kill her lover anyway, after he was done with her. Tosca kills him in self-defense, stepping out on her faith. This act gave the world the most famous aria from the opera: “Vissi d'arte”. And then the rest of the tragedy unfolds... You're a fun and sharp story-teller, but it matters to stay true to the story. Thank you for the work & intention behind the series! I feel like future summaries from you have the potential to do justice to the operas. You go, Tunde!
Of course, the butcher of Rome, Baron Scarpia, is out for revenge. He gets angry when Angelotti escapes from the Castel Sant'Angelo prison, fires the cannon to signal that somebody is going to capture Angelotti, but then, Angelotti befriends Mario, and Mario plans Angelotti's escape. In the meantime, Floria Tosca, a female lead cantor of the Catholic church Scarpia admires, has a love interest with Mario, who was a painter. Then, as Mario and Angelotti leave in the escape, Scarpia discovers that Mario is in love with Tosca, and does an emotionally poisonous ruse to win Tosca back as his original lover. Later on, Mario gets entrapped and sent to Scarpia for harboring Angelotti, gets tortured and forced Tosca to divulge Angelotti's whereabouts. When there was word that Napoleon was defeated, Mario turns into a guy against the strict police-state rule of Rome--a revolutionary, and is arrested and condemned to die. Even hearing word that Angelotti killed himself to avoid being recaptured does not change Scarpia's mind to put Mario to death. So with that, only Floria Tosca can save him--causing Floria to make very difficult choices--even up to doing a few things that are illegal in that police-state.
Going to see Tosca today with no knowledge of Tosca. This video will make seeing it 100 times more amazing and enjoyable, absolutely no doubt! ❤❤❤
Don’t worry about a time limit! Take as long as you need to summarize these operas because you do such a fun, cool job with it!😁
I LOVE THIS!
Making opera accessible to the common layman is the only way it's going to survive the coming age.
Yes, please make this a continuing series! I am new to opera and I found this very entertaining and it made me buy the tickets to see Tosca.
Love it
Grew up with Opera and everytime there was one on TV I had to read the synopsis first
Would love to hear your take on Turandot
It’s you and just about only you who had finally made opera accessible to me with context! So excited to be incorporating opera into my listening habits.
Agreed, decades ago I would listen to my brother's 3 Tenors cd but missed the context
Seriously amazing concept you have going on here. I’ve never been to an Opera as I’m from small town in the south and now live overseas. Visiting NY soon and seeing Tosca as my first. I’ve watched a bunch of videos and I have a good understanding but yours has me sold on seeing this. You made this really easy to understand and relatable. It’s hard for me to imagine the emotion and humor in an Opera based in the 1800s but now I got it. You put it in my words and I’m now so excited to go to NY!!!
Please keep doing these. Love hearing your synopses on operas
"If you liked this story, something might be wrong with you." *snicker*
Totally something wrong with me then !! Thank you a billion times for this
Definitely keep doing more of these. You've got such a flair for storytelling that makes it interesting.
You are a natural, these are great! Hope you channel gets a blessing from the algorithm gods of TH-cam.
This was soooo wonderful!!!!
oh my god please continue doing these!!!!
Lovely 😂! This is the way to sell a play! Thanks man!
Best thing I've come across in months omg I love you
I'm so glad you're doing these! I love it!!!
This was just awesome! I'm on my way to the opera right now and wanted to understand what I was about to listen to.
Thank you! ❤
You: yeah, I'm drinking wine, you don't know this opera [Tosca] like it do
Anyone who knows: You're gonna need a bigger bottle! 😂 🍷
Love this! Helpful, funny and I enjoy your voice!
OMG I'm dying and you are AMAZING, and normally I hate Spanish Literature and Opera for all the gruesome endings but again... You're amazing. So... 🤷♀️ Also, the spill(s)? Thank you for keeping it (them) in there. 🤣🤣🤣 ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
Thank you!
Yaaaaasssss! *clinks wine glass* 🍷
How do you say "I pulled out the gat and then I smaddattat" in Italian?
Its you stirring the wine fa me! ❤
That was exciting!
And SUBSCRIBED! ‘Cause I like how you talk about opera 😅
I came here for this. Thank you!❤
Damn, bro that was a lot. But I'm here for it 👍🏽👍🏽
Great way to summarize
Awesome!
Great storyteller
Tiktok is one thing, but here on YT, I'll watch way longer videos if they're interesting. And you, sir, have a gift for storytelling! Make them longer, I'll watch!! :)
I’m here,subscribed and all
I wish the actual opera was as funny as this synopsis
😂 love it!!
Can you do David et Jonathas by Marc-Antoine Charpentier?
Safe-conduct - this is a special letter -- in legal terms - sent to one who wants to leave the state for someplace else, usually for protection from something or from a threat or danger.
Hiding in a church is significant because I think Sanctuary from Police applied
Tunde, you left out the fact Scarpia was going to _(TW: sexual violence)_ rape Tosca.
She's is not like "Fine 🙄" in that act.
She sobs, she begs,
She tries to pay him.
Then she tries to kill herself than be raped.
Scarpia tells her that her hopes are in vain and when he tries to grab her, Tosca actually fights him.
Then he forces her, saying that her wish [or lack thereof to give herself to him] is the reason why her man has no more than an hour left to live. Tosca begs him on her knees, and again when he tries to seize her she calls for help.
Like you said, they're informed everything is ready to execute Cav and she finally gives in.
When she fights to make sure he is granted freedom and a safe escape, Scarpia still deceives her by saying "everyone has to believe he is dead" = the sham execution plan, while giving command to kill her lover anyway, after he was done with her.
Tosca kills him in self-defense, stepping out on her faith. This act gave the world the most famous aria from the opera: “Vissi d'arte”.
And then the rest of the tragedy unfolds...
You're a fun and sharp story-teller, but it matters to stay true to the story.
Thank you for the work & intention behind the series! I feel like future summaries from you have the potential to do justice to the operas. You go, Tunde!
Of course, the butcher of Rome, Baron Scarpia, is out for revenge. He gets angry when Angelotti escapes from the Castel Sant'Angelo prison, fires the cannon to signal that somebody is going to capture Angelotti, but then, Angelotti befriends Mario, and Mario plans Angelotti's escape. In the meantime, Floria Tosca, a female lead cantor of the Catholic church Scarpia admires, has a love interest with Mario, who was a painter. Then, as Mario and Angelotti leave in the escape, Scarpia discovers that Mario is in love with Tosca, and does an emotionally poisonous ruse to win Tosca back as his original lover.
Later on, Mario gets entrapped and sent to Scarpia for harboring Angelotti, gets tortured and forced Tosca to divulge Angelotti's whereabouts. When there was word that Napoleon was defeated, Mario turns into a guy against the strict police-state rule of Rome--a revolutionary, and is arrested and condemned to die. Even hearing word that Angelotti killed himself to avoid being recaptured does not change Scarpia's mind to put Mario to death. So with that, only Floria Tosca can save him--causing Floria to make very difficult choices--even up to doing a few things that are illegal in that police-state.
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I want to date this guy !! Let me know when you are in Europe ❤😂❤