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We Be Clubbin', Classical Edition (party, bar, and celebration scenes from operas)
| Artist | Song | |
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EXCERPT FROM Jacques Offenbach, Tales of Hoffmann |
SCENE Students sing a drinking song in Luther's tavern |
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| Gioachino Rossini, Le Comte Ory | Count Ory and Friends sing a drinking song | |
| Ferruccio Busoni, Doktor Faust | At a tavern in Witenberg, Faust provokes a brawl | |
| Giacomo Puccini, La fanciulla del West | The miners play cards at the Polka Saloon | |
| Samuel Barber, Antony And Cleopatra | At the Roman banquet, Caesar plays matchmaker | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni | The Don orders Leporello to prepare a party | |
| John Adams, Nixon in China | The Maos dance | |
| Johann Strauss II, Eine Nacht in Venedig | A party at the Duke's palace | |
| Peter Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin | Captain and Tatyana have a dance at the Larins' ball | |
| Jacopo Peri, Euridice | Celebrating the wedding of Orpheus and Euridice | |
| Gaetano Donizetti, L'elisir D'amore | Villagers celebrate the wedding of Adina and Belcore | |
| Richard Wagner, Lohengrin | The Knight and Elsa are conducted to the bridal chamber | |
| Aaron Copland, The Tender Land | At the party for Laurie's high school graduation | |
| Benjamin Britten, A Midsummer Night's Dream | The Rustics perform a country dance | |
| Carlisle Floyd, Susannah | Susannah is a knockout at the New Hope Church square dance | |
| George Gershwin, Porgy and Bess | Sportin' Life enlivens the crap game with "happy dust" | |
| Arthur Sullivan, The Rose of Persia | Sultan and friends get high on "bhang" and dance like | |
| John Bray, The Indian Princess | The English adventurers celebrate their landing in America | |
| Scott Joplin, Treemonisha | Townspeople cebrate Treemonisha's release by the kidnappers | |
| William Bolcom, A View From The Bridge | Longshoremen celebrate when a case of whiskey accidentally breaks open | |
| Tod Machover, Valis | Linda and Eric Lampton celebrate the premiere of their film | |
| Thomas AdFs, Powder Her Face | Duchess celebrates the coronation in her hotel room | |
| Philip Glass, La Belle et la BOte | Beast invites Beauty to dinner, and pops the question | |
| Oliver Knussen, Where The Wild Things Are | Max and the Wild Things have a "Wild Rumpus" | |
| Rachel Portman, The Little Prince | Vain Man does a dance and plays his kazoo | |
Comment:
EXCERPTS FROM OPERAS
01-04 Bars, taverns, saloons
05-09 Banquets, balls, receptions
10-12 Weddings
13-15 They've gone country
16-17 Things go better with coke
18-21 Many reasons to celebrate
22-23 Private affairs
24-25 Kidz stuff
The people in this mix are mostly having a pretty good time, and the music is correspondingly
melodic and upbeat.
(That is much in contrast to the distraught and dangerous dames of
Divas With Daggers.)
But if 77m33s is more opera than you were looking for,
click here
for a 5 track sampler as follows:
06 - Don Giovanni is literature's notorious womanizer;
outside of opera he's
usually known by his Spanish name, Don Juan.
This lively piece is nicknamed the "Champagne Aria."
11 - The "elixir of love" makes reference to another well-known opera that hinges on a love
potion: Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.
21 - If you ever wondered what the initials "VALIS" stand for, listen closely.
22 - Duchess orders room service.
She seduces the waiter. There's a clever musical
portrayal of intercourse, and then she goes into a coughing fit.
25 - This 2004 opera is based on the well-known children's book.
Feedback:
Mixxer, you got me sold. I think I can get this made. It has certainly secured a spot in the original soundtracksexhibit.
Talk about an Old School party mix! Not a big opera buff but this looks really intriguing.
I'm not too buff with the opera either but I'd put a tenner on this one. I'm clicking here!
This gives this site some class. Excellent in everyway!
Even Scott Joplin! Wonderful.
Oh drink, drink, drain your glass, raise your glass high...jus' hope all that glassware doesn't shatter when the fat lady sings!
Wow. Not you every day mixin'. Really impressive. MoTW.
Thanks for the little appetiser. This looks fantastic & very different from the majority of AOTMs mixes.
This is crazy (in the best way) and incredibly creative. I'd like to hear this one sometime, as my classical knowledge (comparatively speaking) is nil.
This looks absolutely incredible Ed. As inventive a mix as ive seen on here. A stunner!
I'll second Musicgnomes comment MoTW without a doubt.
This is intense.
Beautiful, awe-inspiring, and takes creative art of the mix to a new level...I'm particularly interested in the Rose of Persia selection! Salute!
I may not be very familiar with the works you describe here, but I recognize the creativity and intelligence behind this mix. You're blazing your own trail here on Art of the Mix.
A great & inventive mix!
Amazing. Great job in combining so many different scenes into a compilation resembling a new musical narrative. Thanks for the sampler!
Ohh, the kazoo - what would Puccini have done with it, we ask ourselves...
This is a fantastic idea for a mix.
Fantastic mix, Ed. I have to admit that, while I of course had no doubt that this would be great overall, I did expect to be at least tempted to reach for the "skip" button during a few songs, but none of that happened - thoroughly enjoyable listen throughout. I especially enjoyed the bars/taverns and banquets/balls sections, with my favourite track (after one and a half listens, and leaving aside those I was already familiar with, esp. Don Giovanni and Nixon in China) probably being the Puccini. "Most fun" awards go to Portman and Sullivan, the strongest "oh, so that's where that song comes from" moment was provided by Wagner, and the one that surprised me the most in a expected-to-hate-it-but-actually-found-it-really-sweet-and-entertaining kind of way was the Johann Strau¯ II track. I'm quite impressed with how well you made this all flow, too. Great work!
Beyond awesome! Haha, I sound like a surfer or something. Anyway, it is a fantastic & original mix.