Artist	Song
Counting Crows	Einstein on the Beach For an Eggman (1994)
Doors	Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) (1967)
Malcolm McLaren	Madame Butterfly (1984)
Idina Menzel & Fredi Walker	Take Me or Leave Me (1996)
Karen England and Rebecca Knight	LakmT H2O Vibe Tribe Mix (2002)
Billy Stewart	Summertime (1966)
Adam Pascal	Fortune Favors the Brave (2000)
Patti Smith	Lo and Beholden (2000)
Kamelot	A Feast For The Vain (2003)
Grave Digger	Valhalla (2003)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	The Tears of a Clown (1968)
Infected Mushroom	Merlin (2000)
Debra Monk	Everybody's Girl (1997)
Gene Watson	Carmen (1986)
BeyoncT Knowles & Mekhi Phifer	The Last Great Seduction (2001)
Inva Mulla Tchako	Lucia di Lammermoor Diva Dance (1997)
Ash	Orpheus (2004)
Fatboy Slim	Because We Can (2003)
Bobby Darin	Mack the Knife (1959)
Voice of Bugs Bunny	Rabbit of Seville (1991)
Unidentified Artist	Lone Ranger TV Theme (1949)
Paul Roland	Twilight of the Gods (1990)

Comment:

Each song in this mix is based on an opera. Some are
rock or pop (or soul or techno) remakes of
operatic arias; others are songs that take their story or
characters from some
classical opera. Notes on the operatic reference of
each song are listed below. Enjoy!

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1. Albert Einstein meets Humpty Dumpty.
Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach.

2. Cover of "Alabama Song" from Kurt Weill, The Rise
and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.

3. Malcolm plays Pinkerton as a hick, and even samples
"Un bel di vedremo," as he tells the story of
Giacomo Puccini, Madame Butterfly.

4. From Rent, an NYC-based, HIV-positive, Doc-Martens-wearing
adaptation of Puccini, La BohFme.

5. These singers record in the UK as the "Opera Babes." This is
a remix
of the "Flower Duet" from LTo Delibes, LakmT.

6. And your Momma's good looking.
George Gershwin,
Porgy and Bess.

7. From Elton John's stage adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi, Anda.

8. For the story on this one, see
Teenage Temptress Does A Striptease For Step-Daddy.
Richard Strauss, Salome.

9. As you know from our friends
*ash*
and
Markkind,
there is a lot of affinity between
opera and metal.
This one is from Kamelot's Epica,
based on Charles Gounod, Faust.

10. ...and this is from Rheingold, based on Richard Wagner,
Das Rheingold.

11. Just like Pagliacci did, he tries to keep his sadness hid.
Ruggero Leoncavallo, I Pagliacci.

12. Based on Isaac AlbTniz, Merlin.

13-15. An eager nymphomaniac; an exotic beauty; a
seductive delinquent.
3 interpretations of the hot-blooded leading lady of
Georges Bizet, Carmen.

16. This reworking of Lucia's "mad scene"
was used in the soundtrack of Fifth Element.
Remix of "Il Dolce Suono" from Gaetano Donizetti,
Lucia di Lammermoor.

17-18. Ash are going on a long journey.
Fatboy Slim completely reworks the famous Can-can dance.
Jacques Offenbach, Orpheus in the Underworld.

19. Jazzy style but gangsta content. Cover of
"Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" from
Kurt Weill, The Threepenny Opera.

20. A fun take on Gioachino Rossini, The Barber of Seville.

21. Narration and gunshots over the "galloping" section of the
overture to Rossini, William Tell.

22. Based on the opera to end all operas:
Wagner, Die G÷tterdSmmerung.

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