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    Default Opera battle! (5th and final round)

    Set-up post.

    There seemed to be enough interest in chat to sustain this, so I'm going to give it a try.

    There are 32 arias. Since most people are not going to be familiar with all or even most of them, I've included a Youtube link for each one. Arias were chosen from the Italian and French rep from 1850-1925 (also known as 1850-1900 plus some Puccini). Pairings are pretty much random.

    Given the time period, it was inevitable that the selections would be dominated by tenors. I managed to keep it to only 12 tenor arias, with 8 arias each for soprano and baritone. Mezzos got the short end, with only 4, as mezzos got pretty well shafted for most of the Romantic period.

    I've also included a link to the text and translation when I could find it. Some arias I could only find text, and one I couldn't find either.

    I realize that 32 arias is a lot to slog through, especially if you need to listen to them all. I expect this to be a slow moving battle. If people want to vote in separate posts so that they can do a few arias at a time, that's fine with me.

    Arias are listed simply by name, with no mention of voice type, opera, or composer, as I am attempting to keep the aria list from getting too cluttered.. That information should be available at either the Youtube link or the text link. The one aria that has no text link (De miei bollenti spiriti) is from La Traviata by Verdi. I attempted to get a variety of periods and performers in my examples, but repeats were inevitable.

    Hopefully I'll have formatted everything correctly. If there are any problems with links, let me know and I'll ask Zuul or another mod to fix them.

    Aria list to follow.
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    *Just a quick note about this link (12b). The link plays the aria first, then goes on to play the rest of the first act; mostly because I like the end of Act I of Turandot. After that, there's about 5 minutes of dead air. I have no idea why.

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    Which is the one sung by kittens?

    (Seriously, this is an awsome thread.)

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    Quote Originally posted by Muffin View post
    Which is the one sung by kittens?

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    Welp. that was educational. (Thanks to cartoons, some of them were familiar, though)

    1b: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée
    2a: Che gelida manina
    3a: La donna é mobile
    4a: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre
    5a: Habanera
    6a: O patria mia
    7b: Di quella pira
    8b: Il balen del suo sorriso
    9a: Un bel dì vedremo
    10b: A lève toi soleil
    11a: Di Provenza il mar, il suol
    12b: Non piangere Liù
    13b: Signore ascolta
    14a: Credo in un Dio crudel
    15a: Salce, salce! (Willow Song)
    16b: Je crois entendre encore
    Taumpy: Oh noes, you aren't a super powerful wave of destruction.
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    Quote Originally posted by fachverwirrt View post
    Forget the rest -- that one's the win. I got a kick out of the animation that your cite was related to:

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    Man, talk about a fish out of water. I have no idea what any of these sound like.

    I suck. (Hanging head in shame.)
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    But that's the beauty of fachverwirrt's aria list -- links!

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    Oliveloaf, I had to listen to every single clip. Believe me, I did not know these either.

    1b: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée

    2a: Che gelida manina

    3b: Re dell'abisso afrettati

    4a: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre

    5a: Habanera

    6a: O patria mia

    7b: Di quella pira

    8a: Salut demeure chaste et pure

    9a: Un bel dì vedremo

    10a: Quando men vo

    11b: O mio babbino caro

    12b: Non piangere Liù

    13b: Signore ascolta

    14a: Credo in un Dio crudel

    15a: Salce, salce! (Willow Song)

    16b: Je crois entendre encore
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    1a: Nessun dorma

    2b: Vision fugitive

    3a: La donna é mobile. I did like the other one too, though.

    4a:Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre

    5a: Habanera, but I really didn't like the singer. I like better.

    6b:Cortigiani, vil razza dannata

    7b: Di quella pira

    8b: Il balen del suo sorriso

    I'll do the other 8 later.
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    1a:

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    YouTube is going so slowly for me, now, I'll have to come back for some of the rest later.


    Quote Originally posted by Taumpy View post
    Welp. that was educational. (Thanks to cartoons, some of them were familiar, though)
    And Jim Henson/The Muppets.

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    1a: Nessun dorma

    2a: Che gelida manina

    3b: Re dell'abisso afrettati

    4a: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre

    5a: Habanera

    6a: O patria mia

    7b: Di quella pira

    8a: Salut demeure chaste et pure

    9a: Un bel dì vedremo ;_;

    10a: Quando men vo

    11b: O mio babbino caro

    12b: Non piangere Liù

    13a: Vesti la giubba

    14b: Caro Nome

    15a: Salce, salce! (Willow Song)

    16b: Je crois entendre encore

    Thanks again for doing this, fach. It was a lot of listening, but I enjoyed it. Also, Dmitri Hvorostovsky looks like a scary old Val Kilmer.

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    Ahem. Come back and finish your votes, folks!
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    I'm going to bump this one more time to encourage the partial vote people to complete their votes so we can finally move on to the second round.

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    1a: Nessun dorma
    2b: Vision fugitive
    3b: Re dell'abisso afrettati
    4a: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre
    5a: Habanera
    6a: O patria mia
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    6b: Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (Text)

    7b: Di quella pira (Text) (Though, after reading the text for 7a, I now understand better what's being lampooned in PDQ Bach's The Stoned Guest with Don Octave's aria.)

    8b: Il balen del suo sorriso (Text)

    9a: Un bel dì vedremo (Text)

    10a: Quando men vo (Text)

    11a: Di Provenza il mar, il suol (Text)

    12b: Non piangere Liù* (Text)

    13a: Vesti la giubba (Text)

    14a: Credo in un Dio crudel (Text)

    15b: Je veux vivre (Text)

    16a: Avant de quitter ces lieux (Text)





    And done! *phew*

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    7b: Di quella pira
    8b: Il balen del suo sorriso
    9b: Stride la vampa
    10a: Quando men vo
    11b: O mio babbino caro
    12b: Non piangere Liù

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    comcast guy - m4m - 18 (nb)
    seem like we had that connection when we looked at each other
    you had a blue shirt on nice asss,dought you will see this but dosnt hurt to try, but id love to play with you. tell me what you where fixing, or the street name,or describe me.

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    comcast guy - m4m - 18 (nb)
    seem like we had that connection when we looked at each other
    you had a blue shirt on nice asss,dought you will see this but dosnt hurt to try, but id love to play with you. tell me what you where fixing, or the street name,or describe me.

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    I'm going to give this 'til the weekend to give Myrna and Sticks a chance to finish their votes, then I'll go on to the second round.

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    13b: Signore ascolta
    14b: Caro Nome
    15b: Je veux vivre
    16a: Avant de quitter ces lieux

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    9a: Un bel dì vedremo

    10a: Quando men vo

    11b: O mio babbino caro

    12a: De miei bollenti spiriti

    13a: Vesti la giubba (holy shit this guy was amazing)

    14b: Caro Nome

    15a: Salce, salce! (Willow Song)

    16a: Avant de quitter ces lieux
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    I'm not going to vote in this round to avoid ties. I think I would only be creating one, but that's enough.

    Round two.

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    You guys I can't believe the clown song did not make it what the fuck.

    1a: Nessun dorma

    2b: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre

    3a: Habanera. And I felt bad for voting against Leontyne Price - she's so tragic. ;_;

    4a: Di quella pira

    5a: Un bel dì vedremo

    6a: O mio babbino caro

    7b: Credo in un Dio crudel

    8a: Salce, salce! (Willow Song)
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    1a: Nessun dorma

    2b: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre

    3b: O patria mia

    4a: Di quella pira

    5a: Un bel dì vedremo

    6b: Non piangere Liù

    7b: Credo in un Dio crudel

    8b: Avant de quitter ces lieux
    Taumpy: Oh noes, you aren't a super powerful wave of destruction.
    Panther Squad: It's true! My scythe does not shorn the biomonsters in great swaths like it ought!

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    1a: Nessun dorma

    2a: La donna é mobile

    3b: O patria mia

    4a: Di quella pira

    5a: Un bel dì vedremo

    6a: O mio babbino caro

    7a: Signore ascolta

    8b: Avant de quitter ces lieux

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    Vote reminder. Get 'em in, folks!

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    1b: Che gelida manina

    2b: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre

    3a: Habanera

    4a: Di quella pira

    5b: Quando men vo

    6a: O mio babbino caro

    7b: Credo in un Dio crudel

    8a: Salce, salce! (Willow Song)
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    1a: Nessun dorma

    2a: La donna é mobile

    3b: O patria mia

    4b: Il balen del suo sorriso

    5b: Quando men vo

    6b: Non piangere Liù

    7b: Credo in un Dio crudel

    8a: Salce, salce! (Willow Song)

    At long last, I went through them. Interesting and entertaining, thanks fach.
    In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.

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    Round three

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    1a: Nessun dorma

    2a: O patria mia

    3b: O mio babbino caro

    4b: Salce, salce! (Willow Song)
    In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.

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    1a: Nessun dorma

    2a: O patria mia

    3a: Un bel dì vedremo

    4b: Salce, salce! (Willow Song)

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    1a: Nessun dorma

    2a: O patria mia

    3b: O mio babbino caro


    4a: Credo in un Dio crudel
    Taumpy: Oh noes, you aren't a super powerful wave of destruction.
    Panther Squad: It's true! My scythe does not shorn the biomonsters in great swaths like it ought!

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    1a: Nessun dorma

    2a: O patria mia

    3a: Un bel dì vedremo

    4b: Salce, salce! (Willow Song)

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    1b: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre

    2b: Di quella pira

    3a: Un bel dì vedremo

    4b: Salce, salce! (Willow Song)

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    Bump - more players please.
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    I'll vote this round.

    1b: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre
    2a: O patria mia
    3a: Un bel dì vedremo
    4a: Credo in un dio crudel

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    In fact, I'll vote twice!

    Or not.
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    1b: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre

    2a: O patria mia

    3b: O mio babbino caro

    4a: Credo in un Dio crudel
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    (grumble, grumble ... tenor and soprano fans)

    Round 4:

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    I was really hoping Credo in un Dio crudel would make it to the last round.

    1b: O patria mia

    2a: Un bel dì vedremo
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    1a: Nessun dorma

    2a: Un bel di vedremo

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    Me too, Zuul, me too. It had a chance, but Muffin had to come in and ruin it.

    1a: Nessun Dorma.

    2b: Salce, Salce

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    Quote Originally posted by fachverwirrt View post
    (grumble, grumble ... tenor and soprano fans)

    Round 4:

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    [Dr. Frank-N-Furter/Tim Curry evil baritone]Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha! Through mind control, I have made you select my choices.[/Dr. Frank-N-Furter/Tim Curry evil baritone]
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    1a: Nessun dorma (Text)

    2a: Un bel dì vedremo (Text)

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    1a: Nessun dorma

    2a: Un bel di vedremo
    Taumpy: Oh noes, you aren't a super powerful wave of destruction.
    Panther Squad: It's true! My scythe does not shorn the biomonsters in great swaths like it ought!

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    1a: Nessun Dorma.

    2b: Salce, salce! (Willow Song)
    In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.

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    1a: Nessun dorma

    2a: Un bel di vedremo

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