//I'm imagining the music as kind of Andrew Lloyd Webber-ish - you know, very Phantom, only maybe with Wagnerian and Mozart influences in places, because the plot reminds me alternately of The Ring-cycle and The Magic Flute.//
For some reason, I was really strongly reminded of The Magic Flute (very first opera I ever saw) while writing this. I think it must be the whole archetype thing; any summary strips away many of the individual personality quirks that give it meaning. Also, the plot of Die Zauberfloete, taken from start to finish, makes no particular sense.
I was sort of picturing a castrato, but honestly, it's not as if I have any aural memory to properly compare... ^_^ I now want to actually see this so badly.
//I can almost imagine "I'm going to go back there someday" sung in operatic style...almost.//
Same here... almost.
//I think the thing I love most is the implied circle of the plot//
Initially I was planning to have the big final number transition out of the battle montage in Act III, and then I was just going to do an epilogue, but the epilogue was going so long that I decided to move half of it to a prologue instead. ^_^
//If someone came up with the music, I'd write the lyrics - seriously, I would.//
I think that might be the nicest compliment anyone's ever paid me.
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//I'm imagining the music as kind of Andrew Lloyd Webber-ish - you know, very Phantom, only maybe with Wagnerian and Mozart influences in places, because the plot reminds me alternately of The Ring-cycle and The Magic Flute.//
For some reason, I was really strongly reminded of The Magic Flute (very first opera I ever saw) while writing this. I think it must be the whole archetype thing; any summary strips away many of the individual personality quirks that give it meaning. Also, the plot of Die Zauberfloete, taken from start to finish, makes no particular sense.
I was sort of picturing a castrato, but honestly, it's not as if I have any aural memory to properly compare... ^_^ I now want to actually see this so badly.
//I can almost imagine "I'm going to go back there someday" sung in operatic style...almost.//
Same here... almost.
//I think the thing I love most is the implied circle of the plot//
Initially I was planning to have the big final number transition out of the battle montage in Act III, and then I was just going to do an epilogue, but the epilogue was going so long that I decided to move half of it to a prologue instead. ^_^
//If someone came up with the music, I'd write the lyrics - seriously, I would.//
I think that might be the nicest compliment anyone's ever paid me.
Thank you once more for all your comments.