Friday, April 01, 2011

Sarah Palin Opera


Here is a blog claiming that John Adams, together with John Luther Adams, whoever he is, is writing an opera with the life of Sarah Palin as its theme. Well.

Pro:
The main character is female. This represents progress for Adams.
I'm sure the libretto would be pretty easy to write.

Con:
I feel extremely dubious about the possibility of immortalizing the already far too well known Palin.

For me this would only work as a comedy. Then I would be good with it. Preferably slapstick.

8 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:23 PM

    Thanks for sharing this! Very amusing...

    Of course the last part is actually true! The Sarah Palin /Joe Biden opera exists and is going to recorded for a CD soon. They are fundraising for it and have a video clip here:
    http://kck.st/erVAW0

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  2. I don't think there's any danger of immortality from this, but it's funny.

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  3. The Twittersphere reveals that the post you've linked to is a magnificent April Fool's effort by the author, Olivia Giovetti. If you go to Twitter and search the hashtag #adamsandadamsopera (which you should be able to see without a Twitter login, I think) you'll be able to see the fun opera nerds have been having with the idea. :)

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  4. Oops.

    You know the least plausible part of this story is that John Adams would collaborate with anyone.

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  5. This was posted by the San Francisco Opera. I thought I could trust them.

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  6. One can trust no one on April 1, no one! You could pen a despairing aria about it. Another entry for the pros column, though: Giovetti speculated about Joyce DiDonato taking the role of Hilary, to which DiDonato responded that she'd rather sing Bill en travesti.

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  7. Now that would make an opera! I would insist that Palin was left out, though. A Monica opera? Sounds more like Glass.

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  8. John Luther Adams is an Alaskan composer, so that would have lent the proceedings an air of authenticity. Also a vast array of noise-making materials. Which is sort of what the GOP is these days.

    http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/09/video-john-luther-adams-inuksuit.html

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