With thanks to commenter Krunoslav for the suggestion, we will kick off our new game with the theme “Best Curtain Line.”
By this, we mean “last line of the opera,” right before the curtain goes down.
So, cher public, what do you think? Which opera has the best last line?
Let us know your nominations by Thursday, May 28th.
Please include the title of the opera and the line in question in your submission.
Thank you all for your amazing suggestions and comments on the first announcement! There are so many wonderful themes to choose from, and many will be featured in future rounds.
Gabrielle Ferrari is a PhD student at Columbia University researching gender and sexuality in British music, twentieth-century opera, and classical music and popular culture. She has degrees in music and English literature from Southern Methodist University and her Masters in Historical Musicology from Columbia University. If she isn't watching opera, writing about an opera, or reading about an opera, she's probably singing opera. When she's feeling a little bit wild, she dabbles in oratorio and musical theater.
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