I’m a day behind on this month’s daily task from Writer Pilgrim by So Elite, but here it is, with a slight twist: titles of operas rather than songs, and Mozart for the letter M. I’ll try to make this into a playlist of selections later. (Check back for an update in a day or two!)
Mozart
(a sonnet in opera titles)
The feigned simpleton,
the pretend garden-maid,
the deluded bridegroom,
the clemency of titus,
the magic flute —
women are like that.
The obligation of the first commandment:
Scipio's dream,
The shepherd king,
Thamos, king of Egypt,
Idomeneus, king of Crete,
the marriage of Figaro.
The impresario?
Don Giovanni!
* * *
(ein Sonett in Operntiteln)
La finta semplice,
La finta giardiniera,
lo sposo deluso,
la clemenza di Tito,
Die Zauberflöte —
così fan tutte.
Die schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots:
Il sogno di Scipione,
Il re pastore,
Thamos, König in Ägypten,
Idomeneo, re di Creta,
Le nozze di Figaro.
Der Schauspieldirektor?
Don Giovanni!
Brilliant!!
Arias resonate off echoed opera walls.
Mozart lives on!! Stand up applause.