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Aria. we don't have much time to set up the stage. oh. this is a typical village one where farmers spend their time in their fields and entertainment is rare. the one or two times a year that the opera comes to town are still a big event a moment of a scape and welcome or spite from the calm of life in the countryside. all over. the troop will stay for two days maybe three they live out of suitcases no where is home but everywhere is home this time they found lodgings in an abandoned school levy is the youngest performer in the group she didn't choose

A family lived together in one small home and they do not share the same opinions nor see eye to eye when it comes to opera and maintaining traditions. my neighbor told me the operas here. i have too much work i can't go. no limit i'm not sure i want to go you're right it's always the same especially when we don't understand the story. you young people don't understand the tradition . it's endless sometimes it lasts over three hours. on top of that you can imagine last time i was so tired after working all day that i fell asleep but you don't know our stories nor the characters that are the st...

This life for herself her family decided for her in an attempt to help or avoid a future of labor and poverty. what time are we going on tonight around eight thirty pm. ok say we should be done around eleven pm moment night. that means we'll probably only get to bed around one am it's going to be a long tiring night. how long we stay here four or five days i think last time we stayed five days so it will probably be the same thing. the last place where we performed was much better. than. the village has been expecting the troop. the opera is by no means just fun it's

In the old days the longest opera performances could last several days today they've been reduced to three or four hours and encompass all genres from melodrama to burlesque to tragedy to circus arts actors have to spend around seven hours a day on stage to make as much as a blue collar worker. but the opera is a colorful contrast to the gloom of a factory or mine and performers travel for eight months at a time making people laugh and cry all over the country. for. what is human and. that was my.

Seen as an offering to the gods of barter in exchange for amusing them the people hope their wishes for a prosperous harvest good health or the birth of a boy will be granted. in it's own way the opera is as much a religious service as it is entertainment. and it's more fun to watch a performance then to go to the temple. which now they are going to have ladies and gentlemen first timers and opera regulars good evening and welcome. tonight the role of tongue d'anna will be performed by one of our young actors the other roles will be performed by way yanking enjoy the show. thank.