and let's take another moment to remember

[amand_r]

Why it's great to be a human being, sometimes.

The object of life is play

FLASH BRINDISI AT THE READING TERMINAL MARKET:

On Saturday, April 24th, over 30 members of the Opera Company of Philadelphia Chorus and principal cast members from the upcoming production of La Traviata converged on the Reading Terminal Market Italian Festival. Wearing street clothes and blending in with the crowd, the artists swung into action after the first orchestral strains of the famed "Brindisi" were piped through the market, giving a rousing, surprise performance for hundreds of delighted onlookers who were there to enjoy the Italian delicacies and the everyday treats that the Reading Terminal Market has to offer.

Comments

[dremiel.livejournal.com]

Opera FlashMob (kinda) for the win! Thanks.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I am sure they were doing it premotionally, but if I was in the Opera, I'd be like, "LET'S DO THIS IN THE CITY A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR!" HOW FUN MUST THIS BE?

[dremiel.livejournal.com]

Yes! And there really only seemed to be one guy in the crowd who was all "Gimme my sausage & peppers already."

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you'll have one of those joyless sacks in every group.

[blue-fjords.livejournal.com]

Lovely! I blasted that while I finished packing!!

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

My kid has already danced to it about a billion times and I'm dizzy. I explained to her that the main woman, Violetta, was once played by Mary Costa, who was in her Sleeping Beauty movie, but she just wanted to jump on my bed.

Here!

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

That was AWESOME.

I love flash mob performances SFM.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THEM ALL THE TIME. I LOVE THE IDEA.. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE PUT HERE ON THIS EARTH. TO DO AN ENJOY FLASH MOB PERFORMANCES.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

I AGREE!

Has your fairy cake baby seen this?

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

OMG WE HAVE DANCED TO IT ABOUT FIVE OR SIX TIMES.

[bigtitch.livejournal.com]

That's brilliant I love those flashmob things.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

:DDDDD

[zsazsa4168.livejournal.com]

What joy!

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

\o/

[of-polyhymnia.livejournal.com]

OMG, that is amazing.

I'm a lurker, but I'm a classical musician lurker, and I had to comment on this AWESOMENESS.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

HI LURKER! COMMENT MOAR WHENEVER YOU LIKE!

Seriously, though, if this happened to me when I was shopping, I might freak out. WITH AWESOME.

I hope it's something from Faust, so I know the words!

[queenfanfiction.livejournal.com]

Oh that's a lovely opera. If only it didn't end tragically, like, you know, almost every other opera ever written. LOL we opera lovers, we're such emotional masochists. :D

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Haahahahah Oh La Traviata. So sadly sad.

[dorothy1901]

Very cool!

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

:D

[spiderine.livejournal.com]

AWESOME with a capital awwww..... !

I wish I'd been there. I wish I'd seen the kidlet dance as well! Brava on you for raising an operaphile!

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

HAAAHAHAH WE LOVEA DE OPERA.

[wildeagain.livejournal.com]

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

HAAAHAHAH AWESOME.

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

that was AWESOME! i liked, also, the fact that the ratio of delighted to annoyed ppl was very high - only saw a couple snickering or otherwise not enjoying it

that little old lady with the big smile on her face? CUTEST THING EVER!

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

YEAH IT WAS AWESOME. ANNOYED PEOPLE NEED TO GO AWAY.

GRANTED, they might be annoyed because they just put their dog down or something, so we shouldn't judge.

[arsenicjade.livejournal.com]

Dude, no matter how many times I see these things, they never fail to make me smile. Because people always look so awkwardly surprised at first, but then they relax and enjoy.

Also, Philly's a great city for something like this.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

HAAAHAHAHH PHILLY IS ALSO A GREAT PLACE FOR THE CHEESESTEAK.

BUT I UNDERSTAND IF YOU ATE ONE YOUR GOD WOULD SMITE YOU.

IF YOUR COLON DIDN'T FIRST.

[arsenicjade.livejournal.com]

LOL. The colon would totally beat him.

But I could have a steak sandwich. They do those if you ask, you know.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

THEY DO. BE LIKE, "WOMAN! MAKE ME A SAMMICH FULL OF MEAT."

[arsenicjade.livejournal.com]

Yeah, b/c that won't get you beat down, or anything. I don't think I've ever seen a woman serving at either Gino's or Pat's, also.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

GAH.

[golden-d.livejournal.com]

I AM SO SAD THAT I DIDN'T GET TO SEE LA TRAVIATA. IT WAS THE ONLY OPERA THEY DID THIS SEASON THAT I WANTED TO SEE, AND I DIDN'T GET TO. D:

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

GAH.

I am toying of getting a season pass to the opera this year, but I don't know if I want to see them all.

[golden-d.livejournal.com]

I enjoy opera, but I rarely want to see more than one or two being performed each season. This year they're doing Tosca, so I'll try to make that one at least.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

this year we have turandot and rinaldo. But I was tot see lucis di lammermoor.

[kwanalicious.livejournal.com]

Dude, we have the movie version of this on VHS back in KC. It was a Christmas present from my mom, lol.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

La Traviata is horribly depressing. On the other hand, Domingo probably has done it, so I'm not surprised.

[kwanalicious.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, to say that it was a bummer is to put it mildly. I think it might be the Domingo version.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

You mom had a love on for the Placido.

[kwanalicious.livejournal.com]

Still does. hahahaha.

[used_songs]

I wish things like that would happen when I was out shopping.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Me too!

[qthelights.livejournal.com]

omg that was the most awesome thing ever.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

IKR?!!?

[earthly-gnome.livejournal.com]

That...makes me happy in my soul.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

IT IS SO AWESOME!