Make Your Own Opera Plot!
It's easy and it's fun. Writing the music, however, is up to you.
A lovely young man
A lovely young woman
A god
A prince
A duchess
A horrible user of women
A woman who scorns men
begins to sing of
love
disease
the tyranny of a parent
how horrible it is to be poor
how it's really not so bad to be poor
destiny
how nothing much is going on
, when suddenly,
a lovely young woman
a lovely young man
a god
a prince
a duchess
a horrible user of women
a woman who scorns men
appears. They sing together for a time, then have all their plans threatened by
a scheming maid
the gods
a horde of furies
his wife
her husband
poverty
war
a fit of coughing
a mysteriously dire passage of music
the king
a parent's last will with some strange clause
. Things look very bad for a while, and so they sing of
springtime
better days
cruel fate
youth
the mad love they will make in the garden
the day they will crush their enemies into dust
how they really shouldn't have made the gods angry
their childhood, which will be surprisingly similar,
how much fun everyone else is having
until the time comes to make their move
to the country
to overthrow tyranny
before they are arrested
while the husband is in town
while the wife is in town
before she coughs herself to death
while they are still young
while they are still alive
while it's still the second act
. Additional complications result when the
husband
wife
horde of furies
entire society of London
entire society of Paris
Pasha
scheming maid
poet who lives nearby
lover's many friends
learns of their plans.
Unfortunately
Fortunately
, the forces of good are
overthrown
proven to be the mainstay of society
, and everyone still standing
gets together and sings
gets together and sings
gets together and sings
gets together and sings
gets together and sings
gets together and sings
gets together and sings
gets together and sings
gets together and sings
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