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"The Disappearance" As Opera
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A21²
May 25, 2012, 10:21:55 AM5/25/12
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“The female of the species vanished on the afternoon of the second
Tuesday of February at four minutes and fifty-two seconds past four
o'clock, Eastern Standard Time. The event occurred universally at the
same instant, without regard to time belts, and was followed by such
phenomena as might be expected after happenings of that nature.”
The complete novel (by Philip Wylie) can be read online here:
http://tinyurl.com/The-Disappearance-as-opera
My hunch is that this could be a terrific subject for an opera in the
hands of a brilliant composer and librettist.
Ancona21
PS: Speaking of disappearances, where in the pluperfect hell have Pat
and REG vanished to? A21
Tuesday of February at four minutes and fifty-two seconds past four
o'clock, Eastern Standard Time. The event occurred universally at the
same instant, without regard to time belts, and was followed by such
phenomena as might be expected after happenings of that nature.”
The complete novel (by Philip Wylie) can be read online here:
http://tinyurl.com/The-Disappearance-as-opera
My hunch is that this could be a terrific subject for an opera in the
hands of a brilliant composer and librettist.
Ancona21
PS: Speaking of disappearances, where in the pluperfect hell have Pat
and REG vanished to? A21
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)
May 25, 2012, 5:57:15 PM5/25/12
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A21² wrote:
> “The female of the species vanished on the afternoon of the second
> Tuesday of February at four minutes and fifty-two seconds past four
> o'clock, Eastern Standard Time. The event occurred universally at the
> same instant, without regard to time belts, and was followed by such
> phenomena as might be expected after happenings of that nature.”
> The complete novel (by Philip Wylie) can be read online here:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/The-Disappearance-as-opera
>
> My hunch is that this could be a terrific subject for an opera in the
> hands of a brilliant composer and librettist.
many educated people of my generation. Unfortunately, I can't think of
ANY of his serious works that would make good operas, simply because
they contain too much philosophy and not enough action. (His "Crunch
and Des" fishing stories might qualify, but they were designed to make
money to provide him with time for more serious work.)
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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)
May 30, 2012, 4:30:23 PM5/30/12
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RMO CLIPS wrote:
> On May 25, 5:57 pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
> thought provoking work, and I feel certain that Wylie would have
> agreed with yrs truly that it is a serious one . . . . seriously.
> A21
I think I have read ALL his serious works - starting with my discovery
of "Opus 21" my freshman year in college. (From "Generation of Vipers"
through "The Disappearance", not overlooking "An Essay on Morals".) In
the hands of writers like Wylie, fiction becomes a tool for
disseminating serious ideas to many of us who seldom read straight-out
non-fiction other than textbooks. He was quite a revelation to a
teen-ager raised in a conservative WASP family - but of course he came
from a religious background, too: his father was a protestant clergyman.
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