Sunday, 22 September 2024

TESTORE - ROBERTO O RICCARDO

 


Here is an extract from the opera like wot I wrote today.

The opera Testore - Riccardo o Roberto is in seven acts but I'm told that this might be a tad too much for the in-cognoscenti who make up the readers of this blog so I have taken a piece from Act One.

The principals are Riccardo a music teacher of some renown known as Ei-Tu! and one Roberto, one of his pupils and a religious zealot and wannabe priest known as Fermare Il Ladro!

Act One - scene one - a music studio made out of some unused stables at the back of Riccardo's house:

(singing)

Riccardo: Ah Roberto, Roberto cazzo!

Roberto: Roberto cazzo?

Riccardo: Roberto, Roberto cazzo!

Roberto: Roberto cazzo?

Riccardo: Si, Roberto cazzo. You have taken -  my name -Testore.

Roberto" I have taken your name - Testore?

Riccardo: You have taken my name -Testore.

Roberto: Testore?

Riccardo: Testore!

Roberto: Testore?

Riccardo: Testore!

Roberto: Ah I see.

Riccardo: Si?

Roberto: Si!

Riccardo: A member of the damned.

Roberto: The damned?

Riccardo: The damned.

Roberto: The damned?

Riccardo: A calumnious member of the damned!

Roberto: Infamy!

Riccardo: Infamy?

Roberto: Infamy!

Riccardo: Infamy?

Roberto: You've all got it in for me!

Riccardo: That's an old joke Roberto but carry on.

Roberto: Carry On?

Riccardo: Yes,  Carry On Cleo. 

Roberto: Riccardo, take my hand.

Riccardo: Take your hand?

Roberto: My hand

Riccardo: I'll take you hand Roberto ...

Roberto: You'll take my hand Riccardo

Riccardo: I'll take you hand Roberto ... with the help of my sword.

Roberto: Your sword?

Riccardo: My sword!

Roberto: Your sword?

Riccardo: My sword!

Roberto: Belcanto? 

Riccardo: Spirocore Weich.

Roberto: Belcanto?

Riccardo: Spirocore - Spirocore - Spirocore Weich.

Roberto: Spirocore Weich.

Riccardo: Spirocore Weich.

Riccardo severs Roberto's outstretched hand with his sword made out of beaten together strands of Spirocore Weich strings.

Roberto: I forgive you Riccardo. I love you.

Riccardo: Cazzo.


TO BE CONTINUED





TESTORE - ROBERTO O RICCARDO

  Here is an extract from the opera like wot I wrote today. The opera  Testore - Riccardo o Roberto is in seven acts but I'm told that t...