#puccini

the second act of la boheme is like crack to me i can’t explain it i listen to it the whole way through whenever im feeling down and when it finishes i just start it over again its so good it scratches my brain in just the right way i just want to flail around trying to sing every part of the chaotic back-and-forths and when it gets to quando m’en vo it takes everything i have in me not to start giggling and bouncing around in public when she hits that last note and then pulls it back juuuuust a bit AND THE ENDING when the quando m’en vo melody comes back and everyone’s just full out SINGING and musetta’s screaming about her damn shoe and the harmonies and parpignol oh i could ramble about la boheme act 2 for hourssssss

one of the things that kind of emotionally breaks me about tosca is that the first time we see tosca & cavaradossi is also the only time we will ever see them happy until the end of their lives. it’s the last time they’ll ever be happy & they don’t know it yet. they’ve been singled out for tragedy and it will crash over them like a wave that approaches too fast and pulls anything under. we can see the approaching lights in the distance & they can’t. go, be happy, my artist couple, rib and tease each other one last time. you’ll never do it again. it’s the only time i will see you laugh, so let me see you happy just once.

I started laughing crudely. "What the fuck? You torture my boyfriend and then you expect me to fuck you? God, you are so fucked up you fucking bastard." I said angrily. Then I stabbed him in the heart. Blood poured out of it like a fountain.- Floria Tosca