#silent opera

[clouds-of-wings]

I don't even know what my top albums of the year are, but here are some I discovered this year that I really liked, so that I don't come across as ONLY a hater. Linking my fav track, or one of my fave tracks, on YT every time.

Molllust - Mother Universe (A glimmer of hope in the irradiated wasteland that is symphonic metal at present. Also one of the four female-LED metal bands I know. Like with a female composer! Such wow!)

Knights of Heliopolis - Ferrum Fero Ferro Ferror (ditto about the hope thing. Also they have an operatic bass frontman and holyyyyy shiiiit that is the best thing ever! I keep fangirling about this band but they used to be called "Phoebus the Knight", so that's the tag that's in.)

Nostra Morte - Sin Retorno (A flicker of light from the NON-wasteland that symph was 12 years ago)

Silent Opera - Immortal Beauty (ditto. Oh how I wish for soothing rain and some fucking OPERA VOCALS in the fucking OPERA GENRE. Why is symph metal full of COWARDS and CASUALS? I know I sound like Holden Caulfield, but that's because he's right and my role model.)

Nanowar - Dislike to False Metal (Power Metal, Nanowar being awesome as usual. I link perhaps one of their less surprising songs bc I'm a sucker for that Rhapsody stuff but plz listen to the whole album, it also has tracks like this - great variety really, and greater wtf! I gently pat Gatto's head and wonder what he will do next, clearly he's called Cat for a reason.)

Elina Garanca - Habanera (These are just some famous arias, but her voice is really nice! Dark-voiced mezzo-sopranos rule the world!)

Snowy Shaw - White is the New Black (I have been listening to this so much lately. Somehow I always ignored his solo work after the Notre Dame stuff except for some of his singles, but this album is actually really really cool! I don't know which genre it is lol. Metal Archives says "Heavy Metal", but that doesn't really describe it so well. Snowy has a lot of personality, and so does his music. Just click! You may not even regret it!)

Wolfenmond - Can't pick an album... Galdra (EP!) I guess. Folk metal or medieval rock with a woman who doesn't get forced to sound cute.

Grendel's Sÿster - Myrtenkranz Heavy metal / folk metal with a woman who REALLY doesn't get forced to sound cute. As SATW said, women should be respected, but sister Germany should be feared. Damn straight. This is an EP, same music first in English, then in German.

Kornalyn - Intemporel (French acoustic folk, revolutionary communist and anarchist songs. This guy is a folk song recording MACHINE and I like almost everything he releases.)

Therion - Leviathan 3 (I still wrestle with this album. A lot! I also know from past experience that in retrospect I'm more likely to regret not including it than I am including it.)

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I also watched like 20 operas this year in an attempt to be a little less of a poser in the genre. I don't know which I would recommend the most. Wagner's "Die Walküre" touched me the most, both in terms of story and of pure epicness of the music. Kinda wiped the floor with everything else :/ It seems Wagner is the only one in opera who isn't shit at plots. Lohengrin also had a good story! Vivaldi's "Juditha Triumphans" (not technically an opera but an oratorio, but really I don't care, it's basically an opera) and Bizet's "Carmen" (I'm not linking that, there are 8945098340 good recordings, just find one that looks appealing to you) had the most pleasant music.

I also liked Alessandro nell‘Indie by Leonardo Vinci (no relation). I link my favourite scene. Don't worry about the lack of English subs, the plot is 4 hours of soap opera. They did a very traditional staging of this, like back in 1730, which means it's all countertenors and sopranists, half in drag. Thus it pairs nicely with the all-female Vivaldi one above. Back when women were real men who led armies and men had fake boobs or danced under falling rose petals singing about love, LIKE GOD INTENDED! TRADITIONAL VALUES!

#folk metal #symphonic metal #heavy metal #folk music #music recs #music #blehhhh #opera #The Opera #my back is aching that's why i'm typing like this #at least i'm non-basic #i think nanowar and therion are the only somewhat famous bands in that list #except for the operas #i am basic there but that's bc i'm only just working through the classics #molllust #knights of heliopolis #nostra morte #silent opera #nanowar of steel #elina granca #snowy shaw #wolfenmond #grendel's sÿster #kornalyn #therion

[lemonele]

Varigo Week: Future

“Just give it time,” he assures. Right. Time. He could do that. They had all the time in the world, now.”

I may be a day late, but @littlemisslol-fic ‘s Silent Opera is an absolute masterpiece and I think about it everytime I close my eyes

I cannot thank you enough for bringing this fic into existence 

#varigo #effingvarigoweek #varian and the seven kingdoms #silent opera #arttime #varian #hugo vat7k

[littlemisslol-fic]

heyyy i really wanna read your silent opera fic but it wont open for me thus may be really late but if you have any tips pls let me know thanks!

Hey hey!! I'm not quite sure what you mean, like ao3 won't let you see it?? That's so weird 😔😔 I double checked the settings and it should be okay--BUT if not I have a solution for ya! I also posted all the chapters to tumblr when the fic was still being posted, sooooo if ao3 continues to be a butt we have a backup!! I'll link them here for ya

One • Two • Three • Four • Five • Six Seven • Eight • Nine • Ten • Eleven • Twelve Thirteen • Fourteen • Fifteen • Sixteen • Seventeen

Let me know if that works!! 💕💕

#silent opera #wtf ao3 stop being a butt #my next plan is to make a gdoc for u i refuse to be stopped

[transmissioninterference]

@littlemisslol-fic silent opera chapter 16: an incomplete summary

#havent gotten a chance to draw that fanart yet ( which’ll be posted on a diff blog once done ) so in the meantime I’m memeing #please accept this humble offering of my love in the meantime #silent opera #tts #vat7k #varigo

[sonicgetsrawed]

Congrats to the fabulous @littlemisslol-fic for completing another banger of a fic!!! If you haven’t already go read Silent Opera!! And as tradition dictates in celebration of completing this masterpiece I come bearing a silent opera themed meme!!

#varigo #tangled the series #varian #vat7k #silent opera #say what you will but I love landis

[aziraphalesbookkeeper]

you’ve heard of the Silent Opera? get ready for the SAD Opera

(aka the angsty drabble fic i wrote months ago for @littlemisslol-fic as an au where Hugo misses his chance and Landis and Varian get married. Mind the tags kids she short but she a gut punch)

#i wish i could draw but i cant so instead i write sad fic 4 u #silent opera #it's over now so i can post al my memey sad content #varigo #god i've never posted fic to tumblr before idk how it works #im gonna throw this into the ether and hope for the best

[ghaas]

Phantom of the Opera Window Card, 1929

#phantom of the opera #horror #silent #lon chaney #universal horror #window card #devil

[theoreinflores]

#whimsigoth #whimsigothic #whimsical #whimsy #whimsigothcore #vintage #window display #theatre #theater #carnival #witchy #witchy aesthetic #decor #celestial #moodboard #the celestial theatre is part of the [???] carnival #a whole opera-esque theatre in a small tent? #yes please #inspo:r #r is the silent bard everyone loves #Corteo #Cirque du Soleil #venetian costume #venetian mask

[flypanegg88]

#the phantom of the opera #phantom #the phantom of the opera 1925 #my artwork #lon chaney #silent film

[opera-ghost]

#have you guys watched the silent film recently because if you haven't. you are missing out #i forgot how funny it is like lon chaney's phantom is just a silly little guy #(he is a murderer) #phantom of the opera #poto #poto shitpost #poto text

[goryhorroor]

80s slasher horror + title card

#horror #horror movies #80s horror #slasher #my bloody valentine #prom night #terror train #intruder #the house on sorority row #a nightmare on elm street #friday the 13th #graduation day #april fool's day #halloween ii #silent night deadly night #hell night #maniac #opera #horroredit #moviesedit #filmedit #cinema

[clouds-of-wings]

Another week, another underrated symphonic metal band from 10+ years ago with only one album.

TARJA STANS ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES! LADY VICTORIA SINGS OPERASTYLE AND HAS A DARK TIMBRE JUST LIKE THE QUEEN!

Also the song is partially in Italian. Just ticks all the boxes 🥰

#symphonic metal #silent opera #music #italian metal #Youtube #tarja #tagging bc relevant for ppl who might check here

[oleworm]

Christine, the Phantom and the Persian

Made by the @vermium artist

#phantom of the opera #christine daae #erik the phantom #the persian #I love them so much #they remind me of sepia photography #headshots of silent movie actors

[littlemisslol-fic]

oh shit we talkin about the silent opera??? anyway tell us what scene was the most fun to watch audience react to and which scene made you the most nervous to post. yes im giving you homework what about it 😘

ASH WTF oh fuck okay I secretly love talking about my fics yes I am that guy

OKAY so I think the most fun scene to watch was definitely The Big Moment, like the one where Hugo finally confesses, since the fic had been building up to it for like, thirteen chapters at that point and it had been SO MUCH WORK getting it there, I was really excited to see the reactions!! Like it it wasn't without fear, I always get scared when it's a payoff for something I've hyped so much, but thankfully it went well! And my discord buddies were my unintentional guinea pigs since I gave it to you guys early lol

AND THE MOST NERVOUS. Uh. The end. Since the Moment (tm) was something I was pretty confident in being a good scene, that one was more excitement, but the ending.... idk I always get so nervous for endings. Like imo a bad ending can tank a story, regardless of the previous quality (lookin at you, game of thrones) and can also ruin someone's want to visit again. Cuz at the end of the day I aim to make fics that I/others get multiple reads out of, thats why I leave Easter eggs and foreshadowing and symbolism, because I want to give a reader something to chew on during a second viewing. A bad ending though... that can keep someone (including myself lol) from coming back. SO YES. THE ENDING WAS THE ONE THAT GAVE ME THE MOST STRESS in terms of the stress to excitement ratio. Thankfully people seem to vibe with it, so we've pulled it off 🥰🥰

THANK U ASH IM KISSING U RIGHT ON THE LIPS MY LOVE 💞💞💞💞

#silent opera #Yeah idk endings always are the most nerve wracking for me #cuz holy fuck when they suck they suck #and especially with longer fics theres always a point where im sitting there like DOES THIS FUCK??? I CANT TELL #like i wholeass will have no idea if its good anymore #and that feeling hits worse and worse the closer to the end i am #cuz idk i worked on silent opera for literally half a year of pure writing from september to may #you gotta understand being unable to tell if somethings good when youre that deep in the pit lmaaaoooo

[madreemeritus]

Did you know that Lon Chaney's Erik is 32 years old?

Yes. This goofy ass man is 32 years old.

So, the silent movie gives a few and undetailed comment about Erik's life before he became the Opera Ghost. A script cheating? Maybe, but it's a 1925 movie with 1 hour and 50 minutes so we excuse that.

Erik was born during the Boulevard Massacre, an event that happened on 23/2/1848, Paris. The main story takes place in 1881 as the original novel, so yeah, Erik is 32 years old and his birthday is 23th February. THIS SILLY MOTHERFUCKER IS ONLY 32 YEARS OLD.

I think 1925 Erik's backstory could be such an interesting thing to explore. He doesn't seem to have traveled to Persia and was born in Paris instead of Rouen, was accused of witchcraft and exiled on an Island by reasons not fully explained... i wonder what could be explored about him. Will i write a fanfiction about his past and a sequel to the 1925 movie?... HELL, YES.

#the phantom of the opera #erik #poto #gothic literature #gaston leroux #lon chaney #poto 1925 #the phantom of the opera 1925 #universal monsters #silent movies

[sonicgetsrawed]

I actually reality shifted and found out I’m Landis’s new soulmate so fuck y’all

@ashdoesfandom

#tangled the series #vat7k #this is a landis simp blog now #landis #silent opera #this is a joke #just because ash said so