I've decided that Napoli is one giant opera set.
So let's write an opera
So let's write an opera
First, we need a composer.
It's Rossini who was born here opposite one of the funicular stations
It's Rossini who was born here opposite one of the funicular stations
Act one: Galleria Umberto 1
Act Two. The grand stage outside of the Basilica.
Act Three. The endless corridors of the Imperial Palace and, in the gardens, Picasso style horses and a spectacular tree.
Lots of comings and goings, acidental meetings, duos, trios and choruses culminating in a big fight between our hero and villain....
Lots of comings and goings, acidental meetings, duos, trios and choruses culminating in a big fight between our hero and villain....
Act Five. The great denoument.
Our hero finds the man he's just killed is really his twin brother and that the woman there were fighting over is their sister (What, you've never seen il Trovatore?).
Cue arias, tears, choruses and as the hero walks declaiming into the sunset....
Our hero finds the man he's just killed is really his twin brother and that the woman there were fighting over is their sister (What, you've never seen il Trovatore?).
Cue arias, tears, choruses and as the hero walks declaiming into the sunset....
...a volcano erurpts.
FIN
