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Fairy tales and reality
Deonte 2021-12-01 08:01:25
An opera + fairy tale skewers, bringing together the four popular stories and characters of "Cinderella", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Rapunzel" and "Jack and Beanstalk" in Grimm's fairy tales, and put on the veil of satire Form an "adult fairy tale". But afterwards I feel a little boring if I sing too much! The story is old-fashioned and lengthy. There is no surprise in the first half, and the innovation in the second half is limited. There are no highlights in the song, which only makes people sleepy. There are too many characters but not condensed to come together again. The ending is more anticlimactic, especially the white horse. The prince's paragraph is so realistic.
Extended Reading
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Baker: As the Prince anxiously waited, the stepmother took matters, and Florinda's foot, into her own hands.
Florinda: Careful, my toe!
Stepmother: Darling, I know!
Florinda: What will we do?
Stepmother: It'll have to go/but when you're his bride/you can sit or ride/you'll never need to walk!
[cuts off Florinda's toe and Florinda screams in pain]
Baker: Minus one toe, Florinda mounted the Prince's horse, unaware of the blood dripping from the slipper. Lucinda was next...
Lucinda: Why won't it fit?
Stepmother: Darling, be still/cut off a bit of the heel and it will/and when you're his wife/you'll have such a life/you'll never need to walk!
[cuts of Lucinda's heel and Lucinda screams in pain]
Baker: Minus a heel, Lucinda did her best to swallow the pain.
Stepmother: It's a perfect fit your highness!
[Lucinda faints]
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Jack: Magic what type of magic?
Baker's Wife: Tell him.
Baker: Magic that, uh, defies description.