Aeroplanes in opera….!

The operatic society of which I’m a member put on a production of “Jesus Christ, Superstar” back in 1995. Sadly, the stage of The Princes Hall, Aldershot was not biig enough to accomodate a flypast by two Fouga Magisters.

If you ever stage it again…perhaps two electric RC helicopters?

I got the idea from a project I’m currently writing Airwolf: The Opera.
I just can’t think of anything that rhymes with cyclic…:D

The operatic society of which I’m a member put on a production of “Jesus Christ, Superstar” back in 1995. Sadly, the stage of The Princes Hall, Aldershot was not biig enough to accomodate a flypast by two Fouga Magisters.

I recall Magisters being in the film version of “Jesus Christ Superstar”.

And all I could think of was a paper plane on a bit of string at a Pink Floyd concert!!!

🙁

North American XB 70 Valkyrie

Picture from http://www.labiker.org/xb70.html

Hmmm… the ‘Ride of the Valkyries’-scene in Apocalypse Now was impressive enough, but i now have a far, far more excessive mental image…

Tempest by Purcell

Der Vampyr by Marschner

The Bear by Walton

Die Fledermaus by Strauss

North American XB 70 Valkyrie

Picture from http://www.labiker.org/xb70.html

The only opera I know of that has an aircraft in it is “The Phantom of the Opera” 😀 Unless you count the “Buccaneers of Penzance”:rolleyes:

Not quite opera but there’s a helicopter in “Miss Saigon”.

Also, quite few aircraft are mentioned in the script of “South Pacific” – P-40, PBY Catalina, Zero.

Finally, a hot air balloon makes an appearence in “Orpheus”.

Just watched the first act of Siegfried on the telly and the stage set seems to consist of a wrecked Mitsubishi Zero. Curioser and curioser…..

Can’t verify that but some of Wagner’s music does resemble a plane crash in action.