Klarinet Archive - Posting 000690.txt from 2002/10

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: [kl] Coraggio!
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 05:11:54 -0500

On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 20:48:51 EST, MVinquist@-----.com said:

> "Coraggio!" has a musical meaning. I think its in one of the Verdi
> operas (Tosca?), that is the word shouted to the hero just before he's
> beheaded. Presumably Tony knows which opera.

I don't know which opera, in fact. I don't even know why I said it in
Italian -- "Courage, mon brave!", or even just, "Go for it!" would have
done as well, I suppose.

Perhaps it was that I *do* remember an anecdote concerning a conductor
trying to start an opera in Italy. Three or four times he raised his
baton -- and then lowered it again, because the audience was *still*
making too much noise.

Finally, someone in the front row of the stalls whispered,

"Coraggio, Maestro!"

Tony
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