Songstress21 (Cantatrice18)
Fandoms
- Die Zauberflöte | The Magic Flute - Mozart/Schikaneder (3)
- The King and I - Rodgers/Hammerstein (2)
- Le Mariage de Figaro | The Marriage of Figaro - Beaumarchais (2)
- Le nozze di Figaro | The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart/Da Ponte (2)
- L'italiana in Algeri | The Italian Girl in Algiers - Rossini/Anelli (2)
Recent works
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24 Italian Fables and Imaginings by Songstress21 (Cantatrice18)
Fandoms: 24 Italian Art Songs and Arias
13 Apr 2020
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Based on the famous song collection that is the foundation for every young classical singer's training, these stories provide a hint of the events leading up to each song or aria. Including both the realistic and the fantastical, the tales range from a courtship from afar to the diary of one rather famous birdcatcher... The song text is provided in Italian and English for context.
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Sarastro's Prize by Songstress21 (Cantatrice18)
Fandoms: Die Zauberflöte | The Magic Flute - Mozart/Schikaneder
04 May 2016
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Pamina's kidnap was a political maneuver, but her presence in the Temple of the Brotherhood becomes far more complicated. Soon, Sarastro must question his own motivations for keeping a beautiful young woman captive.
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Pamina's Pajamas by Songstress21 (Cantatrice18)
Fandoms: Die Zauberflöte | The Magic Flute - Mozart/Schikaneder
02 May 2016
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In Sarastro's male-only temple, there's only one person who could provide proper sleepwear for a captured princess: a certain quirky birdwoman. But it will take persuading before Papagena is willing to give up her own clothes to a stranger.
Inspired by the Maurice Sendak production, where Pamina spends 90% of the show in her nightgown.
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Zurga, overcome with rage and lust, attempts to force himself on the helpless Leïla, only to find that she is the very woman who saved his life many years before.
A slightly rewritten ending, where Zurga discovers the truth with Leïla still in the room.
Written with the Metropolitan Opera production in mind (Damrau, Kwiecien, Polenzani).
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Orlofsky's boredom seems inescapable, until he spies a certain chambermaid in disguise.