From Anonymous, a stand alone piece:

How nice it is to have friends who care to share, even when they prefer to remain anonynous. This piece came to me with no strings attached, a gift to brighten my day, to lift my spirits. I hope it does the same for you...




Without much effort a carfeul netsurfer may find some "companion pieces" presented by the same opera company in marketplaces of other Italian cities. Wherever they go they surprise shoppers and spread joie de vivre!


Dear Anonymous, I wish you were not so shy. I would like to tell my friends why this piece brought tears to your eyes, but now they will just have to guess.

pt







Comments

  1. DJKSeptember 24, 2021 at 9:40 PM

    This is truly wonderful stuff to witness and would be even better to experience for real in a market. I did post a couple of examples like this on Facebook. They took place in a supermarket in Italy where the 'shelf stackers', 'deli servers' and some 'customers' turned out to be opera singers. What a great pity it is we never see anything like this in Australia.

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  2. ptSeptember 24, 2021 at 9:44 PM

    It certainly would be wonderful if it could happen in the supermarket here in Kyneton David.

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  3. bobbyboySeptember 26, 2021 at 3:54 AM

    It's happened in Melbourne. So delightful, and so profoundly moving to see! The more obscure the place the more surprising and uplifting methinks!

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  4. ptSeptember 26, 2021 at 7:26 AM

    It seems a number were done at Richie's IGA in Dromana, and one at Southern Cross station. But some of them are edited with comments or reflections of visitors interviewed, not as good as those productions which are "unfolding" events without commentary.

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