Via Anne Midgette's new classical music blog for the Washington Post I've been alerted to a very funny Twitter craze: a contest held by blogger Miss Mussel to Twitter opera plots. #operaplot on Twitter; the Omniscient Mussel's contest results here
Ones I enjoyed:
Seamstress pals around with bohemians in a December-May affair Receives muff as parting gift.
A def. RM; W def. A; F def. W; Hd def. Sm; BH drew Wt; Sf def. F; Sf def. M;Sf def. fire;Hg def. Sf; BH def. self; fire def. gods.
If a cigarette doesn't kill you, the girl who made it will…
I dropped the atomic bomb and it went off. Wait, I feel guilty. Too late. Might as well sing pretentious poetry.
he cut off a bollock, but that still wasn't enough for them. Now, he wants revenge. Only the pure will survive.
Feel free to contribute your own!
Here one rather feeble one by me
Pregnant Moravian peasant scarred then abandoned by no-good fiancé. Stepmum deepfreezes kid; knife-wielder gets the girl.
