Operas in Pop Culture

I am relaxing before getting ready for the night, watching Gossip Girl on my computer to catch up on the episode I missed Monday. How ironic that today we were talking in class all about Operas and this particular episode is based on the Upper East Side characters going to the Opera. Not only that, but they mention The Magic Flute, which we spoke about in class today.


Eric is teaching Jenny and Rufus about Operas while Rufus sits there reading "Operas for Dummies" while listening to The Magic Flute on his stereo.

Eric: "It reaches a high F! That never happens in Operas....You're going to love The Magic Flute, it's uhh."

Jenny: "It's okay you can say it."

Eric: "Well, it's Opera for amateurs!"


Later on in the episode, when they all arrive at the Opera, many of the ideas we talked about in class rang true throughout the scene. The way the theatre is decorated and contstructed. The walls are made of what looks to be gold, and detailed in the most beautiful architexure possible. The elite, sit in the personal boxes, while people like poor Vanessa from Brooklyn had third teir seats.

I don't watch much TV, but Gossip Girl is my favorite show right now. (If the original 90210 was on the air it would have to be a tie)...so to see a class discussion incorporated into my show, it gave my guilty pleasure a little more meaning than usual.























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