Beatrix Cenci
Here is a short video clip from the opera Beatrix Cenci by 20th century Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera, performed at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires on March 15, 2016.
The plot is a tale of horror from the 16th century. Count Cenci, whom everybody hates, is holding a masked ball to celebrate (!) the death of his two sons. Later, the Count rapes his daughter Beatrix. Beatrix then hires two assassins to murder her father. Later, one of the assassins confesses, Beatrix is arrested for the crime, and then she is tortured and executed. Whew!
As a 20th century composer, Ginastera's music is not very melodic. One review described it as "violent discords, note clusters, short, screeching phrases for strings and wind, leavened by the occasional quiet, lyrical moments." In the video clip above, Beatrix's singing is lyrical enough, but fair warning: it's opera.
But this 2016 performance is worth watching for the male nudity, including the scene above. I have no idea what's going on in this scene, but Beatrix, at the center, is surrounded by dogs or wolves.
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I enthusiastically applaud theater performances that have naked men in them.
Gerald: Then watch Vivaldi's Ercole su'l Termodonte with Zachary Stains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I-A_u4NAp4
Fully, frontally naked! (and a few male asses peeks too!)
Have you watched more of the opera on you tube? There's a lot more nudity, including a very well hung, tall man, who is very creepy but has a great bod. The nude dogs appear in a couple more scenes also. Bravo to Teatro Colon! In America, where nudity, especially full frontal male, would never be allowed. We Americans are so stupidly prudish. I think all the gore they show in this opera would be just fine on stage, but to have a penis is just too shocking. I know there is some male nudity on stage here, but it's always such a big deal. It should just be a natural thing!
The swimsuit tan lines on the men are distracting; dogs or wolves wouldn't have them, so this emphasizes the performers as human rather than animal. Body makeup or a more even real tan would make the characters more believable.
I would adopt any or all of these fine canines.
The real life story is more gruesome
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