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FIC: An Invite to Eternity

gatorgurl94 — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 04:54:40 GMT

Title: An Invite, to Eternity-Part One
Name: gatorgurl94
Rating: PG-13 (this installment)
Pairing: Sam/Alwaysagirl!Dean (eventually)
Warnings: Language, gore, implied torture, blood drinking
Prompt: Lohengrin-Elsa prays, and a real knight, Lohengrin, appears by a magic swan boat. Lohengrin promises Elsa to fight for her but only if she never asks his name or origin.
Fic Link: LJ

[ Fic ] And Thus They Shall Fall (JDM/JA, NC-17) (1/4)

souslelys — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 05:36:52 GMT

Title: And Thus They Shall Fall (1/4)
Author: souslelys
Pairing: JDM/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: +2300
Opera prompt: Giulio Cesare (by Handel): Monarchs of two opposing armies, Cleopatra and Caesar start a whirlwind affair that could bring both their kingdoms crashing down.
Note: Jensen is 18yo.

( READ HERE )

The Captain's Daughter, J3, NC-17

tipsy_kitty — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:25:32 GMT

Title: The Captain's Daughter
Name: tipsy_kitty
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: J3
Word Count: 2k
Warnings/contents: spanking, dp, sorta d/s. Verse started out dub-con.
Note: This is part 4 of my at!sea verse, but you don't need to be familiar with the others to read this one.

Prompt: Billy Budd: The story of the persecution and destruction of a pure-hearted sailor by a predatory master-at-arms. (There's a boat, and there's corporal punishment, and that's pretty much where the similarity ends.)

Previously: Jeff has a fishing boat that he runs with Jensen. Jared is the new hire, who doesn't find out about his extra duties until they're at sea.

Summary: Jared receives a taste of maritime discipline.

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Don’t need nothin’ to make me fall for you (J2, PG-13)

deirdre_c — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 14:57:38 GMT

Title: Don’t need nothin’ to make me fall for you
Author: deirdre_c
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~4,800
Opera prompt: The Elixir of Love (L'elisir d'amore), a comic opera by Donizetti. (For those of you who know the opera, this—very, VERY loose— version is how it went from Adina’s point of view.)
Author's Notes: A tried-and-true College AU. Written for the spnopera challenge. So many thanks to my lovely neros_violin for the beta assistance and all-around wonderfulness. Any remaining mistakes are mine. And thanks to tebtosca for my cute college-boy icons!

Fic Summary: Jensen’s sitting around dreading the end of his senior year. Or at least he had been, until this one freshman shows up to the rush party at Jensen’s fraternity.

Jensen really ought to go down there and mingle, help his brothers sort out who might be good prospects for the year’s new pledge class. But Jensen’s a senior, and he’s currently feeling shitty about it.

Posting Extension!

spnoperamod — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 04:39:28 GMT

Several people have messaged me saying they would submit fic/art if they had a little more time, so posting will now extend to September 30th! :D

FIC: Another Time, Another Place by AmyPond45 [Sam/Dean, R]

amypond45 — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:33:40 GMT

Title: Another Time, Another Place
Author: amypond45
Pairing: Sam/Dean (not related)
Rating: R
Word Count: 6,500
Opera prompt: Samson & Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns
Characters: Sam, Dean, Castiel
Summary: Samson et Delila is based on the Biblical tale of Samson and Delilah found in Chapter 16 of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament. This is my variation, featuring Sam & Dean as the tragic main characters.
Warning: Major character deaths, unhappy ending (if you know the story, you know how unhappily it ends!), some graphic violence (due to previous warnings). M/M sexual situations.
A/N: Apologies for any historical or Biblical inaccuracies. The opera contains one of the most beautiful arias for mezzo-saprano: "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" ("My Heart Opens to Your Voice") which can be enjoyed here

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Close Your Eyes (And Wish Real Hard) (Jared/Jensen, PG13)

brutti_ma_buoni — Sun, 02 Aug 2015 19:20:23 GMT

Title Close Your Eyes (And Wish Real Hard)
Author brutti ma buoni
Pairing Jared/Jensen
Rating PG13
Words 1200
Opera prompt: La Sonnambula (by Bellini): Innocent girl sleepwalks into strange men’s bedrooms. Shenanigans ensue.
Summary Jared's sleepwalking isn’t exactly a problem. Torture, maybe, but that's really just Jensen's issue. The one thing he never dared to wonder? What happens when Jared wakes up.
A/N So, I should warn you, total opera!fail here. Fluff, and no more.

"Jensen?"

It's Jared's voice. His eyes are open. But Jensen knows how this goes, and isn't fooled.

"Yeah, buddy. You're asleep. Come in, if you want." He's tried this before in other ways, tried turning Jared away, tried waking him up. There's really only one way this ends peacefully, and it's Jared in Jensen's bed.

Jared smiles, blindly compliant. He flips aside the covers, and slides in. Snuggles – and that really is the word – into Jensen's side. And sleeps.

Jensen looks up at the blank, dark ceiling. He doesn't swear, or rue his shitty luck, or demand that tomorrow, definitely, will be the day he finds somewhere else to live. Nope. He's done all that before now. It never helps. He never does act.

Now, he has learned to take what he can. Jared's body is relaxed against him. Jensen used to sleep naked, but now Jared's sleepwalking has gotten so routine, he doesn't do that now. So he has loose cotton between them, a puny defence of Jensen's morals and Jared's virtue, and somehow that means that he can relax.

Not too much. He doesn't need to feel guilty about getting turned on against his will and better judgement, but he definitely doesn't need to actually get turned on any more than he can help. This is just how his life is, now. His best friend. Snuggling, unknowingly. While Jensen tries to pretend he's not stupidly into it. Or, rather, that he wouldn’t be stupidly into it if Jared were awake, conscious, in control of his movements and enthusiastically consenting.

"Fuck my life," he murmurs. He's allowed one, okay? Just one complaint this time. Some nights he has lain awake, sweating and swearing, for way too long. But this is what you get for falling in love with your co-star, and moving into his house, and being as close as two guys could get, and yet never, ever making a move, even when said co-star climbs sweetly sleeping into your bed, and stays. This is what you get.

He goes to sleep. When he wakes in the morning, Jared will be gone.

When he wakes in the morning, Jared isn't gone.

Jensen makes a sound that might be a yelp or a yowl, but definitely won't be repeated while he has his strength. He thinks it's pretty restrained, though, for anyone waking to a heavy weight on their chest, then opening their eyes to find Jared Padalecki resting his chin on their collarbone, nose practically in their mouth, eyes unnervingly close and out of Jensen's focal range.

"Morning," he says, like Jensen didn't just make a noise primarily in the hearing range of bats seeking mating opportunities.

"Mrng," Jensen manages, foggily. "You're still here." He probably didn't mean to let that slip, that sense of repetition and routine around Jared's sleepwalking. That loneliness that he usually wakes too. But, oh well. He never said mornings were his good time.

"Thought I probably should stick around one day," Jared responds. He's still smiling, like he didn't just shake Jensen's world. "Say thank you, that sort of deal."

"I wasn't sure you knew," says Jensen. He wants to put some distance between them, but Jared's still immovably close on his chest. So he uses words instead. Always distancing. "You crazy sleepwalker types, who knows what you get up to while the rest of us are out for the whole night."

A small wrinkle crosses Jared's brow. "Of course I know," he says, quietly. "Seems like when I'm asleep, I only have one place I want to be. I guess it never seemed like the right moment to mention it. But thank you."

“It’s no problem,” is Jensen’s instant response. Which is just as much bullshit as Jared’s face tells him Jared is considering that response. My housemate crawls into my bed and snuggles while I’m asleep. Or, you know, was asleep. Except not any more, because even more overt snuggles today. And because I want him, but I want him when he’s conscious, and he knows just whose bed he’s crawling into, and it’s not just for sleep, but that’s never going to happen, so I just make space for him and look at the ceiling cursing my existence. Totally fine, why wouldn’t I be? You drop by any time, Jared, and make me sleepless.

Jensen’s only real hope is that Jared’s face is so close, his view of Jensen should be unfocused, and all that thought and emotion didn’t just play out on Jensen’s face for Jared to watch in close-up. It’s a pretty thin hope, honestly.

Jared says, "Most people would think it's a problem."

"Oh, well," Jensen tries, meaninglessly, to give a casual shrug. It drives Jared's pointed chin harder into his chest, and does nothing but make him flinch visibly. Casual, he is not bringing to this. "I guess- We're around each other all day, every day, huh? All night, half the nights, doesn’t make much difference."

Jared says, "It's really different. And you know it. And you've never complained-" He snickers, because Jensen's face must do stuff at that point "- That I've heard, anyway. So, I think it's more than just buddies. I owe you more than just a thanks."

More than just buddies had Jensen's stomach dropping. He's covered this well enough for years. He does not need Jared working it out now. But more than just a thanks comes with a smile, and a wink, and Jared dropping his mouth to Jensen's chest and brushing the lightest of kisses there.

Jared's head comes back up, smooth and calm, like there's nothing untoward in that. And, you know, maybe. Jared's always demonstrative, a toucher. Just because they're half-naked in bed together doesn't mean- Jared's eyes are on his, though, and his smile is hesitant. Then he dips back down, mouth to chest, and this time, his mouth is open, breath hot, tongue flicker-wet on Jensen's skin. This time, when Jared raises his head, he tilts, challenging. "Yeah?"

Oh. Oh. "Ohhhh. Yeah." Jensen stops himself just blurring into this, takes the moment he needs. "I mean, if you- If we- If it's- I mean-" He stops, takes a breath, says, "I didn't think you wanted this. But-"

Jared drops his head again. Kisses wetter, breath whispering across his own mouth-print as he lifts his head. "Seems like unconscious me knew what I wanted, doesn't it? I think it's time I enjoyed being awake."

Jensen closes his eyes, briefly, wondering if he's dreaming. It would be appropriate, in a masochistic kind of way. But Jared bites him, just a little, and that doesn't happen in dreams.

"Ow, fucker," he says, because some things can't be repressed.

Jared grins at him, and raises his brows. "Still waiting for an answer, here."

Jensen thinks he's pretty much given all the answer required, as he lies under Jared's sprawl, smiling at this idiot whose subconscious just gave Jensen the chance of his life. "Oh, that?" He pauses, just for a second, because he's been waiting years for this and Jared should taste a moment of that anxiety. But his smile won't stop breaking through.

"Yeah," he says, and reaches for sleepy, warm, enveloping Jared. All his, and they're both awake to know it.

"Dark Enough to See the Stars" (PG-13, Dean/Cassie, unrequited Sam/Dean)

cassiopeia7 — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 18:44:33 GMT

Posted because thursdaysisters made me. :)

Title: Dark Enough to See the Stars (Original prompt: Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi)
Artist: cassiopeia7
Pairing(s): Dean/Cassie, unrequited Sam/Dean
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Major character death, unhappy endings all around, and massive artistic license taken with astrophysics and black-hole science. (Really, now. If a singularity opened up that close to the planet, EVERYBODY'S going down the rabbit hole.)

Media: Ink, marker, pastel pencil, digital enhancement.
Original prompt: The Egyptians have captured and enslaved Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. To complicate the story further, the Pharaoh's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.
Summary: Love doesn't always conquer all.

"Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down", J2, rated NC-17

thursdaysisters — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:57:08 GMT

Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down (10998 words) by thursdaysisters
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Supernatural RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki
Characters: Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Danneel Harris, Misha Collins, Genevieve Cortese
Additional Tags: Bondage, BDSM, Riding Crops, saddle play, Crossdressing, Spanking, Bondage and Discipline, Eugene Onegin - Freeform, Community: spnopera, Loss of Virginity, First Time Bottoming, bottom!Jared, top!Jensen, Dom!Jensen, slave!Jared, Weddings, Grooming, slavefic, Master/Slave, Slash, J2, Operas, Pushkin, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Rough Sex, the billionaire who turned me gay, Sad Ending, Friends With Benefits, Porn With Plot
Summary:

Jared is the nervous groom wondering how he'll get through his wedding night, and Jensen is the billionaire pick-up artist willing to teach him all about it. Loosely based on Tchaikovsky's opera "Evgeny Onegin".

Podcast discussing the opera HERE.

Art by badbastion

Posting starts today!

spnoperamod — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:25:30 GMT

spnoperamod — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 18:27:51 GMT

And now, two ladies dress a teenage boy in drag, in order to hide him from his angry (and lecherous) boss.

Claims are now closed!

spnoperamod — Tue, 05 May 2015 23:55:44 GMT

Wow thank you everyone who signed up! We've got a crack team of talent for such a niche comm! Thanks again to amberdreams, chomaisky, and badbastion for the banner art, and to tebtosca and cherie_morte for their tireless efforts/diplomacy/bad influence :D

Aida: cassiopeia7(art)
Billy Budd: tipsy_kitty (fic)
Bluebeard's Castle: sophiap(fic and art)
Der Freischutz: smalltrolven(fic)
Die Rosenkavalier: locknkey(fic and art)
Don Carlo: sleepypercy(fic)
Don Giovanni: saltandburnboys (fic)
Elektra: frozen_delight (fic)
Elixer of Love: deirdre_c (fic)
Eugene Onegin: thursdaysisters (fic)
Faust: cherie_morte (fic), amberdreams (art)
Giulio Cesare: souslelys (fic)
La Boheme: spnoperamod (fic)
La Sonnambula: brutti_ma_buoni (fic)
Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk: yohkobennington (fic)
Lohengrin: gatorgurl94 (fic)
Lucia di Lammermoor: tebtosca (fic), quickreaver (art)
Lulu: riyku (fic)
Magic Flute: cheerystars (fic)
Makropolous Case: indiachick (fic)
Norma: marciaelena (fic)
Orfeo: electricalgwen (fic)
Rake's Progress: ephermeralk (fic), amberdreams (art)
Salome: elwarre (fic), alethiometry (art)
Samson and Delilah: amypond45 (fic)
Thais: elwarre (fic)

Posting begins July 31st and runs through the month of August. Til then:

Claims Post!

spnoperamod — Sun, 03 May 2015 16:00:22 GMT

Strap on your bloody wedding dresses cuz claiming has begun! The claims are FIRST COME FIRST SERVED, so please check earlier posts to see what's still available, and I will cross items off as I am able. Claims close May 5th ~~at noon~~ at 8:00pm Eastern Time Zone! :-D

Reply to this post by copying the text box below and entering your username, opera choice, and medium.

Still wondering how a SPN/J2 opera can possibly be sexy? Direct any dirty questions to our Filthy Guidance Counselor tebtosca, SHE HAS THAT KNOWLEDGE.

Technical questions or concerns? PM spnoperamod :-D

Aida: cassiopeia7(art)
Billy Budd: tipsy_kitty (fic)
Bluebeard's Castle: sophiap(fic and art)
Der Freischutz: smalltrolven(fic)
Die Rosenkavalier: locknkey(fic and art)
Don Carlo: sleepypercy(fic)
Don Giovanni: saltandburnboys (fic)
Elektra: frozen_delight (fic)
Elixer of Love: deirdre_c (fic)
Eugene Onegin: thursdaysisters (fic)
Faust: cherie_morte (fic), amberdreams (art)
Giulio Cesare: souslelys (fic)
La Sonnambula: brutti_ma_buoni (fic)
Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk: yohkobennington (fic)
Lohengrin: gatorgurl94 (fic)
Lucia di Lammermoor: tebtosca (fic), quickreaver (art)
Lulu: riyku (fic)
Magic Flute: cheerystars (fic)
Makropolous Case: indiachick (fic)
Norma: marciaelena (fic)
Orfeo: electricalgwen (fic)
Rake's Progress: ephermeralk (fic), amberdreams (art)
Salome: elwarre (fic), alethiometry (art)
Samson and Delilah: amypond45 (fic)
Thais: elwarre (fic)

Prompt List!

spnoperamod — Fri, 01 May 2015 03:58:55 GMT

Ladies! Here is a prompt list for you to preview before claims begin Sunday, though these are only suggestions. If you'd like to choose an opera that's not on the list just send me a PM (squishy kisses and bacon to tebtosca for helping compile the list) :D

Claims for spnopera will open Sunday May 3rd at noon Eastern Time and will last 48 hours. Teams are totally cool, so feel free to pair up on a prompt :D

1) Aida (by Verdi): The Egyptians have captured and enslaved Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. To complicate the story further, the Pharaoh's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.

2) Bartered Bride (by Smetana): Marenka has no interest in an arranged marriage, and breaks off the deal by disguising herself, finding her husband-to-be Vasek, and convincing him that this Marenka chick is a slut and he’d be better off looking elsewhere. Imagine Marenka’s hurt feelings when Vasek takes her advice and falls madly in love with a hot circus dancer instead.

3) Billy Budd (by Britten): The story of the persecution and destruction of a pure-hearted sailor by a predatory master-at-arms.

4) Bluebeard's Castle (by Bartok): Judith and Count Bluebeard arrive at his castle, where, despite disturbing rumors about the fate of his previous three wives, Judith insists that all the doors be opened, which are in turn a torture chamber, riches, a garden, etc, until she comes to her own grave as his fourth wife.

5) Carmen (by Bizet): Don Jose falls hopelessly in love with the fiery gyspy Carmen, but can he withstand jealousy when she grows bored with him and chooses other lovers?

6) Cavalleria Rusticana (by Mascagni): A pious young woman is seduced and abandoned by a young rake, who is engaging in a fatal affair with another man's wife.

7) Daughter of the Regiment (by Bellini): A young orphan is raised by an army regiment, before being discovered by her rich aunt, who attempts to turn her into a proper lady.

8) Der Freischutz (by Weber): In an effort to woo his lady love, young hunter Max asks for help from another hunter Caspar, whose soul is to be forfeited to the devil on the following day, and hopes to obtain three more years of grace by substituting Max in his place.

9) Dido and Aeneas (by Purcell): Queen Dido is too proud to marry…until she meets the charming young soldier Aeneas.

10) Die Walkure (by Wagner): Where the mighty warrior Siegmund pulls a magic sword from a tree and marries his twin sister Sieglinde, only to be murdered by her jealous husband and have Sieglinde kidnapped by a troop of breast-plated warrior-women, the Valkyrie.

11) Don Carlo (by Verdi): Can Carlo resist the charms of Elizabeth, his love, his Queen… his stepmother?

12) Don Giovanni (by Mozart): Don Giovanni, a young, arrogant, wealthy womanizer, attempts to seduce the peasant girl Donna on her wedding day, will she remain faithful or fall for his charms?

13) Elegy for Young Lovers (by Henze): Set in an inn during a snowstorm, a poet manipulates the people around him to create the tragedy that inspires his last great artwork.

14) Elektra (by Strauss): The world's most dysfunctional family.

15) Elixir of Love (by Donizetti): Nemorino, a poor peasant, is in love with Adina, a beautiful landowner, who torments him with her indifference. When Nemorino hears Adina reading to her workers the story of Tristan and Isolde, he is convinced that a magic potion will help him to gain Adina's love.

16) Eugene Onegin (by Tchaikovsky): The insufferably handsome Eugene and fey romantic poet Lensky are best friends, but when a woman gets between them, a duel to the death is the only solution.

17) Faust (by Gounod): Trading his soul to the devil Méphistophélès, Faust transforms back into a handsome young man and the two go off in search of beautiful women and adventure.

18) Fidelio (by Beethoven): A woman goes undercover as a man to rescue her imprisoned lover.

19) Giulio Cesare (by Handel): Monarchs of two opposing armies, Cleopatra and Caesar start a whirlwind affair that could bring both their kingdoms crashing down.

20) Il Pirata (by Bellini): A noblewoman is confronted with the unexpected return of her presumed dead pirate lover.

21) Iolanta (by Tchaikovsky): Princess Iolanta has been blind from birth, but no one has ever told her, nor does she know she is a princess. Handsome Lord Vaudémont falls instantly in love with the mysterious girl, and will do anything to restore her sight...even unto death.

22) L’Orfeo (by Monteverdi): Orfeo, the beautiful young musician, goes to Hell to rescue his beloved Eurydice, but on the condition that he cannot look upon her until they reach the safety of Earth again.

23) La Boheme (by Puccini): Penniless poet Rodolfo is madly in love with the sickly Mimi, but pushes her away in the hopes that her wealthy suitor will be able to provide her with a better life. Will their love survive the harsh Paris winter?

24) La Gioconda (by Ponchielli): A woman, Gioconda, so loves her mother that when Laura, her rival in love for the heart of Enzo, saves her mother's life, Gioconda puts aside her own romantic love to repay her. The villain Barnaba tries to seduce Gioconda, but she prefers death.

25) La Sonnambula (by Bellini): Innocent girl sleepswalks into strange men’s bedrooms. Shenanigans ensue.

26) La Traviata (by Verdi): The beautiful, and consumptive, courtesan Violetta is the toast of Paris, but will the love of a good man see through her party-girl act and save her in the end?

27) Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (by Shostakovich): While her husband is away, the bored, frustrated Katerina Izmailova murders her father-in-law and takes a lover.

28) Lohengrin (by Wagner): A mysterious knight saves Princess Elsa from a terrible fate and asks for her hand in marriage. He asks but one thing in return: she is never to ask him his name or where he has come from.

29) Lucia da Lammermoor (by Donizetti): Though she is promised to another, Lucia is madly in love with Edgardo, only to be given a forged letter claiming Edgardo has taken a new lover and wants nothing to do with her. Mad with grief, she murders her new husband in their marriage bed and walks into the wedding feast in a bloody nightgown to tell everyone about it.

30) Lulu (by Berg): She seduces, she kills, she winds up a prostitute, and then gets murdered by Jack the Ripper!

31) Madame Butterfly (by Puccini): In 1904, U.S. Naval officer Pinkerton weds his 15-year-old Japanese child-bride Butterfly, only to go missing in the war for several years and return with an American wife.

32) Magic Flute (by Mozart): Tamino, a handsome prince lost in a distant land, is captured by the sorceror Sarastro, where he must endure several trials before he is freed.

33) Manon Lescaut (by Puccini): Trapped in hooker prison, beautiful courtesan Manon is about to be deported to Lousiana unless her lover Lescaut can find another way.

34) Marriage of Figaro (by Mozart): Having gratefully given Figaro a job as head of his servant-staff, Count Almaviva is now persistently trying to seduce Figaro's bride-to-be, Susanna. The Count keeps finding excuses to delay their wedding so he might bed her first.

35) Merry Widow (by Lehar): Hanna Glawari, who has inherited a fortune from her late husband, is to be a guest at a grand ball, and the ambassador Baron Zeta wants to ensure that she will marry a local nobleman and thereby keep her money in the country. But can the Baron convince Hanna that he’s been in love with her since she was a young girl, before she became a wealthy heiress?

36) Norma (by Bellini): A druid priestess secretly has two children and an erring lover, with catastrophic results.

37) Pagliacci (by Leoncavallo): Canio, head of a comedy troupe, discovers his wife has been unfaithful, and murders her and her lover onstage in full clown make-up.

38) Pelleas and Melisande (by Debussy): Prince Golaud finds a mysterious young woman, Mélisande, lost in a forest, marries her, and brings her back to his castle. Here Mélisande becomes increasingly attached to Golaud’s younger half-brother Pelléas, arousing Golaud’s jealousy, even if it means her death.

39) Rake’s Progress (by Stravinsky): Tom Rakewell is bored until Nick Shadow, the Devil in disguise, comes under his employ and introduces him to the sleazier side of London life.

40) Rigoletto (by Verdi): At a ball in his palace, the Duke sings of a life of pleasure with as many women as possible, while his jester Rigoletto mocks a Count whose daughter the Duke has slept with. The Count lays a terrible curse on both the Duke and his jester.

41) Rosenkavalier (by Strauss): Princess Marie ditches her 16-year-old boy toy Octavian, insisting he ought to woo someone his own age, but shenanigans ensue when Octavian disguises himself as a housemaid and is seduced by the wealthy and lecherous Baron Ochs.

42) Salome (by Strauss): When the beautiful teenage princess Salome is unable to seduce the prisoner John the Baptist, she strips for the king and in exchange demands John the Baptist’s head on a plate.

43) Samson and Delilah (by Saint-Saens): The hero of Israel, Samson is blessed with great strength in battle, so long as he doesn't cut his hair. All goes well...until the temptress Delilah comes along.

44) Suor Angelica (by Puccini): Having birthed a son out of wedlock, Angelica is interred at a convent, only to learn grave news of her child.

45) Tannhauser (by Wagner): Having spents years as a willing love slave of the goddess Venus, Tannhauser leaves behind the orgies of Venusberg to earn the love of the virtuous Elisabeth.

46) The Makropulos Case (by Janacek): A celebrated opera diva turns out to be existing on a 300 -year-long youth elixir that is demanding another dose.

47) The Tales of Hoffman (by Offenbach): A poet dreams of three women—a mechanical performing doll, a bejeweled siren, and the consumptive daughter of a famous composer—all of whom break his heart in different ways.

48) Tosca (by Puccini): Tosca begs the chief of police Scarpia to free her lover from prison, but Scarpia only desires one thing in exchange---her submission.

49) Tristan and Isolde (by Wagner): Having unwittingly drunk a love potion, the king's nephew Tristan falls madly in love with Isolde, the king's sorcerous bride-to-be.

50) Werther (by Massenet): An ardent young poet, driven to his death from pining too much.

Pimpage!

thursdaysisters — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 17:29:21 GMT

Claims for the spnopera fic/art challenge go up May 1st!

For research purposes, I present Billy Budd picspam or, as it should be retitled, Show Pony Slave Galley the Musical.

SPN Opera Pimp!

spnoperamod — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:56:23 GMT

Know nothing about opera? No problem! We provide short, scandalous prompts for writers and artists to get creative with. Imagine your favorite character:

---Trapped in hooker prison!
---Married to their hot and powerful brother!
---Selling their soul and chasing girls with the Devil!
---Seducing a teenage boy in drag!

Want a happy ending? We got those! Want a teen suicide/bloody cough/knife in milady's boudoir ending? WE GOT BUCKETS OF THOSE.

Prompts go up May 1st, so spread the word 'til then! And all the puppy pile hugs to amberdreams and chomaisky for making these incredible banners, plus extra squishy kisses to tebtosca and cherie_morte for logistics aid and general bad behavior!

Hello!

spnoperamod — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:01:58 GMT

Prompts go up May 1st! :D