Many people would probably be happy in the sole knowledge that they wrote a Mario-themed opera for their grad school thesis, but it wasn’t quite enough for musician Jonathan Mann. He wanted to bring it to the stage, and made his dream come true with a show in New York City.
Along with Princess Peach, Bowser, a Toad chorus and a Koopa Troopa on sax, Mann as Mario sings out about the classic hero receiving an epiphany: he sure saves Peach an awful lot. According to Mann, it’s quite a blow to the plumber’s spirit:
[H]e slowly comes to realize that he’s actually been through this princess-saving experience thousands and thousands and thousands of times before. Every single time anyone anywhere has played a Mario game, he has been through this experience, and that realization sort of leads him to have this sort of existential crisis, and essentially really bums him out and he decides to sort of give up.
Hopefully it doesn’t end there. This isn’t the first adaptation of Mario to another form of entertainment, of course, but it’s fun to see someone so dedicated to their project.
What other games would you like to see a stage production from? Feel free to let us know.
[source kotaku.com]
Comments 12
Weird.
Me0w :3
It's both cool and weird how a lot of people make Mario things like this!
How is this an Opera???? Does anybody know what an OPERA is anymore?
The first thing you need is trained "OPERA" singers. This would be a good start.
seems more like a musical
This looks more like a musical than an opera to me.
Neat concept, but holy crap, this is a graduate music program and you can't find any decent singers?
Good lord, the singing is awful!
yea thats not opera
If all of the dialogue is sung that makes it an opera. It doesn't need fat ladies or Italian singing.
That sax player is a beast
Oh boy! I don't know what to say?!
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