Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg visit the Isle of Gods which is located in a meander of the Ankh River. Schubert, Beethoven, and Liszt were among the most famous of his pupils and he was a lifelong friend of Mozart. He was one of the most important teachers of his generation and his influence was felt in every aspect of Vienna's musical life. The real Salieri was a well known Italian classical composer, conductor and teacher from Venice who lived in Vienna and was a key figure in the development of late 18th century opera.
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Salzella (a play on the words Salt and seller) and a reference to Antonio Salieri (whose name means Seller of Salt) but also a play on Cellar (the basement of the opera house where his money is stashed). The Artistic Director of the Opera is Mr. the name Walter Plinge is itself foreshadowing because 'Walter Plinge' is a generic pseudonym often used in the theater world by an actor who has two different roles in the same play. The joke is that this character was played by Michael Crawford, who went on to play the Phantom in the Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical. He is, quite possibly, really the suave "Opera Ghost", but is described in terms reminiscent of Frank Spencer, the lead character of the BBC sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. In the original Phantom, Christine is to sing the lead in Faust, which is the title of one of Pratchett's earlier works.Ī significant character in the book is Walter Plinge, the Opera House's clumsy and not-too-bright odd-job man. She is to sing the lead in La Triviata a pun on La Traviata by Verdi. It is revealed that there were two people pretending to be the ghost, the original Ghost was the janitor's son who wished to watch the Opera, while the second Ghost did it to steal the money.Ĭhristine - the thin lead soprano in the company who cannot sing is a take off on Christine Daae, the lead in the Phantom of the Opera. Near the end of the novel, Andre, a member of the Cable Street Particulars, along with the Witches determine that the finances of the Opera House are deliberately kept in a total mess to disguise the money-laundering going on, and the murders and 'accidents' were caused to distract the manager from investigating the matter properly. With the money from her book rightfully coerced out of the publisher, Granny Weatherwax pretends to be a rich patron to catch the Opera Ghost. Since Christine can't sing, Agnes Nitt is used as her backup voice, giving Christine the spotlight. Agnes, who has the talent to be the new diva is seen as too fat.
Here she meets Christine, a thin talentless girl who the Ghost of the Opera House seeks to make the new diva.
Agnes, who has a beautiful singing voice has left Lancre to seek a career in music, singing in the taverns before joining the Ankh-Morpork Opera company, which is being haunted by a ghost, to sing in the chorus.
Since they are one short after the departure of Magrat Garlick who left to become Queen of Lancre, they journey to Ankh-Morpork to bring Agnes Nitt back to join their coven as well as to obtain the money owed to Nanny Ogg by the publisher of her book, The Joye of Snacks. The story begins on the heath with the two Wittches Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg (as in Macbeth) discussing when they will meet again and realizing that a coven needs three witches not two. Agnes Nitt, a girl from Lancre fits the role of the large buxom traditional looking opera star while Christine who is patterned after "Christine Daae" from the Phantom fits the more modern opera soprano style. Throughout the story there are references to the ongoing debates in operatic circles between on one hand the traditional large women who can sing but don't look anything like the character they are playing - the 50 year old "fat lady" playing the part of the consumptive young heroine - and on the other hand the young thin woman who looks the part but doesn't have the lungs to sing the role. The story pokes fun at opera in general and the Phantom of the Opera in particular. The title is a reference to the most well known song from the musical entitled "Masquerade". The story is an obvious parody of The Phantom of the Opera, which was originally a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux and made famous by Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical version and earlier by the Lon Chaney film adaptation in 1925.
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Maskerade is the eighteenth novel in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett.
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