Heineken's latest advertisement takes aim at the Football crowd by pitting Clarence Seedorf against Gianluigi Buffon in the Prague Opera House to battle it out among Roman warriors, opera-singing angels and one magic flute player. Watch the clip below and check out more screen caps after the jump.
Showing posts with label Commercials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Commercials. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Largo al Factotum: Jersey Shore Season 4 Goes to Italy
Get More: Jersey Shore, MTV Shows
Get More: Jersey Shore, MTV Shows
This isn't the first time that MTV has dipped its toe in the opera pond. Remember when they held the Video Music Awards show at the Metropolitan Opera in 1999? Well, the advertisements for the show were pretty operatically entertaining. Check out the images after the jump.
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David Bowie as Mephistopheles in Gounod's Faust |
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Madonna in the title role of Bellini's Norma |
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Eminem as Siegfried from Wagner's Ring |
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Chris Rock in the title role of Verdi's Rigoletto |
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Ozzy Osbourne as Canio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci |
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Britney Spears as Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata |
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Janet Jackson as Cleopatra in Händel's Giulio Cesare |
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Commercials,
Il Barbiere di Siviglia,
MTV,
Rossini,
Snacks,
Television
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
When the Verdi's "Anvil Chorus" Meets Wireless
And some visuals from the David McVicar production of Il Trovatore which is currently playing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
(Photos: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera)
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Commercials,
Metropolitan Opera
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Mystery of Life: Who Is That Soprano?!
In CDW's latest commercial there is an audio clip of "Ah! Sweet mystery of life" from Victor Herbert's Naughty Marietta. Now the real mystery is who that soprano is singing on the soundtrack. Here are a few options:
Hulda Lashanska
Jeanette McDonald
Beverly Sills
Gracie Fields
What about Eleanor Steber? Deanna Durbin? Patrice Munsel? Barbara Cook? Marni Nixon? Elizabeth Futral? Virginia Croskery?
Hulda Lashanska
Jeanette McDonald
Beverly Sills
Gracie Fields
What about Eleanor Steber? Deanna Durbin? Patrice Munsel? Barbara Cook? Marni Nixon? Elizabeth Futral? Virginia Croskery?
Labels:
Commercials,
Trivia