Dunenewt Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 FRANK HERBERT'S NOTES FOR "DUNE OPERA"Open with Paul against a gauzy background:Child sings, "When I was a boy." BLACKOUTOlder child sings, "When I was a boy." BLACKOUTThird, older child sings, "When I was a boy." BLACKOUTConcludes with a trio, all three ages.CURTAIN UPSong Ideas: Duet with Jessica, "My Duke is dead." Paul: "He is dead, my father is dead.""Ride the Worm""Chani Beloved"Duet with Baron and Piter: Baron: "Why do they hate me?" Piter: "Why do they hate you?"Shaddam: "I am Shaddam, I am Emperor of the Universe."Chani: "I love this man. Not a god, but a man." Chani: "Carry me to ecstasy."Paul: "Do not go there, Beloved! Into the future-"(A matter of speed [in Time] to go faster into the Future)Chani & Paul, duet, in oasis setting, moonlight Paul: "Dunes-the dunes, the dunes as far as the eye can see." Chani: "This lovely land. . ."Hawat: "Keep me from evil. Deliver me from evil."Paul: "We throw our reality onto the Universe like a net-and when the net fdalls, defining the shape within it-what happens when the shape fails to meet our expectations?"Idaho: "A sword is a sword is a sword. "A man is a man, etc. "A boy is a boy, etc." Halleck: "A mood is a mood, etc." Hawat: "A mind is a mind, etc."Paul: "Why was I born? I was born for this-born to rule." Jessica: "Why was I born? Born to love."Paul and Alia duet Paul: "I am an old, old man. Many lives have I. This world, this dirt beneath my feet. What must I predict?"Alia: "You look at me and see what is not. This child was never a child."Battle scene, chorus: "We are Fremen."Stilgar: "Dust falls upon me, beautiful dust. I have seen a worm, long as a ship of space, Old Man of the Desert."Minor key lament: "This cup of spice-it will carry me far. I will abandon my flesh, live another's life, around another star. Melange, they call it-melange, melange!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tako Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 :- nothing else to add than :-dunno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otheymzefedaykin Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 I think it's very funny... sorry ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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