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Hi,

Can you please help me.

What is the name of the Opera that Seinfeld goes to with George and George tries to sell his tickets.

I know the Opera is about a clown.

I Pagliacci (The Clowns)

"Ben Enviah" wrote in message news:_XBB4.108$[email]...

Yes! Pagliacci is a clown. Ironic too, because I believe the selection of this opera to be a very subtle metaphorical subtext for Jerry Seinfeld himself, i.e., a modern-day Pagliacci in his own right -- laughing on the outside, but crying on the inside.

Incidentally an outstanding opera, I most enjoy the 1992 performance by Pavarotti, conducted by Riccardo Muti with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Check out:

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Just wondering...where's the irony?

AFAIC, 'ironic' might be the most misused word in the English language.

Studies have shown that it's only used correctly approximately 9% of the time in general conversation, and only .04% in Alanis Morrisette songs.

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Dave wrote:

Sure, Dave, insult Canadians again. These constant disparaging comments have to stop. No more cold Arctic winds for you! :-)

Jerry also recognized the ignorance of the word "ironic". in The Subway: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elaine: It's ironic. Women: What's ironic? Elaine: This; that we've come all this way. We have made all this progress. But you know, we've lost the little things, the niceties. Woman: No, I mean what does 'ironic' mean? Elaine: Oh... . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hey. She could be from W. 81st St. for all I know, she's still an idiot.

Arct- wha? It's like 90 degrees outside right now!

That was classic. Everyone goes through that, the moment you realize that the person you're dealing with has far less upstairs then you gave them initial credit for.

I work in tech support, so this struck a special chord with me. :)

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Dave wrote:

Oh...

The opera was called I, Paliacci (sp).

I know the clown's name is Paliachi. This may also be the name of the opera, but I'm not sure. :)

I believed Joe Davola referred to Nedda(sp) when he had Elaine trapped in his apartment. Wasn't Nedda a character in the opera in that ep. Paul Ben Enviah wrote in message news:_XBB4.108$[email]...

paul d valenti wrote:

There are great parallels with the real opera written into this clever Seinfeld episode ...

In "I Pagliacci" Nedda is Canio's wife. Nedda rejects Tanio's (Crazy Joe

D.) advances and the irate Tanio seeks revenge. Through a set of deceptions Canio (The elder bad barber) becomes jealous of Silvio (the younger good barber) In a play within the play, Canio then dresses as a clown (like Crazy Joe) to seek his revenge, yada yada ...