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The Only Casta Diva
Alsothe aria; the music video (S26)
Episode 4's music video: Frederick Edge's 1859 eyewitness paragraph about Morphy in the Duke's box, every word his, sung by the sacrificed oil queen on a toy-theatre stage whose set changes with each opera nobody can name.
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Episode 4's music video is an aria made of a nineteenth-century chess writer's eyewitness paragraph, sung straight, by the queen Morphy gave away, to a house that argues with its back to her.
What4 lines
- On screenEvery sung word is Edge's (1859): 159 words. {E4 23:00-25:00; aria LYRIC} edit
- On screenE major, 64 bpm, 32 bars from 23:00.000; the final chord is struck on 25:00.000 and rings into the gods. {E4 23:00.000-25:03} edit
- Running"The Only Casta Diva" is the crew's title; no title or lyric is shown on screen. {E4 ONSCREEN S26} edit
- RunningAn ElevenLabs music take conformed to a 64-bpm grid in E major. {E4 S26} edit
By episode8 lines
- On screenSung by the oil queen on an oil-painted toy-theatre stage, Penco's silver crescent in her hair. {E4 23:00} edit
- On screenSets: SCENE 1 · NORMA (Edge, 1859), SCENE 2 · THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (Lange, 1860), SCENE 3 · LA CENERENTOLA (Golombek), SCENE 4 · THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (Fine, 1951), then all four jammed. {E4 23:00-25:00} edit
- On screen"The Duke's box is right on the stage, so close, indeed, so close, that you might kiss the prima donna without any trouble." {E4 23:26-23:41} edit
- On screenThe velvet lifts: the opera, muffled all film, is heard clearly for the first time. {E4 23:41.25-23:42.4} edit
- On screen"...little dreaming that Caïssa was the only Casta Diva, the only Casta Diva the inmates cared about." {E4 24:39.75-24:48.75} edit
- On screenThe bridge: the captured crayon pawns as Druids with paper spears march on the Duke's box: "Fire and bloodshed against the Roman host". {E4 24:48.75-24:52.5} edit
- On screenOnly Bf8, Rh8 and Mr. Hale's pieces listen; nobody applauds. {E4 23:41-24:42} edit
- On screenMorphy begins to turn; his face in oil lands on 25:00.000. {E4 24:50-25:00} edit
Voice1 line
- On screenAn aria, sung sincerely by the oil queen, in E major. {E4 23:00-25:00} edit
Ties4 lines
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On screen Sung by The oil queen in the The opera house of the captured about Paul Morphy, Duke Karl II of Brunswick and Count Isouard. {E4 23:00} edit -
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On screen Lands on 25:00.000, like One More Test and every episode's music video. {E4 25:00.000} edit -
Must stay true1 line
- RunningEdge's words only; sincere, never parody. {E4 QUOTABLES Q-E4-14} edit
Open1 line
- OpenWhich opera was really playing in 1858; the aria sings Edge's Norma. {E4 9:32; 23:00} edit