Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243
Chapter 244
Chapter 245
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Epilogue
Categories Genre: All, Comedy, Completed, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 283
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
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The 3rd act showed what quintessential stage effects really are. The war between 5 New York families with the blade of revenge and drug business before them showed excitement beyond that in movies.
The confused image of citizens on the street, avoiding the terror of this war, was shown via video and their movements and the actors on stage created a perfect balance.
It was to the point where the audience could think that the actors spent more time practicing their timing than they did on rehearsing their songs.
Shots from the endlessly sounding automatic rifle surpassed sound effects and mixed in with the woodwinds as though a new percussion instrument, and the verbal argument between family executives surpassed Mozart’s techniques to provide a chorus of comic relief.
Vito Corleone rose from his sickbed and arranged peace talks between New York’s 5 families, which resulted in the end of the war.
The 3rd act, which was the shortest, was trying to end the long journey with one person’s death.
The image of a young grandson running around and playing, implemented through a hologram, looked like an apparition to the audience and 64 year old Vito Corleone chased that apparition around while laughing joyfully.
However, he soon grabbed at the left side of his chest and came to a stop, feeling his stopping heart and sang his last song full of sorrow.
Oh, Lord!
A life full of sin is dying!
Oh, my trust and hope
All of this was just a dream.
My heart, my long faith.
All of it was a waste!
Happiness and all pain will disappear.
The tomb of death with end everything!
I can no longer water this wilting flower
And only the cross on this bell tower is looking at me!
Oh, this wasted body, forgive me.
Look down on my poor soul!
It is all over now…..
As though trying to show that the opera’s last song is the last song of his life, Dario Argento sang passionately with all of his strength.
It seemed like the tempo was wavering because he got lost in emotion, but he did not care. He sang faithfully to his feelings.
Jun Hyuk followed this shaking tempo exactly in order to light up this great’s last stage, and led the orchestra.
It is exactly 5 minutes.
When these 5 minutes are over, the opera and Argento are La Fin (The End).
The two people on and below the stage did their best.
And 5 minutes passed.
A silence without music or singing dominated the theater, and all of the lights went out.
It felt like darkness and silence would press on ‘La Scala’ forever.
The slow lowering of the heavy curtain notified the end of the performance, but no one moved.
Below the stage, Jun Hyuk came down from the podium and quietly left first, while the orchestra members followed suit backstage.
With the bustling sound of the members moving backstage, a storm of clapping and cheering exploded.
And their faces are wet.
If possible, operas are often embellished with chorus finales. Ending with magnificent music is the best way to leave the audience with the greatest emotion.
However, it ended with a tenor’s song screaming in sadness.
The audience can only hold on to a sad sorrow instead of intense emotion. Their tears were expressing that sadness.
Cast members smiled brightly with the following curtain call, entering the stage one by one, and Dario Argento entered last.
The audience’s cheering grew louder and a new cry was added in.
“Bravo! Don Argento! Bravo!”
Argento was a perfect big boss to the Italians in the audience. It was the success story of a young immigrant from Sicily who came to dominate New York. His death was natural, but it is a pity that there is still business to complete.
And the audience is not stupid. They are people who love the opera.
They realized that Dario Argento had handled an immense amount of practice in order to express a perfect Vito Corleone, and had purposefully made his voice sound rough.
They do not know how many times this show will be performed, but they could also guess that this is the last time that they are hearing Dario Argento’s beautiful and elegant voice with Vito Corleone’s end.
It is because that roughly transformed voice cannot be applied to any of Dario Argento’s other roles.
The audience clapped expressively for the old tenor who would remain as the eternal Godfather Don Vito Corleone.
Lastly, the old and young Vito Corleone embraced Jun Hyuk as he walked out slowly.
“Viva! Jun!”
Before he could even bow to the audience, applause for him exploded.
The cheer ‘viva’ instead of ‘bravo’ is their way of showing respect to Jun Hyuk. A feast of an aria that contains Italy’s essence. At this moment, Jun Hyuk is the audience’s Verdi, Puccini.
After several endless curtain calls that they could no longer respond to, the theater speakers played the movie’s main theme ‘Parla piu piano’. It was a gesture to the audience to leave the theater while listening to the music, but not a single person left their seat.
People finally began to leave once the theme song ended.
Reporters were camped out waiting outside the theater. They were just waiting for stars to come out in order to get interviews from those with the closest relationships to this opera.
The first person that reporters held their microphones out to was the director of movie ‘Godfather,’ Francis Ford Coppola. The director is the only person who they can speak about the opera in comparison with, since the original novelist has passed away.
“I had goosebumps the whole time I watched it. The music? Direction? Singing? Of course all of this was absolutely amazing, but the most surprising aspect while watching this opera was Maestro Jun’s sharp eye digging into the characters. It is surprising that he analyzed Vito Corleone and Mr. Argento’s character so closely.”
Director Coppola gave his composed thoughts on Jun Hyuk.
“He did not capture the mafia’s politics or war, but a single person. Before calling Maestro Jun a great, I felt like he is an observer.”
Al Pacino, who had been the main character in the movie, laid on the praise but he did not hide his disappointment.
“Maestro Jun created another opera for Michael Corleone’s life. Before I even die. Ha ha.”
“I hope more aren’t made. This friend can’t come out better. I wish people would be satisfied with me.”
Robert DeNiro smiled into the camera toward Al Pacino with a fully satisfied expression.
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While the cast members were holding their champagne flutes high, celebrating the successful performance and recognizing each other’s toil, the singers’ managers, theater officials, and the performance promotion company were gathered to discuss the follow-up plans to this successful performance.
“It does feel a bit early, but can’t we start discussing additional performances?”
President Stern is this performance’s top investor and producer. Additional performances is referring to those that would be opened once leaving Milan’s La Scala, in other cities and countries.
He had already finalized contracts with several places, but they always included a last condition that the final decision would be made after the first performance.
The decision will be made with the evaluation once all of Milan’s performances are over, but if they consider the reaction of today’s audience or the criticism that will fall tomorrow, it is not a decision to rush even if it is a huge success.
“Twice a week, for a total of 10 performances. This is Mr. Argento’s condition, but have you confirmed to see if he intends to continue?”
“Yes. There is no change in his decision to retire after the Milan performances.”
Argento’s manager did not hesitate even for a moment in responding to President Stern’s question.
“How is Maestro Jun?”
“This is the same for him. The Milan performances will be the last in which he conducts himself. Every opera house has a great orchestra and conductor anyway. And there will be preparations being made to perform the Godfather opera as a symphony right about now.”
The others’ expressions were not bright in response to President Stern’s positive answer.
The original cast is collapsing after just 10 performances.
And it is the 2 most important people who are busy, the conductor and main character.
As President Stern said, the conductor can be replaced at any time. But Argento, the main character? Who could reproduce his rough tone in his place?
Everyone was frustrated, but no one could blame Argento. He publicly announced that this would be the last performance of his music career, so they cannot beg him to extend his performances.
“First, take a look at this.”
Names filled the sheet of paper that President Stern held out.
“Choose one of these tenors who would be able to handle Vito Corleone’s role. I will take responsibility for signing them on.”
The officials looked over the tenor list and went into a heated debate. Such a great performance is something that might or might not appear once every 10 years. And it is sure to have a long run that they cannot see the end to yet.
The show must go on.
Total Chapters in book: 283
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
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