In honor of the birthday of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), here is “Brindisi” (“Drinking Song”) from La Traviata, performed by members of the Opera Company of Philadelphia for an unsuspecting crowd at Reading Terminal Market.
bluebird of bitterness
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Home sweet home
Bob's sister Hannah
Bob's sister Ada
Bob's brother Otto
Bob's sister Eve
Bob's sister Nan
A baby picture of Bob and his siblings (clockwise from upper left: Otto, Eve, Hannah, Ada, Bob, and Nan)
Bob's childhood home
Bob's mom and dad
Bob in his youth
Bob's cousin Alphonse
Bob's Uncle Ralph and Aunt Edna
Bob's cousin Archibald
Bob's stepbrother Herbie (who really needs to quit smoking)
Bob's cousin Chester
Bob's Great Uncle Norbert and Great Aunt Phyllis
Bob's cousin Saffron (who will do anything for a drink)
Bob's cousin Thorndike
Bob's brother-in-law Vinnie
Bob's cousin Orville, who loves the Green Bay Packers
Bob's nieces Lulu and Bitsy, the biker chicks
Bob's stepsister Eloise, with the twins, Rudy and Trudy
Bob's Uncle Henry and Aunt Rowena
Bob's niece Esmerelda (who likes to live dangerously)
Bob's Great Uncle Arthur up in Saskatchewan
Bob's cousin Louie, the grackle of grumpiness
Miss Screech, Bob's journalism teacher
Bob's nephew Winthrop, who loves sports
Bob's Uncle Seymour and Aunt Bernice
Bob's second cousin Schlomo in Brooklyn
Bob's nephew Baxter
Bob's cousin Darrell
Nigel, Bob's pen pal in New Zealand
Bob's sister-in-law Delphine, who volunteers at the animal shelter
Percy the Pickpocket, Bob's third cousin once removed (the relative no one likes to talk about... every family has one)
The Bluebird of Happiness™ (no relation to Bob)
A pair of boobies (also no relation to Bob, but included for readers who desire titillation)
A pair of tits (in case the boobies were insufficiently titillating)
Bluebird Bitter™, the beer they named for Bob
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bluebird of bitterness 
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Bravo!
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It is a long time since I’ve seen a mall that crowded. If an opera company did that in my town they’d be singing to about 2 dozen people. So this was fun on many levels!
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You can definitely tell it’s from almost a decade ago, can’t you?
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Why am I never around when things like this happen?
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I’m never in the right place at the right time, either. My shopping expeditions are totally dull and routine. Sigh…
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Went down well!
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Happy birthday, Joe Green!
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Excellent.:)
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Half of them may have thought: ‘The aliens have landed!’
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Imagine being in the middle of that. Now imagine you know the words and the song (having sung it many times) and participating in the “flash opera”.
Imagine the fun you would have!
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That would be a hoot! 🙂
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