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Ópera do Malandro (1978) is a Brazilian musical play, written by Chico Buarque and directed by Luiz Antônio Martinez Corrêa. The play is inspired by the classic ''Beggar's Opera'' of John Gay and the ''Threepenny Opera'', of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. It's also a post-mortem tribute to Paulo Pontes (1940 — 1976) (pt). == Synopsis and analysis == The ''Ópera do Malandro'' reveals past features of Brazilian culture that still persist. A pimp called Duran disguises himself as a successful salesman. Vitória was a ''madam'' who also lived by selling her own body. Her daughter, Teresinha, had fallen in love with a ''high status citizen'', Max Overseas, a man that lived of wrongdoing in complicity with the chief Police officer, ''Chaves''. The other characters are prostitutes, presented as saleswomen in a clothes store, and the promiscuous transvestite ''Geni'', who was frequently attacked with rocks; people used to say she was "useful" because of this. The play's scene takes place in the 1940s; its theme: the gambling prohibition, the prostitution and smuggling. Then it shows a context similar to the third millennium, with piracy and other ''undergrounds''. Max Overseas really works in ''overseas business'', even on the threshold of legality, in collusion with a pimp and the chief Police officer. All of the songs are composed by Chico, who, due to his brightness, manages to make them in harmony with the text. The song ''Geni e o Zepelim'' (the ''ouverture''), tells about a transvestite whose only gift or skill is ''to be good as a victim of hostility''. This fact, that is only revealed to spectators of the show, means that she has no value. Nevertheless, when the captain of a bright zeppelin intends to bombard the city, accepting to change his mind only if he had a ''night of love'' with the transvestite, all the citizens ask ''her'' to consent to the captain's desires. The songs follow the pattern of rhymed and metrical verses, according to the intellectual tradition of the author's family. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ópera do Malandro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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