1 00:00:25,526 --> 00:00:26,527 Goodness. 2 00:00:30,822 --> 00:00:31,823 Wow. 3 00:00:37,162 --> 00:00:38,747 We're here! 4 00:00:53,929 --> 00:00:56,765 All right, folks. Let's go see what this opera craze is all about. 5 00:00:57,266 --> 00:01:00,435 Everyone looks so elegant. I should have worn my cape. 6 00:01:00,519 --> 00:01:03,105 I'm starving. You think they have popcorn? 7 00:01:03,689 --> 00:01:06,191 They don't have popcorn at the opera, Ship. 8 00:01:06,817 --> 00:01:09,069 I am so excited to finally be here. 9 00:01:09,570 --> 00:01:12,155 I've read all the reviews of the Italian production. 10 00:01:12,531 --> 00:01:13,615 I'm overwrought. 11 00:01:13,699 --> 00:01:15,409 Why do you always use such big words? 12 00:01:15,951 --> 00:01:18,787 This better be entertaining. Tickets cost me an arm and a leg. 13 00:01:18,871 --> 00:01:21,456 -I just hope we have good seats. -Look, there's Sue and Austin. 14 00:01:21,540 --> 00:01:22,749 Hey! 15 00:01:22,833 --> 00:01:25,377 Of course. She wore her cape. 16 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:26,837 -Hi. -Wow. 17 00:01:28,463 --> 00:01:30,465 Sue, you look incredible. 18 00:01:30,549 --> 00:01:31,758 So do all of you. 19 00:01:31,842 --> 00:01:34,136 -Yeah, how was Aunt Lavinia's? -She has mice. 20 00:01:34,219 --> 00:01:35,846 How was the hotel? 21 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:36,972 It was fine. 22 00:01:37,055 --> 00:01:40,392 I mean, good enough for a night or two. I wouldn't stay there for longer. 23 00:01:40,475 --> 00:01:43,020 Yes, I don't think you could afford to stay there for much longer. 24 00:01:43,937 --> 00:01:45,856 So, is everyone excited? 25 00:01:46,273 --> 00:01:47,774 Here we are at opening night, 26 00:01:47,858 --> 00:01:50,194 and all of Boston is buzzing about the lead soprano. 27 00:01:50,277 --> 00:01:52,654 Yes. The magnificent Adelaide May. 28 00:01:52,738 --> 00:01:55,949 Fresh off the boat from Italy where she trained with Verdi himself. 29 00:01:56,575 --> 00:01:58,744 She's originally from Philadelphia, you know. 30 00:01:58,827 --> 00:02:01,163 Most Americans, of course, can't sing opera, 31 00:02:01,246 --> 00:02:03,707 but Adelaide has dazzled all of Europe with her voice. 32 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:06,877 They say she once shattered a reviewer's monocle with a high C. 33 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:07,961 No! 34 00:02:08,044 --> 00:02:10,047 That's a myth. That has to be a myth. 35 00:02:12,424 --> 00:02:13,425 He came. 36 00:02:19,848 --> 00:02:21,058 Dickinsons. 37 00:02:21,141 --> 00:02:22,851 -Hey. -Welcome to the opera. 38 00:02:22,935 --> 00:02:24,520 We are so happy to be here. 39 00:02:24,603 --> 00:02:27,189 I think I just saw someone I know downstairs. 40 00:02:27,272 --> 00:02:28,857 If you'll excuse me for a moment. 41 00:02:31,235 --> 00:02:32,402 That was abrupt. 42 00:02:32,486 --> 00:02:34,821 Sam, thank you so much for your help with the tickets. 43 00:02:34,905 --> 00:02:36,657 We're thrilled to be up in that box. 44 00:02:36,740 --> 00:02:37,950 Wait a minute. 45 00:02:38,033 --> 00:02:39,326 Where are we sitting? 46 00:02:39,743 --> 00:02:41,620 Orchestra. Back row. 47 00:02:42,496 --> 00:02:43,747 Why didn't you get us a box? 48 00:02:43,830 --> 00:02:47,167 Yes. First, you stick me in a hole. Now, you try to put me in a box. 49 00:02:47,251 --> 00:02:48,877 The orchestra is very good too. 50 00:02:48,961 --> 00:02:50,170 I'm sure it is. 51 00:02:50,587 --> 00:02:52,798 Come on, Edward, let's go find the back row. 52 00:02:53,632 --> 00:02:54,675 Okay, let's go. 53 00:02:54,758 --> 00:02:56,176 Emily, you coming with us? 54 00:02:56,885 --> 00:02:58,720 I just have to talk to Sue. 55 00:02:58,804 --> 00:03:00,722 -Arrivederci. -Si. Bye. Si. Yes. 56 00:03:01,682 --> 00:03:03,851 Okay. So, I'll see you after the show? 57 00:03:03,934 --> 00:03:05,561 No, Sam, wait. Don't go. 58 00:03:06,228 --> 00:03:07,771 I thought you wanted to talk. 59 00:03:10,315 --> 00:03:13,151 No, not really. I just want to talk to you. 60 00:03:13,777 --> 00:03:14,736 Okay. 61 00:03:15,612 --> 00:03:16,613 Of course. 62 00:03:17,281 --> 00:03:19,449 The poet needs a word with her editor. 63 00:03:19,533 --> 00:03:20,701 Okay. 64 00:03:21,702 --> 00:03:24,037 Sam, you're not here alone, are you? Where is Mary? 65 00:03:24,121 --> 00:03:26,331 She couldn't come. 66 00:03:26,415 --> 00:03:28,542 What a shame. I'm dying to see her. 67 00:03:28,625 --> 00:03:31,628 Yes. Well, she wasn't feeling very well. 68 00:03:32,129 --> 00:03:33,130 Again. 69 00:03:33,630 --> 00:03:36,550 Well, I guess it's a lucky break for Emily. 70 00:03:37,718 --> 00:03:38,719 For me? 71 00:03:38,802 --> 00:03:41,013 Yes, because now you can sit with Sam in his box. 72 00:03:41,555 --> 00:03:44,266 -I really think that-- -Sam, she has to. 73 00:03:44,349 --> 00:03:47,811 It's her first time at the opera, and Adelaide May is performing. 74 00:03:47,895 --> 00:03:49,563 This is the opportunity of a lifetime. 75 00:03:49,646 --> 00:03:51,982 Especially for such a sensitive artist as Emily. 76 00:03:53,692 --> 00:03:56,278 If it's all right, I'd love to sit with you. 77 00:03:56,361 --> 00:03:58,572 You absolutely must! 78 00:03:58,655 --> 00:04:00,908 Sam, be a gentleman. Let her sit with you. 79 00:04:01,408 --> 00:04:03,368 If she's down there all the way in the back, 80 00:04:03,452 --> 00:04:05,078 she won't even be able to see. 81 00:04:05,787 --> 00:04:07,247 Remember, she has eye troubles. 82 00:04:07,706 --> 00:04:08,874 Iritis. 83 00:04:10,292 --> 00:04:13,212 All right, well, I suppose there's no point in having an empty seat. 84 00:04:13,295 --> 00:04:14,296 Come on. 85 00:04:32,231 --> 00:04:33,357 Hey. 86 00:04:37,069 --> 00:04:38,570 Who's that next to Sam Bowles? 87 00:04:38,654 --> 00:04:40,197 Wow, a new one. 88 00:04:46,495 --> 00:04:48,830 I can't wait to hear this Adelaide May sing tonight. 89 00:04:49,456 --> 00:04:51,542 Everyone says she's really got the chops. 90 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:53,877 Sings like a lark, they tell me. 91 00:04:53,961 --> 00:04:55,003 I can't wait. 92 00:04:55,796 --> 00:04:59,800 "International singing sensation." That's what it says on the poster. 93 00:04:59,883 --> 00:05:02,845 Apparently, she's a sweetheart in person too. 94 00:05:02,928 --> 00:05:03,929 Really? 95 00:05:06,557 --> 00:05:08,809 I'm supposed to interview her after the show. 96 00:05:10,352 --> 00:05:11,562 You get to go backstage? 97 00:05:12,312 --> 00:05:13,355 Of course. 98 00:05:13,814 --> 00:05:16,942 This is a new opera house. They need the press. 99 00:05:18,151 --> 00:05:20,028 This is so incredible. 100 00:05:26,827 --> 00:05:27,828 Look. 101 00:05:28,704 --> 00:05:29,705 Hey, Mom! 102 00:05:35,002 --> 00:05:36,211 What took you so long? 103 00:05:37,212 --> 00:05:39,298 You'll never believe who I ran into at the bar. 104 00:05:39,756 --> 00:05:40,966 Who? 105 00:05:41,341 --> 00:05:42,593 Frazar Stearns. 106 00:05:44,011 --> 00:05:45,012 Who's that? 107 00:05:45,095 --> 00:05:47,431 Frazar. My old buddy from school. 108 00:05:47,514 --> 00:05:49,516 Great guy. Son of the college president. 109 00:05:50,851 --> 00:05:51,935 You must remember him. 110 00:05:52,895 --> 00:05:54,521 Yes. Sort of. 111 00:05:54,605 --> 00:05:57,065 Come on. Frazar Stearns. 112 00:05:58,108 --> 00:05:59,568 Sweetest guy in the world. 113 00:06:01,486 --> 00:06:03,447 Haven't seen him since we graduated. 114 00:06:03,947 --> 00:06:05,199 He's at West Point now. 115 00:06:05,991 --> 00:06:07,159 He's wearing his uniform. 116 00:06:07,784 --> 00:06:09,203 Looked like a real soldier. 117 00:06:11,038 --> 00:06:12,664 God, I miss the old gang. 118 00:06:14,124 --> 00:06:15,792 Maybe I should organize a reunion. 119 00:06:19,171 --> 00:06:20,797 Those were the days, man. 120 00:06:22,674 --> 00:06:24,301 We used to have such good times. 121 00:06:24,927 --> 00:06:27,763 You still have good times. Don't you? 122 00:06:48,075 --> 00:06:50,827 "La traviata." It means "the fallen one." 123 00:06:50,911 --> 00:06:52,162 Yeah, I knew that. 124 00:06:52,955 --> 00:06:56,041 -You did? -I studied Italian in college, okay? 125 00:06:56,124 --> 00:06:57,960 Yeah, but you dropped out. 126 00:06:58,877 --> 00:07:01,380 Okay. Whatever. 127 00:07:02,256 --> 00:07:07,719 You know, people's reaction to opera the first time they see it is very dramatic. 128 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:10,264 They either love it or hate it. 129 00:07:10,722 --> 00:07:12,850 If they love it, they will always love it. 130 00:07:12,933 --> 00:07:15,477 If they don't, they may learn to appreciate it, 131 00:07:15,561 --> 00:07:18,188 but it will never become part of their soul. 132 00:07:20,274 --> 00:07:21,275 Cool. 133 00:07:22,150 --> 00:07:23,569 I gotta take a piss. 134 00:07:25,487 --> 00:07:26,488 You just went. 135 00:07:27,030 --> 00:07:28,949 Lavinia, I'm aware. 136 00:07:35,455 --> 00:07:37,583 Is he going to wear that hat through the whole show? 137 00:07:37,666 --> 00:07:38,917 What a rip-off. 138 00:07:39,001 --> 00:07:40,878 We can't even see. 139 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:42,629 All these people are so... 140 00:07:43,380 --> 00:07:46,425 Yes. Good. Yes, sure. 141 00:07:47,176 --> 00:07:48,260 ...pretentious. 142 00:07:51,180 --> 00:07:53,056 Is the whole thing going to be in Italian? 143 00:07:53,932 --> 00:07:55,392 Oh, my God. 144 00:07:56,059 --> 00:07:57,477 Italian. 145 00:07:59,688 --> 00:08:01,899 I sort of wish we were seeing some vaudeville. 146 00:08:02,900 --> 00:08:03,901 Yes. 147 00:08:07,487 --> 00:08:09,198 You've really never been to the opera? 148 00:08:09,281 --> 00:08:12,117 No. No, I've only ever dreamt of it. 149 00:08:13,869 --> 00:08:15,746 Well, I guess your dreams are coming true. 150 00:08:17,289 --> 00:08:20,000 So many of my dreams have come true since I've met you. 151 00:08:22,461 --> 00:08:24,421 -Emily-- -Sam, I just have to thank you. 152 00:08:24,505 --> 00:08:27,633 Don't mention it. It's nothing. I didn't even pay for this box. 153 00:08:27,716 --> 00:08:29,134 Oh, no, not for that. 154 00:08:29,718 --> 00:08:31,136 Not just for that. 155 00:08:31,220 --> 00:08:33,138 -I mean, for all of it. -Emily, please-- 156 00:08:33,222 --> 00:08:35,557 -For what you've given me. -Please, it's nothing. 157 00:08:36,225 --> 00:08:37,226 It's everything. 158 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,772 You changed my life. Before I met you, I was nobody. 159 00:08:43,065 --> 00:08:44,107 Now... 160 00:08:45,108 --> 00:08:46,735 Now my poem will be published. 161 00:08:55,118 --> 00:08:56,370 Emily, we have a problem. 162 00:08:59,289 --> 00:09:00,457 We do? 163 00:09:00,541 --> 00:09:01,542 Yeah. 164 00:09:02,376 --> 00:09:03,377 You... 165 00:09:04,962 --> 00:09:06,380 You wrote a letter to Mary. 166 00:09:09,591 --> 00:09:10,592 Yes. 167 00:09:11,844 --> 00:09:12,845 I did. 168 00:09:14,221 --> 00:09:17,307 Yeah. That wasn't a good move. 169 00:09:20,727 --> 00:09:23,397 But I-- What do you mean? 170 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:28,110 You wrote a letter to Mary, and it made her feel extremely uncomfortable. 171 00:09:29,278 --> 00:09:30,571 Both of us, I should say. 172 00:09:30,654 --> 00:09:32,614 It made both of us uncomfortable. 173 00:09:33,532 --> 00:09:35,158 Your letter upset Mary so much. 174 00:09:36,326 --> 00:09:38,537 That's the reason why she's not here tonight. 175 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:44,459 She refused to come because your letter made her feel so violated. 176 00:09:48,338 --> 00:09:49,381 I don't understand. 177 00:09:49,464 --> 00:09:51,466 You wrote the craziest shit in that letter. 178 00:09:52,718 --> 00:09:54,219 You said I was like the sun. 179 00:09:54,636 --> 00:09:56,555 Like you're cold whenever I'm not there. 180 00:09:57,514 --> 00:10:00,517 Like every time I leave Amherst, winter sets in. 181 00:10:01,435 --> 00:10:02,936 Why would you write something like that? 182 00:10:03,020 --> 00:10:04,104 Because it's how I feel. 183 00:10:04,188 --> 00:10:05,606 About a married man? 184 00:10:06,982 --> 00:10:08,192 To his wife? 185 00:10:09,943 --> 00:10:11,528 I didn't mean to upset her. 186 00:10:11,904 --> 00:10:13,030 I was only trying to express 187 00:10:13,113 --> 00:10:14,573 -my gratitude, my admiration-- -Yes, well-- 188 00:10:14,656 --> 00:10:16,533 Listen, you went a little too far this time. 189 00:10:16,617 --> 00:10:17,618 I'm sorry. 190 00:10:19,453 --> 00:10:22,748 Sometimes when I write... I lose control. 191 00:10:27,794 --> 00:10:30,631 I know. It's part of what makes you a great writer. 192 00:10:33,091 --> 00:10:35,260 But you have to be aware of all the rumors. 193 00:10:37,304 --> 00:10:39,389 -What rumors? -Come on, you've heard them. 194 00:10:40,682 --> 00:10:43,310 Every time I choose to support a female voice 195 00:10:43,393 --> 00:10:46,772 all the gossips on the East Coast think I have ulterior motives. 196 00:10:48,398 --> 00:10:50,234 And Mary, she hears these whispers... 197 00:10:51,568 --> 00:10:52,778 and they upset her. 198 00:10:53,612 --> 00:10:54,821 They hurt her... 199 00:10:55,739 --> 00:10:59,159 even though she knows, in her soul, I am always faithful to her. 200 00:11:01,453 --> 00:11:03,872 Now I've tried to make myself absolutely clear. 201 00:11:05,165 --> 00:11:07,167 This interest that I've taken in you? 202 00:11:08,377 --> 00:11:10,212 It is purely professional. 203 00:11:12,548 --> 00:11:14,383 You do understand that, don't you? 204 00:11:16,260 --> 00:11:17,261 Of course. 205 00:11:20,639 --> 00:11:22,641 Mary is the only woman on Earth for me. 206 00:11:25,060 --> 00:11:26,186 I would never betray her. 207 00:11:26,270 --> 00:11:27,479 Sam, please forgive me. 208 00:11:28,605 --> 00:11:30,190 I didn't mean to do anything wrong. 209 00:11:30,274 --> 00:11:32,484 I have the utmost respect for your marriage. 210 00:11:33,735 --> 00:11:36,613 The fact that you are so faithful to your wife is one of the things 211 00:11:36,697 --> 00:11:38,448 that makes you such a great man. 212 00:11:45,747 --> 00:11:47,207 Look, I know it's romantic... 213 00:11:48,834 --> 00:11:50,460 to have your poem get published, 214 00:11:51,211 --> 00:11:53,547 especially when you've had to wait for so long. 215 00:11:55,299 --> 00:11:56,925 But you have to remember, Emily, 216 00:11:58,594 --> 00:11:59,803 the romance... 217 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:04,892 it's between you and yourself. 218 00:12:42,930 --> 00:12:44,515 Looks like one of your parties. 219 00:13:22,886 --> 00:13:23,887 I'm sorry. 220 00:13:39,194 --> 00:13:40,404 This is so boring. 221 00:13:40,487 --> 00:13:45,158 I know. But, God, I don't know how much more of this I can take. 222 00:14:06,847 --> 00:14:08,932 She has tuberculosis. 223 00:14:17,774 --> 00:14:19,818 Ship, not at the opera. 224 00:14:24,448 --> 00:14:26,825 Go, go, go. 225 00:14:27,743 --> 00:14:30,621 We're free. We're free! 226 00:14:30,704 --> 00:14:33,290 Oh, my God, that was awful! It was awful. 227 00:14:33,373 --> 00:14:35,751 Oh, free-oh. La garbage-iata. 228 00:14:35,834 --> 00:14:37,461 La garbage-iata! 229 00:14:37,544 --> 00:14:39,880 Let's get out of here! 230 00:14:39,963 --> 00:14:41,590 -Bravo, bravo! -Oh, my God. 231 00:14:41,673 --> 00:14:43,050 Please! Let's leave. 232 00:14:43,509 --> 00:14:45,177 Let's go. 233 00:15:15,249 --> 00:15:16,875 She's riveting, isn't she? 234 00:15:20,504 --> 00:15:23,131 My heart feels like it could split right open. 235 00:15:33,642 --> 00:15:34,643 I have to go. 236 00:15:34,726 --> 00:15:36,061 What? Right now? 237 00:15:36,144 --> 00:15:37,145 I shouldn't have come. 238 00:15:37,229 --> 00:15:38,605 Mary needs me. I need to go home. 239 00:15:38,689 --> 00:15:39,690 Sam, wait! 240 00:15:44,945 --> 00:15:46,363 I wrote something for you. 241 00:15:51,785 --> 00:15:52,786 Keep it. 242 00:17:06,609 --> 00:17:12,574 Split the lark 243 00:17:14,576 --> 00:17:19,414 And you'll find the music 244 00:17:21,458 --> 00:17:23,919 Bulb after Bulb 245 00:17:24,002 --> 00:17:28,464 In Silver rolled 246 00:17:28,882 --> 00:17:29,883 Sue... 247 00:17:31,426 --> 00:17:37,224 Scantily dealt To the summer morning 248 00:17:38,141 --> 00:17:40,269 Saved for your Ear 249 00:17:40,352 --> 00:17:44,815 When Lutes be old 250 00:17:48,443 --> 00:17:54,241 Loose the Flood You shall find it patent 251 00:17:55,242 --> 00:18:01,415 Gush after Gush Reserved for you 252 00:18:02,165 --> 00:18:08,088 Scarlet Experiment! Sceptic Thomas! 253 00:18:09,047 --> 00:18:11,091 Now, do you doubt 254 00:18:11,175 --> 00:18:17,723 That your bird was true? 255 00:18:18,932 --> 00:18:25,189 Split the Lark And you'll find the music 256 00:18:26,315 --> 00:18:33,238 Bulb after Bulb In Silver rolled 257 00:18:42,623 --> 00:18:43,832 Bravissimo! 258 00:19:17,449 --> 00:19:19,284 Are you going to fetch the carriage? 259 00:19:20,327 --> 00:19:22,162 No, I'm going to go meet Frazar. 260 00:19:22,246 --> 00:19:24,706 He told me to find him after the show for a drink. 261 00:19:25,666 --> 00:19:27,501 So, what? 262 00:19:27,584 --> 00:19:28,836 You're leaving me here? 263 00:19:29,753 --> 00:19:31,922 You can take the carriage back to the hotel. 264 00:19:32,297 --> 00:19:33,298 Alone? 265 00:19:34,341 --> 00:19:35,676 Or with whoever you want. 266 00:20:01,785 --> 00:20:03,871 Coming through! Excuse me. 267 00:20:15,716 --> 00:20:17,342 Are you looking for someone? 268 00:20:17,968 --> 00:20:20,220 Yes, I'm looking for Adelaide May. 269 00:20:20,888 --> 00:20:22,014 Of course you are. 270 00:20:22,097 --> 00:20:24,850 She's in her dressing room, but I wouldn't bother her if I were you. 271 00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:26,977 Who are you? Friend of hers? 272 00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:29,062 No, I'm a writer. 273 00:20:30,397 --> 00:20:31,732 What kind of writer? 274 00:20:32,608 --> 00:20:34,443 A newspaper reporter. 275 00:20:35,194 --> 00:20:37,070 See, I'm with the press. 276 00:20:37,154 --> 00:20:40,407 A girl reporter? I never heard of that. 277 00:20:40,490 --> 00:20:42,284 Yes, I'm with The Springfield Republican. 278 00:20:42,367 --> 00:20:45,287 Well, they're really keeping up with the times here in Massachusetts. 279 00:20:45,370 --> 00:20:46,455 I need a drink. 280 00:20:46,538 --> 00:20:47,539 Who doesn't? 281 00:20:47,623 --> 00:20:50,042 You want to come have a drink with us, girl reporter? 282 00:20:50,125 --> 00:20:52,753 Yeah! You can write about us. We're fascinating. 283 00:20:53,337 --> 00:20:55,339 No, I'm supposed to interview Adelaide May. 284 00:20:55,422 --> 00:20:58,050 Adelaide doesn't give interviews. 285 00:20:58,133 --> 00:20:59,635 Everyone already knows who she is. 286 00:20:59,718 --> 00:21:03,305 That's right. See, interviews are for desperate people like us. 287 00:21:03,388 --> 00:21:06,725 The real stars, they can just hide. 288 00:21:31,375 --> 00:21:32,417 Who is it? 289 00:21:34,169 --> 00:21:35,170 It's... 290 00:21:36,630 --> 00:21:37,631 me. 291 00:21:38,006 --> 00:21:39,216 Well, come in. 292 00:21:39,883 --> 00:21:42,427 Come in if you're coming in. Shut the door behind you fast. 293 00:21:44,388 --> 00:21:46,932 I'm not in the mood to be bombarded tonight. 294 00:21:47,558 --> 00:21:49,977 My throat hurts, I don't want to sign autographs. 295 00:21:50,060 --> 00:21:53,230 I know, it's terrible, but I don't have the energy. 296 00:21:53,939 --> 00:21:55,566 The fans are so overwhelming. 297 00:21:56,316 --> 00:21:58,777 They love me so much it's like they wanna kill me. 298 00:21:59,278 --> 00:22:01,905 It's all just too exhausting. I can't do it tonight. 299 00:22:02,865 --> 00:22:04,074 I'm sorry to intrude. 300 00:22:04,157 --> 00:22:06,034 No, you're only doing your job. 301 00:22:06,118 --> 00:22:09,121 You're the wardrobe girl, aren't you? I'm ready to undress. 302 00:22:12,082 --> 00:22:13,625 I'm actually-- 303 00:22:14,293 --> 00:22:15,502 I'm just... 304 00:22:17,629 --> 00:22:20,257 I'm just here to tell you how amazing you are. 305 00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:21,758 You're one of them. 306 00:22:23,719 --> 00:22:25,304 I was in the audience tonight. 307 00:22:25,387 --> 00:22:26,471 Your singing... 308 00:22:26,555 --> 00:22:28,473 I have never heard anything like it. 309 00:22:28,557 --> 00:22:31,310 It was so beautiful, it broke my heart. 310 00:22:32,269 --> 00:22:33,937 Yes, that's what they all say. 311 00:22:34,021 --> 00:22:35,230 No, but I mean it. 312 00:22:36,315 --> 00:22:40,527 Listening to you made me feel things that I have never felt before. 313 00:22:40,611 --> 00:22:42,029 Really? What's that like? 314 00:22:42,696 --> 00:22:43,697 What? 315 00:22:43,780 --> 00:22:44,990 Feeling things. 316 00:22:47,242 --> 00:22:49,077 Well, you must know what it's like. 317 00:22:50,204 --> 00:22:52,706 You brought it all to life so perfectly. 318 00:22:53,916 --> 00:22:56,835 You made me feel what Violetta was feeling. 319 00:22:56,919 --> 00:22:58,921 That was just a performance. 320 00:22:59,963 --> 00:23:04,051 I've done Violetta so many times, I don't even need to be awake when I'm on stage. 321 00:23:05,177 --> 00:23:09,139 You just saw the most moving performance, and yet I felt nothing. 322 00:23:11,183 --> 00:23:14,937 Here, have a seat if you're staying. I can't stand people hovering around me. 323 00:23:15,020 --> 00:23:17,356 That is impossible. You were crying. 324 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,234 Those were real tears. 325 00:23:20,317 --> 00:23:21,318 Were they? 326 00:23:21,985 --> 00:23:23,445 I don't know what's real anymore. 327 00:23:23,529 --> 00:23:26,865 I don't even know what city this is. Is this Paris? Or Rome? 328 00:23:28,742 --> 00:23:31,828 It doesn't matter. Every night's the same. 329 00:23:32,955 --> 00:23:35,249 Just a blur. A dream. 330 00:23:36,166 --> 00:23:41,213 Another person falling in love with me, another drink, another round of applause. 331 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:44,216 So many people have fallen in love with me. 332 00:23:44,299 --> 00:23:45,425 I've lost track. 333 00:23:46,343 --> 00:23:48,053 I lose track of reality. 334 00:23:48,136 --> 00:23:49,346 What is reality? 335 00:23:50,013 --> 00:23:51,306 Who am I? 336 00:23:51,390 --> 00:23:52,808 You're Adelaide May. 337 00:23:54,017 --> 00:23:55,769 The world's greatest soprano. 338 00:23:57,312 --> 00:23:58,522 That's not my real name. 339 00:23:58,605 --> 00:24:00,023 It's just a stage name. 340 00:24:01,817 --> 00:24:07,281 Well, whatever your name is, you changed my life tonight. 341 00:24:11,201 --> 00:24:14,413 Your voice will haunt me forever. 342 00:24:18,417 --> 00:24:20,085 There's no such thing as forever. 343 00:24:21,003 --> 00:24:22,629 Don't you know that, darling? 344 00:24:24,047 --> 00:24:27,092 The voice fades. Then memory fades. 345 00:24:28,051 --> 00:24:29,887 Things go in and out of fashion. 346 00:24:29,970 --> 00:24:33,182 Time goes on, and all of us, eventually, are forgotten. 347 00:24:34,975 --> 00:24:38,395 Well, I am not going to forget you. 348 00:24:42,816 --> 00:24:44,443 Would you like to see the stage? 349 00:24:45,485 --> 00:24:46,486 Really? 350 00:24:48,947 --> 00:24:49,948 Come with me. 351 00:24:52,868 --> 00:24:56,079 We're not supposed to be on the stage when it's dark, but I don't care. 352 00:24:56,997 --> 00:24:58,207 It's a lark. 353 00:25:03,337 --> 00:25:04,922 It's beautiful. 354 00:25:05,005 --> 00:25:07,925 Yes. I like it better when no one's here. 355 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:32,491 Bravo! 356 00:25:39,414 --> 00:25:40,415 Emily! 357 00:25:41,834 --> 00:25:43,836 Go, Emily! 358 00:25:58,308 --> 00:25:59,518 I want to be famous. 359 00:26:01,019 --> 00:26:02,187 You do? 360 00:26:02,271 --> 00:26:03,647 Sure. Doesn't everybody? 361 00:26:04,273 --> 00:26:05,941 Why do you want to be famous? 362 00:26:07,401 --> 00:26:08,861 Because I'm a writer. 363 00:26:09,778 --> 00:26:13,740 And I write and write poem after poem, and then I stick it in a drawer, 364 00:26:14,283 --> 00:26:18,537 and it just sits there in the dark, where no light shines. 365 00:26:20,414 --> 00:26:21,790 I mean, that isn't enough. 366 00:26:22,207 --> 00:26:23,208 Is it? 367 00:26:24,543 --> 00:26:26,962 Don't they need to be seen? Don't I need to be... 368 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:28,881 seen? 369 00:26:30,883 --> 00:26:31,884 I don't know. 370 00:26:31,967 --> 00:26:33,802 If you're seen, then you're exposed. 371 00:26:34,678 --> 00:26:38,599 Everything that's exposed, well, it goes stale. 372 00:26:40,142 --> 00:26:41,268 Well, not everything. 373 00:26:41,351 --> 00:26:42,978 Yes, everything. 374 00:26:43,395 --> 00:26:46,732 The critics, they'll put you on top for a minute, but then they'll drag you down. 375 00:26:48,066 --> 00:26:50,485 They'll get sick of you, and they'll destroy you. 376 00:26:52,070 --> 00:26:54,698 They hate you, see, because you made them love you. 377 00:26:56,575 --> 00:27:00,829 You were a courtesan, and they fell for your trick. 378 00:27:02,539 --> 00:27:05,459 Well, who cares what they say? Who cares what people think? 379 00:27:06,126 --> 00:27:07,127 Exactly. 380 00:27:07,961 --> 00:27:10,797 Might as well stay in a room by yourself with no one watching. 381 00:27:15,344 --> 00:27:16,553 How do you do it? 382 00:27:17,846 --> 00:27:22,351 How do you find the courage to sing in front of all these people? 383 00:27:22,976 --> 00:27:25,395 Well, I just pretend they're not there. 384 00:27:27,481 --> 00:27:29,483 But I was here tonight. 385 00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:32,444 I was here. 386 00:27:35,072 --> 00:27:37,741 Well, then I suppose I was singing for you. 387 00:27:44,873 --> 00:27:46,416 What is it that you really want? 388 00:27:47,292 --> 00:27:48,961 What is the deeper yearning that you have? 389 00:27:49,044 --> 00:27:51,463 Sue. What do you mean? 390 00:27:51,547 --> 00:27:57,719 Beneath all of this nonsense about fame, what is it that you crave? 391 00:27:59,805 --> 00:28:01,014 You crave meaning. 392 00:28:02,015 --> 00:28:03,225 You crave beauty. 393 00:28:05,811 --> 00:28:07,020 You crave love. 394 00:28:09,273 --> 00:28:15,737 Split the Lark 395 00:28:16,780 --> 00:28:23,370 And you'll find the Music 396 00:28:42,347 --> 00:28:44,558 Hey! What are you doing there? 397 00:28:45,934 --> 00:28:47,144 Clear the stage. 398 00:28:49,521 --> 00:28:52,608 Clear the stage this minute, or I shall have to report you. 399 00:28:55,652 --> 00:28:57,279 You don't even know who I am.